Some exciting and encouraging news was announced earlier this week: the book Noble Vision has won honorable mention in the mainstream fiction category of the Writer's Digest 13th international self-published book awards. The novel, written by Gen LaGreca, is one of the books that The Lucidicus Project features in its Medical Intellectual's Self-Defense Kit.

More details from the Business Wire:

The Writer's Digest 13th international book awards has just honored first-time fiction writer and Chicago-based author Gen LaGreca with one of the most sought after awards in the publishing world for her dramatic novel NOBLE VISION. This book competition celebrates small press publishers and is sponsored by Writer's Digest magazine, considered the bible for up-and-coming writers. NOBLE VISION won honorable mention in the category of mainstream fiction.

This first novel of Genevieve (Gen) LaGreca, a former pharmaceutical chemist and healthcare writer, was one of the top six picks in a field swamped with hundreds of submissions. The announcement comes in the current March 2006 issue of the nation's leading magazine for writers. In a letter to LaGreca, Writer's Digest editor Kristin Godsey observed, "Competition was particularly fierce this year, so your accomplishment is truly impressive."

The press release also gives a brief plot summary of the book, and praises the author on her knowledge of the medical profession. Also exciting is the announcement that the book is in the process of being adapted for film:

This emerging Chicago author just completed the screenplay of NOBLE VISION, which made semi- and quarter-finalist in several contests, including the acclaimed Phoenix Film Festival/Arizona Screenplay Search. She is now honing her script with the aid of a Hollywood screenplay coach and senior instructor at UCLA Extension's internationally known Writers Program.

If the screenplay retains the philosophic force of the book, and a movie is made, then this could be a big step forward in getting these ideas heard.

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