Next (possibly)

Live long enough, and even those with charmed lives will at some point be confronted by failure. Or at least obstacles that appear immovable. Which happened to me with my post-covid-lockdown novel. Not in the writing, that was a blessed relief and a welcome distraction after all the restrictions and grief we faced. But in the reception it got.
My agent loved it - thought it among the very best I've written - and there are 13 F.G. novels out there so that was high praise.
And she duly sent it out with high hopes. But it failed to attract a single offer from a publisher. Not a solitary one.
I never made this news public (who would?) but when it did get out, quite recently, it was suggested by more than one person that I could crowd-fund the book.
I thought crowd-funding was for high medical or vetinary bills or late-stage bucket list dreams. But it transpires people use it for creative projects too. And I would say a novel stretching to just under a hundred thousand words qualifies as one of those.
Anyway, I'm doing it. I'll make the digital version as cheaply priced as possible. If I raise the funds for a print version that too will be heavily discounted. And there'll be signed copies.
The novel is entitled The Fourth Haunting. It's a stand alone, but anyone familiar with my fiction will recognise some familiar characters and locations. And an obstinately persistent and secretive cult it's very bad news for anyone innocent to encounter. This is the relevant link, for anyone interested. http://gofund.me/e8044c4a