A couple of years ago I was mentoring young writers in a short story event. The idea was to write a complete story in 750 words exactly. It's a tough challenge and I've found that once you try it, you'll come up with several stories. I wrote a series of three stories testing my writing skills. #1 was written in first person, #2 was written in second person, and #3 was written third person perspective. So far none of my readers picked up on that, and beyond that I challenged myself in other ways, #1 was a mature romance, #2 was a lesbian romance, and #3 was a May/December romance, I've never tried any of those and it was a fun challenge.
But #3, Saturday Evening, struck a chord with me. I wanted to explore my characters further, so I started writing, and I told other writers of my plan to expand the story into a full novel. One of my writing friends challenged me to "Go darker than you normally do." So I did. And now I have a murder on my hands, a grieving family, and a scarred veteran seeking revenge.
https://bookapy.com/s/1385/loves-last-kiss
Well, yeah, I'm promoting the Friend Zone, written by my buddy Duleigh. If you've been reading his wildly popular We're a Wonderful Wife series, you'll want to read this one too, because Don and Lanh make an appearance! It's worth checking out. And hey, it's under $3 for the whole thing over on Bookapy, because, why would you want to wait to have the chapters doled out twice a week?
Duleigh's Bookapy Page
If you like Sci-Fi, especially the authentic 1950s type Sci-Fi, you'll see three smaller books there too. And other stuff. Enjoy!
First Love (Book 1) and Mrs. Sergeant Campbell (Book 2) are current in the second and third spots on the Best Sellers list over at Bookapy.com, and now the fourth and final book in the We're a Wonderful Wife series, All Good Things, is available there too!
With the current posting schedule, it will be months before these other books hit SOL, so if you're a fan of romantic novels, check out First Love and the others!
As a follow-up to his successful Book 1, First Love, in the We're a Wonderful Wife series, Duleigh has published Mrs. Sergeant Campbell, available over on Bookapy. First Love is currently on the Bestsellers List there.
I'm Rob (ahorsewithnoname) and Duleigh's agent. He's got all four books in the Andi's Dream series over at Bookapy, along with the three 1950s sci-fi style works Captain Scarlett Saves Mars!, Captain Scarlett vs. The Scrapper, and Captain Scarlett, Martian Envoy. Now he has both First Love and Mrs. Sergeant Campbell, and will soon follow with Book Three and Book Four.
Great reading for just a few dollars! Enjoy!