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Nothing to keep a soul humble like the library of their own hometown choosing not to place that soul's literary accomplishment in circulation.
That's right; my hometown library in Fayetteville, AR, the city where I was born, raised, baptized, graduated from high school, terrorized (strike that), got married and lived for eight years after marriage has declined to place Broken Road on its shelves.
Don't know if anyone there read it, which I suppose is a good thing. It's easier to swallow that they simply don't accept unsolicited editions, particularly ones that are not commercially published. I really don't want to know if someone there read it and was so appalled by it that they refused on those grounds.
So maybe it hasn't completely humbled me.
I just wanted to send a shout out to readers about this new book. I picked it up in Chicago, at the National Council of English Teachers meeting.
I had never heard of this new author, or the book, so it was pure curiosity that led me to pick it up. I'm so glad I did.
Bock tells the story of a tragic event in the lives of a slew of kids, primarily two boys and two girls. The story is teased out in first-person vignettes, and a lot of characters are given a voice in this gripping tale.
LIE is available on Amazon in both paper back and for the Kindle. It's young adult literature, but I found it readable and compelling. You can visit her website for more information about Caroline and her book. It's a great read.
Hey Everyone!! On this day only, you can get Broken Road for 30% off! That's right. At this price, the paperback is under $10!!
Unfortunately, this is a one day only sale. If you find this after Nov. 28, you can use this coupon code for a 25% discount until December 14: buymybook305
Happy Reading!
Mike
This is what started it all.
We'd probably admit that it started sooner, but this is the tangible evidence that something is going on.
You see...Cindy wrote a book.
Well, we did it together, but it was her story, and her characters, and her "wake up in the middle of the night and write," that produced it.
We call this blog "A New Shade" because our website is called Shade Tree Writings, but also because being a literary couple, writing and reading together, and managing the supporting technology is a new shade in the tapestry of our relationship.
We've been together for almost 35 years, raised two, now married, girls, enjoy granddaughters, lived in foreign countries, run marathons (although Cindy's part was greeting me at the finish line), and a bunch of other stuff.
And we've been together in a lot of places, but now we're together here, in the world-wide community of readers and writers. Cindy's always been a reader, I have always sort of tipped my hat to writing. Now she's writing, and I'm reading, and together, we're Shadetreewritings.
You can find us on the web at shadetreewritings.com We'd love for you to join us there.
