On April 15th, I learned that my novel THE PROSPECT OF MY ARRIVAL has advanced to the Top 100 novels in the Amazon contest this year! So we're coming down to the home stretch. I also got an excellent review from Publishers Weekly, which is the very first review of the complete novel in its 2009 form. So I'm happy that the entire book worked for the reviewer -- from beginning to end. See the review below:
From Publishers Weekly
In the fascinating and engaging near-future world of this novel, scientist Trish Mesmer is pioneering a project that will allow recently-conceived fetuses to experience the real world and decide if they want to be born. The first subject of the Pre-Born Project (and the book’s narrator) is named Prospect, and he’s implanted with a chip called a CyberSavant while in the womb that provides him with basic language skills and information about society. His consciousness is then implanted in a human body, and he’s sent out into the world to spend time with Referrals, people chosen to give him a sense of what the world is like. As he meets these people (who include his actual parents, an orphan, a conservative businessman who opposes the entire Pre-Born program, and others), he learns about romance, sex, and death, and discovers secrets about his future family, Trish, and his assorted Referrals. Prospect’s strong, innocent voice carries the novel as it ranges from touching to satirical in its exploration of the nature of humanity.
HOW YOU CAN HELP (A STRATEGY FOR WINNING)
Now is the time to read, rate and review my excerpt from my novel!
After you've read the excerpt, write a paragraph about what you thought about my book. Ratings of 4 and 5 stars have most weight. Keep a copy of your review, because if I make it to the Top 3 on May 15th -- Amazon will erase all the reviews and zero everything out. So you can repost your review at that time. The public vote is what determines which of the Top 3 will win the book deal with Penguin and $25,000.
Last year I came inches from winning. This time, I'd like to take the prize home! It's all in your hands. Currently I have about 45 reviews. If I could get 100 reviews per week, that would give me an edge. I think the winner last year had about 300 reviews/votes. You could help kick off a viable writing career for me! Thanks for your support. Hope you enjoy my excerpt. (You can either click on the link below to access the excerpt, or you can scroll down in this blog and you'll see the whole excerpt is included. If you read it in the blog, then go to this Amazon link to write your review. Scroll down on the Amazon page for Prospect to CUSTOMER REVIEWS. In the right margin is the button CREATE YOUR OWN REVIEW.) Thanks again for your support. A big thanks to fellow writers/supporters of my book at ABNA (Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards) and at Authonomy.com. Thanks also for the sense of writers community you create, and for all the diverse and exciting novels you have written.
Prospect of My Arrival
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UG3D2A
Dwight
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