I am delighted to announce that our novel, the dog, is being published by Rabbit Publishers as its first foray into adult fiction. the dog’s (no caps please) publication date is October 2, 2018. It will be available almost anywhere books are sold.
the dog is a novel about the timeless friendship between a human and a dog. It spans the birth, life, and death of Shadow, a rescue dog, raised by a New England family in post WWII America.
The novel was co-written by myself and Steven James Taylor, an artist and storyteller, that I have known for well over ten years.
Steve and I both grew up with dogs. We wanted to do a simple story that featured our affection for our furry friends. But when Steve mentioned one day in a passing aside that he considered dogs to be spirit-guides, that was the eureka moment.
Having worked in movie-stories most of my life, I thought we had landed on something unique and unlike any other dog story I had ever read or seen. The dog as a spirit-guide. Anyone who is loved a dog knows of what I write.
Between jobs, careers, and lives, a collaboration between two people is not so easy . . . especially when it’s not a job, but a labor of love, and there’s no money coming it from it. Passing virtual drafts back and forth, growing the little story into what we hope is a gem, took us a few years. The most challenging part was arriving at a tone and style that worked for the both of us, and hopefully, most importantly, the reader. Steve illustrated some chapter markers for the story. He also drew the cover art. He wanted to give the reader a sense of a book from a gentler, simpler time.
Our intent was to create a thematic tapestry that rings the soul of any adult. We hope we have done that and opened up a new way of thinking for some readers.
Happily, Rabbit Publishers loves the book and wants to get the word out. For a limited time, Rabbit has made Advance Reader Copies, generally used for reviews, available to the public in PDF form. The PDF was created in a single page format. Once downloaded, it is easy to read on a tablet or iPad. The PDF is watermarked, is not final, and is not for sales or review.
If you are interested in having a look at the novel, you can go to the I love the Dog website to download it. Just input a working email address and Rabbit will send you a download link in a responding email. There is no catch. The only thing we will probably do is send you a single prompt close to the Publication date to let you know that if you did like it to tell your friends about it.
Thanks for reading and have an awesome day!
