Update…the search begins.
By ATWadmin On August 1st, 2009I have not been posting much on either ATW or my own small effort in the past long days as I have been working almost full-time on my book, and can now claim a day’s rest as it is Finished…Ended…..Completo, or whatever the words are in Serbo-Croat!
I commenced this novel some seven-odd years ago, and wrote steadily for some 130,000 words, but then had a really bad attack of ‘the Block’, due primarily to problems in my private family life. The uproar which was created put the ‘mockers’ on any creative task I set myself, and my novel languished on a hard-drive back-up for almost five years. But the spark lit once more, I am pleased to relate, and I hammered ever onwards until, with a word count of 217,000, I brought my hero to the first of his goals in his mythical world.
So rejoice, and raise a cup of coffee, or even a (small) glass of wine in honour of my bringing to fruition another book!
Now all I have to do is find an Agent, or a Publisher, and get the damn thing printed and on the shelves!
Congrats Mike, may i ask for a synopsis of the plot?
Many congrats Mike – I know the feeling.
Nice one Mike. I can only imagine how pleased you must be
Synopsis bit difficult, what I shovelled out by e-mail covered five pages.
Plot convoluted, but believable if you accept that a voice from the grave can alter history!
Well done Mike, all the best with it.
Best of luck with it Mike.
Together with "Unionism Decayed" it should have an honored place in the fiction section of any bookstore (I kid, I kid). Good luck.
congrats Mike, but you must do a post of what the basic story line is, the books working titlt, genre, etc etc. A lounching post if you will please sir.
Well done, Mike.
That is really fantastic actually. I’ve always marvelled at people who can write books. I wish I could do it, but I wouldn’t know how to create a story, nor the technical side of how to make it all fit together so it "reads right".
All the best with it, I hope you find a publisher. Keep us posted.
…what happened to the first book?
Bernard,
I placed my short novel American Cemetery on free download on my own blog, and it’s been downloaded over seven hundred times.
Unfortunately, not many placed comments, so I didn’t get a great feedback.
As with my latest effort, the truth is I enjoyed writing it, but every author craves acceptance and readers; it’s probably very good for the ‘inner man’!