writer 406: Blog

Hey all,
In a lot of ways Jason's Story is my favorite book. I owe so much to the teachers I was lucky to have. I flat out lay all the success I've had in life at the feet of my first grade teacher, a lady named Miss Lowney. (In those days most female teachers were single, in Montana anyway. Married women need not apply.) She's surely passed on by now and me in my selfishness, never thought to stop by and thank her.
I had a History teacher in college who taught like Jason did. We all were spellbound in his classes as he conected disparate factoids of history like James Brurke did in his series "Connections".
Teachers, every one them, drop stones of knowledge into the quiet pools of kids minds and the ripples still wash the shores fifty and sixty years later. Amazing.
And despite the fact that we treat them like shit. They stay on the job.
Thank you for my life.

Hi all, I uploaded Jason’s Story on ZBookStore and Bookapy this morning. It should be available soon assuming I didn’t screw anything up. Publishing a new book is an odd experience. Slightly terrifying actually. You spend days and weeks niggling over tiny details and then discover major screwups as soon as it hits the streets. It’s humbling. Normally my ego barely fits inside a room and then it gets shrunk to the size of the Grinch’s heart. Anyway its out there, I sure hope you enjoy it. If you liked it please leave a review. Now to work on “Keeper’s Justice.” The damn thing has been nagging at me for more than a year….Pete

I've posted the final chapters of Nicholas's story. I would like to thank you all for the kind words. I'd also like to thank those readers who bought a copy of his story on Bookapy. I have a couple of more "Story" books that I will post later right now I writing on my third Keeper book trying to get the damn thing out of my laptop oand onto the site. It's on the sixth and hopefully the last rewrite.
Thanks again for your support,
Peter Young

If I didn't screw up, Nicholas's Story will available on Bookapy and the Zbookstore today. This book marks the end of my foray into coming of age fiction. It's long past time for me to get off my butt and get "Keeper's Juctice" finished. Thanks to all who given me the wonderful feedback and supported me by buying my books.
Pete

Hi all, Thanks to everyone for the kind words about my stories. As I mentioned, I’ve had three stories lurking in my writer’s notebook for some time. I worked on them on and off while I was working (read struggling) with my third book-Keeper’s Justice.
The final one of the lurkers is "Nicholas’s Story". The idea came to me when I recalled a weekly AA meeting in my local detox/treatment center. There I met a woman, a nice middle aged woman who went from being a respected accountant to a homeless junkie in the space of four years, thanks to her doctor and the “miracle drug” Oxycontin. I have no idea if she was able to get sober, I pray she did. I grew up with several kids just like Nicholas some probably still in jail and some I hope made it out of that vicious downward spiral. Nicholas’s Story came out of a those memories and married a hint of the plot of Edgar Rice Burroughs book “The Mucker”. I do love a story of pain and transformation. I hope you enjoy it. The complete novel should show up on Bookapy and ZBookStore next week.
Pete