News about The Clockmaker's Son
Last year's NaNo novel, The Clockmaker's Son, made it's debut May 23rd on Amazon and Kindle, published by Dark Ink Press under their Inklings imprint.
I have been self publishing from my lifetime body of work since May of 2015 with 42 books published. It seemed a little strange to let go as the publisher, but I am excited about the book because it has a professionally designed cover, it's own promo video (I've shared it on facebook), and promo materials (on my susanbuffum.blogspot.com author page.
This book was the one inspired by the mechanical clock tower in my home town, a somewhat controversial work of art that mirrors the nearby Holy Trinity bell tower and opens on two sides to reveal a man making a whip using the barrel technique. He does his work on both sides of the clock that fold down to reveal him. The clock tower in The Clockmaker's Son is like a fairytale that comes to life.
The novel is about a young man who abruptly leaves his hometown after his high school graduation and disappears in Europe, his father losing his trail. Years later, the young woman who's clock he repaired when his father was too busy to look at it, is working in a library and sees his image in a German newspaper. She shares the info with his father when she takes her little boudoir clock that has stopped working to him to ask if he will repair it.
Meanwhile, mutilation killings are on the rise in Pine Haven, and now it's not just animals, it's people being ravaged and torn apart. One person knows how to stop the carnage, but he's reluctant to return to town...
That's all I'm saying. Early readers report devouring the book in a 3-hour reading marathon, another told me she hadn't read a book in 2 years but found herself unable to put it down, but had to force herself after six chapters so she could get some sleep and get up for work in the morning. She's finishing it this weekend. I've had three people tell me that they love it.
It's a cross genre horror/romance. That's not an easy genre to work in, but if you think of Beauty & the Beast then you'll get the idea behind this novel.
The book can be found on Amazon and is also available on Kindle.
I have been self publishing from my lifetime body of work since May of 2015 with 42 books published. It seemed a little strange to let go as the publisher, but I am excited about the book because it has a professionally designed cover, it's own promo video (I've shared it on facebook), and promo materials (on my susanbuffum.blogspot.com author page.
This book was the one inspired by the mechanical clock tower in my home town, a somewhat controversial work of art that mirrors the nearby Holy Trinity bell tower and opens on two sides to reveal a man making a whip using the barrel technique. He does his work on both sides of the clock that fold down to reveal him. The clock tower in The Clockmaker's Son is like a fairytale that comes to life.
The novel is about a young man who abruptly leaves his hometown after his high school graduation and disappears in Europe, his father losing his trail. Years later, the young woman who's clock he repaired when his father was too busy to look at it, is working in a library and sees his image in a German newspaper. She shares the info with his father when she takes her little boudoir clock that has stopped working to him to ask if he will repair it.
Meanwhile, mutilation killings are on the rise in Pine Haven, and now it's not just animals, it's people being ravaged and torn apart. One person knows how to stop the carnage, but he's reluctant to return to town...
That's all I'm saying. Early readers report devouring the book in a 3-hour reading marathon, another told me she hadn't read a book in 2 years but found herself unable to put it down, but had to force herself after six chapters so she could get some sleep and get up for work in the morning. She's finishing it this weekend. I've had three people tell me that they love it.
It's a cross genre horror/romance. That's not an easy genre to work in, but if you think of Beauty & the Beast then you'll get the idea behind this novel.
The book can be found on Amazon and is also available on Kindle.
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