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A Printed Manuscript

Would you believe…

This weekend I printed the entire book for the first time, in its complete and final form? Over a year after it came out in self-published books? Yeah, I’m odd like that.

When you self-publish, you can do it all electronically. Plus, I’m stingy regarding ink and paper.

However, after a year of The Goblin Road being self-published, it’s crystal clear that my skills do not include marketing this book. I need to let the experts handle this. So I’ve printed a copy and will soon xerox it all a few times, then send it out to agents and publishers directly, hoping for a nibble.

I don’t want this book growing dusty on the shelves and dusty in my laptop. It needs to be in the bookstores, getting plucked out, conveniently located right next to C.S. Lewis’s collection of books. I have some catching up to do with the man who is not my cousin.

By J. Parrish Lewis

J. Parrish Lewis was born and raised in Maryland. In his youth there, he and his brother had many adventures in the dogwood forests near his home. His nostalgia for these adventures has strongly influenced his characters, their relationships, and their perspective on the world they inhabit. He moved to California’s coast to earn his degree in communications and now lives with his family in the San Joaquin Valley. Lewis is profoundly deaf and uses American Sign Language to communicate. He enjoys hazelnut coffee, captioned movies, and walking his dog.

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