Wildflowers in Countdown Promotion

Countdown discount beginning December 29th. Read a preview of the first chapters on Take a Look on Amazon,

Wildflowers my debut novel is getting its first reviews. This story about the power and perils of friendship follows three women—Camille, Jewel, and Saundra—across several decades as they confront issues of family, abuse, love, ambition, and race.

The first reviews are in! Kirkus Review says of Wildflowers:

“Friedman (Ian’s Pet, 1991, etc.) writes a multilayered account of these three women’s lives that pays close attention to setting, character development, and history. Camille is particularly well-drawn, as when she’s shown to be thoughtfully indecisive about her relationship with Coleman. Engaging reflections on issues of race, such as interracial dating, give the novel a strong social underpi nning….A solid historical novel with engaging characters.”

Here is what first readers have said on Amazon

Only 10 Days to Go
10 days to Launch Date of Wildflowers November 17, 2017. Lend your support and your voice by joining in this Thunderclap.

What is a Thunderclap?
Think of Thunderclap as a social media flash mob, or a massive scheduled social post. You can lend your voice and “donate” a Tweet or Facebook post to help spread the word about the Wildflowers Launch.
Thunderclap makes it so you don’t need to remember to post your message to social media at a specific time. You can sign up ahead of time, and help increase the social reach on Launch Day.
If you click below you can read the Thunderclap and see what the post will look like and pledge your support. You can also read what Beta Readers said about Wildflowers. Thank you for your support.

They say that having a book published is like having a baby. They are right. Wildflowers is two weeks from my due date November 17th. I thought she’d be coming late, but I was told yesterday that it seems that everything is progressing as it should, and she will be here on time. I received the Proof last week, as many of you know, and put up my reaction on Youtube. If you haven’t seen it, I had no voice. I was whispering throughout the video. I was in awe of it.

I put out the Preview Chapter 1 and have been hearing from people about it. One said it was “a page turner”, and one commented about the gender power dynamic between two characters. Yet another told me she was sending it on to a friend. It felt wonderful to hear the different comments and qualities that different people highlighted. It’s like people saying my baby had such beautiful curly hair, or such intelligent eyes. Others have said I don’t want to read Chapter 1 until I have the whole book. It’s like the relative or friend who can’t wait to hold your baby in their own hands. I am loving all of the preparations for her arrival and all of your comments and reactions.

For those of you joining me on this journey now for the first time,Wildflowers is my debut novel. This coming of age story about the power and perils of  friendship follows three women—Camille, Jewel, and Saundra—across several decades as they confront issues of family, love, betrayal, ambition, and race. You can read more about Wildflowers and about me by using the pull down menu above.

Update:  Last week I got my first book club. They are adopting Wildflowers and want me to meet with them when they finish reading. Then this week I heard from two other people who want to have Wildflowers as a book club choice. One is also in the New York City area, and they will want me to visit them in the spring.  One is an online book club and I don’t yet know how I might interact with them, but I have heard of authors doing a virtual discussion via Skype. I am researching that to see how it works. If you want to include Wildflowers in your book calendar, I would love to hear from you. 

This has been a hectic and very exciting week. The kindle version of Wildflowers went on Preorder on Amazon. I am reading the Kindle Version of my book as it will appear on Kindle and I am so pleased. And yesterday I posted a Preview of Wildflowers, Chapter 1 for you to read.

A little bit about Wildflowers…

When Camille Warren finds out that her old friend Jewel has died, she can’t help but relive the past. Camille, Jewel, and Saundra were once very close—from childhood all the way through college in New York City—but then they drifted apart, and now Camille can’t remember exactly why.

Wildflowers is the story of a dynamic friendship that spans more than four decades. It explores both the tenderness and anger in the relationship that connects Camille, Jewel, and Saundra. As Camille remembers a fateful brunch from twenty years earlier, she confronts old jealousies, prejudices, and betrayals, and she finally comes to understand the strength of friendship—and its fragility.