First Book Friday: Harry Connolly

[jimhines]

Welcome to First Book Friday, an ongoing series exploring how various authors sold their first books.

Harry Connolly, also known as burger-eater on LiveJournal, spent last month giving away books every day leading up to the release of his second novel, Game of Cages.

One thing I like about this one is that, like so many published stories, it opens

Comments

[mtlawson]

That is an amazing story. It's great to see a happy ending come out of it.

[pats_quinade]

That's a fantastic story (and one that gives a lot of struggling writers hope, I'd imagine).

I really loved the very visceral anger in "Child of Fire" -- the story seemed to have an awareness that the world was a place that didn't much care about you, and horrible things could happen to people who didn't deserve it. It's really interesting to see what your circumstances were while writing it, how much your life influenced that tone.

Also, glad the wife is okay, and that you kept sending the novel out even after you gave up. It was a fantastic read.

[kmarkhoover]

This was great and I'm very glad you shared it with us. :)

[burger_eater]

Thanks for the kind words from commenters so far. Jim, thanks for the chance to tell my story.

I'd meant to lurk in this thread today to ask any questions, but I was up nearly 24 hours yesterday to put my wife on an airport shuttle van for her yoga retreat in Sicily. So right now I'm going back to bed.

I'll check in later, though, in case anyone has a Q. Good morning!

[zhai]

Just flipped through the first few pages of Child of Fire on Amazon and ordered it for my kindle. Thanks for the heads-up! I'm glad this story had a eucatastrophe in it. :)