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SWAY is a WINNER!

Posted by jennifer gibson on Wednesday, October 15, 2014,

Wow! I just received the news this morning that SWAY received Silver in the Young Adult category at the Literary Classics Book Awards!

Can you hear me screaming?

> http://www.clcawards.org/2014AwardRecipients.html




More about the Literary Classics Book Awards:

2014 was a record year for entries in the Literary Classics International Book Awards.  With entrants from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and many more places around the globe, competition was tremendous.  With an extraordi...
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Finalist!

Posted by jennifer gibson on Thursday, October 2, 2014,



Wow! I just received the news that Sway was nominated as a Finalist for the 2014 Literary Classics Book Awards!

The final winners will be selected and announced on October 15, 2014 - cross your fingers for good luck!

Here's the official list of the finalists:

http://www.clcawards.org/2014_Book_Award_Finalists.html


Both Sway and Compass received the Seal of Approval from Literary Classics Book Awards:

Sway - http://www.clcreviews.blogspot.ca/search/label/Young%20Adult%20Book%20Award%20Recipient

Co...
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Leftenant?

Posted by jennifer gibson on Wednesday, October 1, 2014,



I was watching Sleepy Hollow and realized that Ichabod was pronouncing the word "Lieutenant" as "Leftenant". I had to put the show on pause and ponder about that.  I was supremely curious as to the origins of why it was said like that.

Since I'm Canadian and used to hearing and spelling certain words in a particular manner, such as "colour", "favourite" with the letter u in it since it denotes to our British ties, namely the Queen, I began to wonder why it sounds different on American shows. ...
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