Our Child of the Stars and Our Child of Two Worlds
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A lost child, the family who try to protect him and the secret that refuses to stay hidden . . .
Molly and Gene Myers were happy, until tragedy blighted their hopes of children. During the years of darkness and despair, they each put their marriage in jeopardy, but now they are starting to rebuild their fragile bond.
This is the year of Woodstock and the moon landings; war is raging in Vietnam and the superpowers are threatening each other with annihilation.
Then the Meteor crashes into Amber Grove, devastating the small New England town – and changing their lives for ever. Molly, a nurse, caught up in the thick of the disaster, is given care of a desperately ill patient rescued from the wreckage: a sick boy with a remarkable appearance, an orphan who needs a mother.
And soon the whole world will be looking for him.
Cory’s arrival has changed everything. And the Myers will do anything to keep him safe.
A remarkable story of warmth, tenacity and generosity of spirit, set against the backdrop of a fast-changing, terrifying decade.
Our hero got annoyed at articles in the SoA magazine referring to wooden books as ‘real books’. They published this…
Those of us who wish to write in the new reality should distinguish between personal taste and a universal moral law. Printed books, e-books, and audiobooks are all ‘books’.
I like the physicality of a printed book, and of browsing a bookshop. I read a lot on computer screens for my day-job and I don’t enjoy novels on a Kindle. I think I skim more on screen [1]. I loathe the idea that, like my daughter, I should read novels on a smartphone. I don’t listen to audiobooks. As a reader, I have a preference.
However, as a writer, I wish to get my story into the heads of the reader without dilution or intermediary. All these means of delivering a story are fine by me. I have no intention of lecturing complete strangers with different tastes, if they will buy and consume my book.
Those who like the cheaper e-book are in my experience, prolific readers and given to online reviews and discussion of the books they read.
I suggest the Society of Authors adopt a house-style under which ‘books’ refers to any of these delivery methods, and then run a competition for the best term for the traditional version. I vote for ‘dead tree books’, which to be clear, are one of the truest loves of my life.
The Society of Authors offers excellent advice and support, grants and networks. It’s a bone fide trade union for authors.
[1] I think I skim more reading novels on screen. I edit my books on screen and I am not sure I notice the same effect