Celebrating A Poppy in Remembrance on launch day.
The word “launch” truly describes what it means for a book to be published for the first time.
See how happy I look?
Just as with a child, you send your “baby” off into the world to meet it on her own terms.
I spent years writing, studying and traveling to make A Poppy in Remembrance an honest portrayal of a young woman struggling to become a journalist in a man’s world.
She tussles with her journalist father, trying to demonstrate she can do the job. Claire makes mistakes. She learns.
Along the way to her desired profession, Claire’s life changes to the good when she meets Oswald and Biddy Chambers.
From them, she learns what it means to follow God.
As a result, her faith, her writing and her personal relationship with two engaging men changes.
All of this coming-of-age happens during World War I--in three different theaters of the war: London, Cairo, and Paris.
Godspeed, Poppy!
Go out and meet the world and people you’ve been designed to bless.
What’s the launch day about?
Providing opportunities for readers to meet Poppy in the book world.
Traditionally, writers have parties and sign books.
I’ll be doing that later in person, but for now, the party is right here.
Here’s the novel’s one minute trailer:
Here’s a visual explanation about why I wrote a WWI novel, of all things:
A gift to my readers in honor of launch day
You’ve been putting up with World War I posts a long time as I researched and wrote this book.
I’ve come to really appreciate that war and can see so many repercussion reverberating throughout history since.
Maybe I’ll write about that next? 🙂
In the meantime, here’s the first chapter: A Poppy – Chapter One
Or if you would prefer to listen to a tired me read chapter one. Here’s that video!
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