This past Saturday, I attended a local Christmas market, and was happy to talk to many new readers, who bought several of my books. As always I ask for feedback in the form of a review on one of the online sites, or directly to me. These are literal gold to any author. Just one short sentence is all that is needed.
It is always interesting to see which stories people are drawn to, as any preconceived ideas from a person’s persona doesn’t always match. For example, one older gentleman was keen on Life in Slake Patch. Based on preconceived ideas, he would not want to read about an alternative matriarchal society, but one can never tell.
I am happy to report I ‘finished’ my 2023 Goodreads Reading Challenge of 24 books and exceeded it by one as well as being ahead of schedule. I will probably finish the year with another book, if not more. Have you achieved your goal yet?
As some of you know I am participating in a writers challenge this month as well. National Novel Writing Month sets a word count goal of 50,000 in the month of November. As of 27th November I was at 45,674 words so I’m on track to finish. I thought I would share a summary of this project.
The location is currently London, UK, a city bus stop and the passengers it hosts. This may change to Canada, or become a fictional location. The narrative tells the story of nine main characters who use the stop, with the interactions between them in relation to the bus stop locale. I am asking you, dear followers, to come up with a title for this novel. Currently, it is filed under An English City Bus Stop, but it’s just not giving the right vibes. Please comment below if you have an idea for a title. The winner will have their name in the acknowledgments in the book. So get those thinking caps on.