Letters to Nobody is here!
Letters to Nobody is one of those books that took the long way round. It feels like it’s been to the sun and back, with a detour past a few planets, lost in a black hole, and shot back out, crashing into the earth’s crust. Landing in the middle of nowhere. Then I needed to locate it using only a compass. That kind of detour. But it’s here at last! And I’m not sure why the outer space analogy, but my family loves astronomy…
The story began its journey in 2019, and got waylaid by many factors through the years, but finally found its home on a bookshelf near you!
Inspiration took root during the early years of me sitting on my town’s library board of trustees (I’m still a board member, 6 years later). I learned a lot about smalltown government in those early days. So, I thought, “Why not write a book about saving a library?” Our board still to this day is working hard to keep our beloved town staple open.
Oh, and throw in a mysterious letter writer and struggling author who fall in love… now I had a story. It’s got all the vibes of You’ve Got Mail meets Message in a Bottle (classic book/movies).
The concept of mysterious/anonymous letters came from my aunt. She was working through grief and decided to write some letters to her deceased loved one (my grandmother) and drop them in the mail. I was like, hmm. Interesting. Then I did research on the “dead letter office” (now called the Mail Recovery Center). And from that came my story about the letters.
What happens to those kind of letters?
What if Helen, my librarian protagonist, writes her own letters to work through some painful losses in her life, and they don’t get destroyed with the undeliverables. What if Gabe, my struggling author with a background in investigative journalism, finds them, and is inspired by this mysterious muse, so he writes a novel about her? And of course, he needs to find her because he is smitten and inspired by her perseverance. Meanwhile, Helen is fighting to keep her library afloat and needs an ally to help her find something to prevent it from being bulldozed…
So what does happen? You need to read Letters to Nobody to find out!
Welcome to the world, Letters to Nobody!
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Welcome to the world, Letters to Nobody! 〰️
And here it is! I appreciate your support in sharing, purchasing, and reviewing!
This amazing cover art is by the talented artist and graphic designer Angela Westerman: www.akorganicabstracts.com
