The waiting is finally over – Looking for Dei launch day is here! eBook version is only 99¢ for a limited time at Amazon, Apple iBooks, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and Smashwords. Paperback and hardback versions are available from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Audiobook will be out within two weeks. This has …
July update, 2017 Someone I care very much about happens to be fascinated with names. And words. And languages. By age nine, this interesting person had already accumulated half a dozen baby-name books. Not because she was obsessed with motherhood, but because the actual names, their pronunciations, and their origins transfixed her. Quite often I …
I’ve been spending time with audiobooks and Photoshop.Friends, I just finished a great creative-writing audiobook from James Hynes. What a fantastic listen! Hynes touches on character development, dialogue, point-of-view, and plot development. He delivers wisdom, but also encouragement, sharing a mature perspective on a writer’s challenges, and what can be expected from the lifestyle. As …
I’ve always wanted to write a novel. As a young man, I remember telling my friends that I was going to spend my life raising kids and writing books. Well, I raised the kids, and now it’s time to write the books! Looking for Dei started as many novels do, with a smattering of hair-brained ideas bouncing …
Welcome to my author page, where you can join me on the journey to publishing my first novel, Looking for Dei. In the coming months, I’ll be posting excerpts of the book to pique your curiosity, progress updates as I move forward, and a historical timeline of the novel’s development Stay tuned! -Dave Willson