The tentative date for this novelette* to be published is August 18, 2009.
A Conversation with My Mother.......
This book is definitely a work of fiction because sadly, I have never had this type of conversation with my mother and neither have the majority of people I know, young and old. The reason I wanted to tell this story is to encourage mothers to have the types of conversations mentioned in this book with their daughters, nieces, cousins, and even their sons and nephews. I think it will make a world of difference in shaping the self-image of a lot of young ladies if the person who gives them the facts about the most important topics in life (sex, the opposite sex, relationships, etc.) was also the person who loves them most, no matter how uncomfortable the conversation might be in the beginning.
My prayer and hope is that this little book will encourage mothers to initiate these conversations with their young daughters and that it will encourage daughters to feel comfortable asking their mothers “hard questions.”
*Just in case you were wondering, a novelette is a work of fiction that is too long to be a short story, but too short (by industry word count standards) to be considered a novella (which is too short to be considered a novel), but is really fast and easy to read. Usually, writers just write what comes to them, without considering how many words they are putting on paper, and edit it later, again without regard to how many words will be in the finished product. Publishers and editors are usually the ones with the stringent word count requirements. How blessed am I to have an arrangement with a publisher whose only concern it to make positive, encouraging and uplifting literature available to the world? Word count is important, too, but it is not as much of a priority as telling a good story that will leave readers feeling encouraged and motivated once they have finished reading it.
