I have been scammed, rejected, and spent a small fortune in search of a literary agency that might represent my second book.
"The Backside of Yesterday" is now in the possesion of a major literary agency. After six months of failure and fraud, I now stand a 50-50 chance. All my friends dream in wide screen and technicolor, I dream in black and white. It is too easy to get your hopes up in this very difficult business. I stand a chance of being published by a major company, or I am no better or worse off than I was before. A tough outer skin helps.
The bulk of the collection is eight short stories that are set in yesteryear. The compilation is filled out with four entertaining fantasy pieces and three poems.
My second book is about a boy who has Asperger's Syndrome and is bullied to the point to where he shoots up his school. I have divided the excerpts from it into three parts: Before, during and after the shooting.
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