2 Things to Know This Week


2 Things to Know This Week



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Thing 1


In order to give readers an opportunity to know “The Homeplace Saga” stories and characters more quickly, I have prepared a FREE 13000 word PDF file for your reading pleasure:


It consists of the first ten episodes of the Heather Gates series (there have been 38 episodes published on HubPages). She was a minor character, 5 years old, in the “Back to the Homeplace” first novel in the series. 


The first five episodes summarize the set of novels which span her next ten years, where we pick up her story. She then shares her observations of the happening in Oak Springs along with telling her story, her love of horses, her love of family. There are around 13000 words that will be of interest whether or not you have read the novels. For those who have, this is a good refresher. For those who have not, you get to know the story of this series.


Simply send me an email to: billsmith2003 at gmail.com and I will send you a free copy of the PDF file. Later on, with your continued interest, I’ll make the rest of the series similarly available. Thank you for your interest.


Thing 2


As noted last week, I’ve been wanting to create a new, modern character for this series that might become the central figure for a new prospective novel, working title “Aspirations.” I want to share some of my thinking about this character and get your feedback, but I also want to be careful not to promise too much, that will have to be changed later on…


The name of this lead character will be Quinn Weston. He has aspirations. Will his extended family and friends support those aspirations?


What are aspirations?


From Lexico.com:


Definition of aspiration:

NOUN

  • 1  A hope or ambition of achieving something.
    ‘the yawning gulf between aspiration and reality’


Synonyms of aspiration:

1 ‘the jobs created do not match the aspirations of local residents’

SYNONYMS

desire, hope, longing, yearning, hankering, urge, wish

aim, ambition, expectation, inclination, objective, goal, target, end, object, dream

informal yen, itch


I'll see you next week...

"May everyone have a Homeplace, if only in your mind."


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