A Stone's Throw Away, by Carl Lee # 3

Even though I have no idea if anyone will ever see this, or the other two, it’s kind of nice placing these tidbits out there on a blog. (just in case someone stumbles upon it.)

A coworker recently emailed after finishing my book “A Stone’s Throw Away.”

He was looking for some info as an FYI, but he also said some things I thought were interesting because─after all─I wrote the book.

-- I’ve left some of my responses, which I hope don’t make this confusing.. They appear with the double dash mark in from of them so they look like this.

Hey Jim,

This is the first time I’ve ever looked into my spam folder ever and low and behold, I find your email. I thought you were writing me a book about my book and that’s why I haven’t heard from you.

I’m leaving your email intact and inter dispersing answers, comments… ect

Hi Carl,

Sorry that this is a bit overdue, I only got your email address a couple of days ago…

So.........you wrote a book. 

-- Yes, lol

And didn't tell me about it when we worked together.  Naughty Carl, very naughty.:-)

-- I did tell you but you thought I only said so because you thought I knew you had written one. Remember…!

Joe told me that you wanted to know what I thought about it..........and he told me that he told you that I said "It's clear that it's your first book"  or words to that effect.  No, I did not say that, or words to that effect.  In fact I could list 10 books right now by established authors that your book is better than. 

-- Hmm, only 10, Jim? lol

Some questions first, purely for information:

1.  Where did you get the title from?

-- Everything’s totally made up. Title, wanted to tie today’s headlines into how close we are to actually running out of fossil fuel. Hence, title.

2.  What started you on the novelist path?

-- Sorry, I have no clue. (so I gave the short answer)

3.  How far along are you on the sequel?  I know in your afterword you said you'd write it only if there was demand, but I'm betting you've at least got a detailed outline, because you yourself want to see how the story ends. 

-- Assume if I never write another word, they all live happily ever after… Of course if I write the sequel…happily ever after will take on a whole new meaning. Hehehe

Okay then.........what did I like about it:

A.  It moved.  There was a good pace to the book, you didn't overly linger too much, which a lot of authors tend to do.

B.  I liked the premise.  Then again I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic fiction, so this was right in my wheelhouse.

C.  The danger element.  Brian could never really relax, so I couldn't relax while reading it.  Not a book that I would have liked to have read while in bed before going to sleep.........

D.  Liked the twist at the end….

So there you have it.  I hope that was the kind of feedback you were looking for.  I cannot say enough about how proud I am of you that you wrote a novel.  It shames me a bit, I've got half a dozen half written ones that I really need to hop on.  Hopefully this will be the impetus for me to try.

-- Thank you, Jim. I’m glad you enjoyed. It makes me proud I impressed boy genius.

Well yes, there you have it, a portion of the email from a coworker who sent it after reading my novel.

Help promote the literary arts by going to Amazon.com and once you receive your copy, you’ll be on the same sojourn as Jim. Enjoy!

Kindle users, you’ll be pleased as well.