Donald Lunt asked Paul Hollis:

Quick Question my friend ..Do you think a book along the lines of Memoir of a persons life Has a chance to SELL wide range? IF I were to write my own lifes journey in my own style does the fact that its local base references have an adverse effect on potential readers down stream ?

Paul Hollis Any book has a chance to sell over a wide range of readers. It depends on your "hook" (the element that first draws their interest), the content (the bit that keeps them interested), and your own special voice (how you tell your story - for example, humorous, tragic, poignant). It all has to be compelling for the reader and drawn from incidents / thoughts / etc. with which all readers can relate. Make them self-identify with your events / characters / thoughts to events / characters / thoughts in their own lives..

The locations (local, foreign, exotic) are secondary to your life's journey. It's the story that's important (the journey itself). Use your locations as background descriptions to emphasize the effect / impact they had on you and / or your life's story.

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