OT - Crocodile Mothers

[cohenzone]

I'm excited to say that I've written a novel entitled "Crocodile Mothers Eat Their Young" that will be published and available for purchase from Amazon and in e-book formats in the near future. It is not self-published, to the extent that makes the effort more credible. It's the first of my three novels to be contracted to a publisher.

The title comes from an actual conversation with a foster child of mine. The novel deals with the struggle of two sisters to overcome years of sexual, physical and psychological abuse, while contending with life in foster care and sorting out their relationship with both their biological family and one set of foster parents with whom they have bonded. While fiction, the story draws heavily from my experience as a foster father.

I'm publishing under the pen name - no, not Fishy - Avi Morris, a name with some relevance within my family. I have a partially constructed web-site, www.avimorrisnovels.com, awaiting the go ahead to add excerpts and purchase information. My ugly mug is on there for the world to see. For anyone interested, I'm going to indicate when the novel is available and direct you to the website for purchase info.

 

[CTMike]

Sure are a multi talented bunch here on the Yard... Congrats on getting published!

 

[huskypantz]

Congrats and best of luck. Also, clean that web site up, my friend. I don't know how aggressive you want to market but at the least you could spend a few hundred to have someone clean things up, fix your contact page and get rid of the caps.

 

[cohenzone]

Congrats and best of luck. Also, clean that web site up, my friend. I don't know how aggressive you want to market but at the least you could spend a few hundred to have someone clean things up, fix your contact page and get rid of the caps.

Thanks. As I indicated, the web page is far from finished. I plan on getting rid of the caps. The About Me page isn't in caps. I haven't done anything with the contact page yet, still some thinking going on there. The web site can't be finalized until I settle with my publisher on the material to be available as excerpts and until I can add specific purchase info. As I get deeper into the process, I hope to use the web site to announce events such as signing events or other presentations. I'm an old dog trying to learn new tricks, pretty foreign world to me at the moment. At this point, we are near the end (I think) of the proof editing process. That means it's a matter of weeks, not months, before the book goes on sale.