Writing
I’ve been writing for fun since middle school, but have only recently started my own self-publishing journey of a novel I’ve been working on for longer than I care to admit. I’ve written others before alongside short stories, but this story is the one I really want out there given its message, its tenderness, and its exploration of the fear that comes with balancing preserving what’s closest to us and defending the greater good (even when the good’s chances have shrunk against what challenges us).
I’ve tried traditional querying to little success, as comes with the current publishing industry. I also just don’t have the time to do so being a full-time artist, mother and wife. Therefore, I’m publishing independently, albeit with help from a few professional editors.
Therefore, let me introduce what I guess will be my debut novel: The Sister and the Umbrella.
“I’m not surrendering to hurt you, or because I’m weak. I’m surrendering because at this point it’s the only choice I have time to make.”
Set in 2072 on the East Coast, The Sister and the Umbrella follows Evan Banks, an English immigrant who signed onto the States' notorious Martyrs List in exchange for citizenship and benefits. Knowing he may be sent on the military’s most dangerous missions (with a 15% chance of returning home), he is resigned to his fate—until he meets Vick Lancer, a woman plagued with the Sister and mere months to live, who changes his life in even less time. Maneuvering around her terminal diagnosis and the carnage of a war-torn eastern coast, Evan finds himself longing for connection and a cure, instead uncovering a conspiracy overseas that threatens not just the lives of his fellow martyrs, but Vick’s and his own. Can he unravel the mystery of the Sister in time to save Vick and himself?
