New Novels
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These pages are intended as an outlet for well-written novels that are worth reading - which otherwise might fall into oblivion because they have not caught the eye of a big publisher looking for the usual ingredients of cataclysmic action and overt sex. Not that these ingredients may not be present in the novels of writers shown here, of course!
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When the manuscript of Filton Hebbard's novel Branigan was returned by a film company, the author asked for the reason and was told it was because the novel had "insufficient violence and overt sex"! Finally he had the novel published by a subsidy publisher. I happened to buy a copy of the novel to sample novels published in this way. I chose Branigan since the length and content to some extent resembled one of my novels, Wheel of Fortune, where some of the action takes place in the Northern Territory of Australia. When Branigan arrived I settled down to read it, taking it to bed the first night. The opening pages were interesting, the style seductively easy to read, even if the story didn't at first appear to be gripping. I willingly picked it up the next day, thinking I might speed-read through it, to see just how good a piece of fiction it was. But I read every word of it. It had got me! It was my constant companion until the last line. It is one of the most absorbing, even moving, books I have read for a long time. Obviously the book should be a best seller. It has to be. And yet Filton informs me (yes, I wrote to him, to tell him what a great novel he had written!) that thus far very few copies have been sold. Clearly books like Branigan need to have a market place where more potential readers can discover them! That's what I hope these pages will do - to provide a notice board where readers can sample some of the writing. When possible, I shall affix a short review of the novel - written by myself or by a member of a panel of reviewers I'll appoint for this purpose. So if you think your novel would benefit from exposure in these pages, send me a copy and tell me something about it - what made you write the book, how you had it printed, and how it can be made available to an interested reader. Visitors to these pages may want to order a copy, so let me know the price to be paid for a copy. I shall be happy to take orders on your behalf and refer the orders to you. Perhaps your novel is still in manuscript form. In that case, by all means send me a readable copy from which I can select a sample to place on these pages. If I think its suitable for advertising, I shall certainly display it. But if someone reads your sample and places an order - be sure to have the means of providing a full printed and bound copy within thirty days! C.H.M.
Click here to view the full range of new novels promoted by Diadem Books. Most of these novels are available through on-line bookstores such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders.com and iUniverse.com. Some are available as e-books and can be downloaded into the SoftBook Reader. Click on the book cover or book symbol next to to title if you wish to find out more about each novel and view a sample of the writing. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NOVELS!
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