Ned Hayes's Blog, page 31
October 20, 2015
Books, coffee, warm blanket. What more do you need on an October...
Books, coffee, warm blanket. What more do you need on an October day?
October 19, 2015
October 18, 2015
The Eagle Tree -- accepted for publication!
I’m excited to announce that THE EAGLE TREE, has just been accepted by Amazon Publishing for publication as part of their Kindle Press imprint! Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement! Publication date to be announced.
THE EAGLE TREE is an unusual coming-of-age story told in the first person by March Williams, an autistic 14 year old boy obsessed with the trees of the Pacific Northwest.
March’s powerful obsession with an endangered old-growth pine — the Eagle Tree — is the driving engine for his actions throughout the book. He alternates between active escape from other human beings and uncertain attempts to draw them into his campaign to save the unique tree.
March’s ebullient embrace of trees is counter-balanced by his unconscious indifference to most human relationships and his (sometimes hilarious) misunderstandings of many social signals. In the course of his unusual and often blindly-destructive story, March proves his voice deserves to be heard in his community.
Informed by my past experience teaching young people on the autistic spectrum, THE EAGLE TREE is a rare story told in a lyrical and peculiarly entrancing voice that reads like an autistic memoir.
THE EAGLE TREE will appeal to readers who enjoyed the award-winning CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, as well as Jim Lynch’s THE HIGHEST TIDE, which is also set in my hometown of Olympia Washington.
BOOK QUOTE:“Stars steam away as a pale sun rises, hot coal...
BOOK QUOTE:
“Stars steam away as a pale sun rises, hot coal dropped in a watery sky. Light seeps across the forest as the reedy shrieks of wood fowl echo in the trees. The path from our village to the King’s Highway is no road at all. To the east, that faint track leads up through the forest until it reaches, finally, the open country and paths that lead to other places. Hob is taking us beyond the bounds of the known world.”
— from the novel SINFUL FOLK
October 17, 2015
buzzinglikeneon:
Truth. #BookNerdInLondon (at...
Truth. #BookNerdInLondon (at Foyles)
Welcome book lover… you are among friends! #books #bookstore
October 13, 2015
Last Week -- one last vote for THE EAGLE TREE
Last week to vote on Kindle Scout…
THE EAGLE TREE is in the last week of nomination for the Kindle Scout “preview for publishers” website – you can VOTE for this novel to receive a publishing contract.
[30 days only – vote by Oct 15]
(if you’re curious, here’s how Kindle Scout works)
"“The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.”
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus"
― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus”
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"October, crisp, misty, golden October, when the light is sweet and heavy."
- Angela Carter, The Magic Toyshop (via silver-blonde)
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