Janelle Jalbert Awarded Silver Medal in the 2015 Readers’ Favorite International Book Awards

[MONROVIA, CA]. The 2015 Readers' Favorite International Book Award Contest featured thousands of contestants from over a dozen countries. It has earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and has won awards from the Association of Independent Authors.

In addition to reviewing for some of the biggest names in the literary industry, as well as the first time independent author, they host a respected award contest which features entries from new authors to NYT best-sellers, as well as celebrities like Jim Carrey and Henry Winkler.

“Readers’ Favorite is proud to announce that FLASH 40: LIFE’S MOMENTS by Janelle Jalbert is the Silver Medal Winner in the Fiction - Anthology category in our 2015 International Book Award Contest,” Readers’ Favorite announced this month.

The collection of flash fiction pieces - all 1,000 words or less - celebrates the variety of moments that make up a well-lived life. Selections in FLASH 40: LIFE’S MOMENTS focus on beginnings, middles, and endings with bonus material about what might lie beyond reality as we know it. It marks Janelle Jalbert’s debut into fiction.

Janelle Jalbert has written more than a dozen bestselling nonfiction works as a ghostwriter for international clients and has also served as a copywriter for some of the biggest online businesses. She has served as a motorsports reporter and has penned several nonfiction works under her own name, including Wine for Beginners (For Beginners Publishing, 2015), Success Skills for Middle and High School Students (Word Association Press, 2001), and contributing a chapter to Conscious Entrepreneurs (Love Your Life Publishing, 2008). Jalbert’s fictional pieces celebrate the magic of everyday living, in all its forms.

“I am thrilled to learn that Flash 40: Life’s Moments has won the Silver Medal. It has been a special project for me because I began gathering the tales together shortly after my father died and continued to work on it after my sister died only months later,” Jalbert explains. “Seeing the book come to life affirms for me that life can go on successfully, while honoring the journey along the way. Several of the stories have ties to real-life experiences under the guise of fiction, so it serves as a wonderful reminder of how life can surprise and indeed exceed your expectations."

Jalbert goes on to explain, “In fact, this award kicks off an exciting time in my life as my debut novel, TRIANGULATING BLISS, is due to be released at the end of September. Somehow I know my loved ones are cheering me on from the other side which is so heartwarming given that TRIANGULATING BLISS was the last project I drafted before losing my dad. It’s so special to me in so many ways.”

Learn more about Janelle Jalbert and her writing at www.triangulatingbliss.com or www.janellejalbert.com.  Jalbert's book FLASH 40: LIFE’S MOMENTS (Synchron8 Publishing, 2014) is available in eBook and paperback through Amazon. TRIANGULATING BLISS, Book 1 in the Mystique of Living Series (Synchron8 Publishing, 2015), is available for pre-sale on Amazon now and will be in full release through major retailers and most bookstores starting September 28, 2015.

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Janelle Jalbert is an author of tales that promote the “Magic of Everyday Life”. She also has ghostwritten more than a dozen books, on a range of topics, for clients around the world and has worked as a copywriter for major international corporations. During her ten year tenure as a teacher, Jalbert also worked as a motorsports reporter along with other pursuits. She currently resides in Southern California but is prone to wanderlust when her pack of pups allows it.

Flash 40: Life’s Moments

Moments are what create a life. Beginnings. Middles. Endings. Moments to treasure...Moments to forget...Situations that change life forever.
 
Can those moments also be shaped by what is Beyond? How much of life is what lies before our eyes? Do some moments in life give us a glimpse of something more?
 
"Janelle Jalbert combines touches of romance, mystery, paranormal, and fantasy into heartwarming and thought-provoking journeys that leave the reader happily satisfied." --Modern Bookworm
  
You're invited to experience life's moments. Share in flashes that propel lives forward through a variety of beginnings. Enjoy life's in-between times where lessons are learned; life is sustained through the daily grind; and gifts of synchronicity, serendipity, and downright comedy are granted. Find out how endings may be neither black or white nor happy or sad. Some conclusions remain ambiguous. Beginnings, middles, and endings weave together to shape a life. But, is that really all there is to living?
 
Find out more in Flash 40: Life's Moments. Experience moments from around the globe in 40 flash fiction stories.

Review copies for Janelle Jalbert’s work are available upon request in both electronic and hardcopy formats. Janelle is also available for interviews and speaking engagements. A full electronic media kit is available through janellejalbert.com. For inquiries, contact Janelle via email at Janelle@JanelleJalbert.com.