Library-bound...

I now have A Place of Safety set up in two libraries and sent it off for a third to consider adding it to their catalogue. This is the letter I sent:

Good afternoon,

I have written a story titled A Place of Safety. It’s about a Catholic boy in Derry, Northern Ireland during the Troubles, who is trying to live his life on his own terms. It’s in three volumes, and I am hoping the ______________ will consider adding it to their catalogue.

ISBNs and LCCNs:

Volume 1. Derry — ISBN: 979-8-9887577-1-9 LCCN: 2023922596

Volume 2. New World For Old — ISBN: 979-8-9887577-2-6 LCCN: 2024911743

Volume 3. Home Not Home — ISBN: 979-8-9887577-3-3 LCCN: 2024922801

These are for the general adult trade, and are priced at $32.50 each. All the hardcovers were published in 2024, with the paperback editions just recently coming out. They are available through Ingram Content Group, while the e-book editions are available through Direct2Digital.

I have included printouts of my Kirkus and BookLife reviews for each volume. 

As for myself, I am a writer and self-involved artist who’s lived in London and Honolulu, and a dozen places in-between. I’ve also traveled around the world, and some of my artwork has been purchased by collectors.

I used to write screenplays, which is how A Place of Safety began life—as an idea for one...twenty-five years ago. But it deepened and expanded and changed direction. In it, I’ve tried to build characters as vivid and real as possible, and have had a lot of fun doing it...mixed with angst, anger, amazement…and sometimes vicious arguments with the people in each book. I like to think I’ve done well by them.

To be up front, I’ve also written a number of other books, some of them erotic and controversial, but I truly feel A Place of Safety is in a class apart from those.

Thank you for considering my work. I look forward to hearing from you.