Just In – First Review of Children of the Resolution.

Because of the nature of my latest novel, coupled with the fact that I decided to go it alone in this instance and self-publish, I have been “looking forward” to the first reviews with something akin to terror. Many here, I know, followed the development of this novel and, so, I’m quite sure I don’t need to go over yet again just how important it was to me to write it exactly as I felt it needed to be written – whatever the ultimate outcome. It was remembering this, remembering the promise I made to myself when I committed to writing it, that, I think, was at the heart of my deciding to give it the chance I felt it ultimately deserved.

It was therefore with some trepidation that I today headed over to the Novel Suggestions website to read the first review of Children of the Resolution. A snippet follows (click on quotation text below – or here – to read the full review) – and, naturally, I’m over the moon with it. It’s always incredibly satisfying when a reviewer sees exactly what I was trying to accomplish.

[…] a sort of coming-of-age story with a twist, what really makes this novel, is the underlying examination of the effects of changes imposed by no doubt well-meaning and motivated people, but which were all too often put into practise by less than adequate foot soldiers. Some of the individual incidents described will make you gasp at the thoughtlessness and lack of care; even more so when you consider that this is heavily based on the author’s own experiences.

Having said that, it is not simply a kick back at authority, or any sort of litany of cruelty and neglect; there are plenty of very caring and inspirational characters who are devoted to Carl and his peers. But it is obvious that they are swimming against a tide of “one solution fits all” leadership both in The Resolution and possibly in a wider political sense.

To read your free sample of Children of the Resolution, please click here.

To buy from the UK, click here – and American customers can buy here. (Also available on Kindle. UK. US.)

© 2011 Gary William Murning

© 2011 Quotation Des Greene.

Interview Roundup.

Well, the first few days of the “official” launch of Children of the Resolution are going nicely. Given my really lousy timing, sales are still a little slow post-Christmas, but the round of interviews I have now started should, hopefully, help pick the pace up a little.

I’m going to keep this brief, for a change, and, instead of rambling on, point you in the direction of the first two interviews on the Children of the Resolution blog tour:

Fiction Is Stranger Than Fact Interview with Helen M Hunt.

Interview with I J Black.

If you’re interested in knowing a little more about the story behind the story of Children of the Resolution, they may well be worth a look.

To read your free sample of Children of the Resolution, please click here.

To buy from the UK, click here – and American customers can buy here. (Also available on Kindle. UK. US.)

© 2011 Gary William Murning

Happy New Year!

May I first of all wish each and every one of you a very happy 2011. Here’s hoping it brings you everything you wish for and more.

For me, 2011 is already off to a good start. My new novel, Children of the Resolution, rolled out on Amazon.com on Christmas Eve and is now, finally, available through Amazon.co.uk. The catalogue listing process has just begun so the blurb etc is not yet available on the Amazon.co.uk site (also I’ve had to make corrections to a misspelling of my middle name, which is still being processed and is therefore still affecting author name searches), but orders can be taken now and will be delivered a lot quicker than the “temporarily out of stock” notice suggests.

What’s being said about Children of the Resolution:

“Children of the Resolution is more than a novel, it is a commentary on the work of educationalists, practitioners and politicians who see education through their own eyes and experiences and not those of the real participants, our young people.” Lord Willis of Knaresborough.

So, if you haven’t yet made your New Year’s Resolution, yet, why not make one to read Children of the Resolution ;)

To read your free sample of Children of the Resolution, please click here.

To buy from the UK, click here – and American customers can buy here.