My entry to the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards
It's Monday, Jan 28. I am part of a large blogging event called the "Re-Introduce Myself" Blogfest where I get to introduce myself to new audiences. My name is Dwight Okita. I live in Chicago where I design websites and work at a nonprofit for the visually impaired. I just finished writing my second novel THE HOPE STORE and I've entered it in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest. You can learn more about the contest at www.amazon.com/abna Below is the pitch for my book: "We don't just instill hope. We install it." That's the slogan for the first store in the world to sell hope over the counter. Luke Nagano goes to sleep each night dreaming about hope and how to make more of it, ever since he lost his sister. He and his partner prepare the store for its grand opening. As media interest grows, an activist group called the Natural Hopers emerges with the mission to warn the public about the dangers of synthetically created
What a great idea! I'm doing this someday! (And I fed your fish already, so you can skip a day. I wouldn't want them to go belly up!)
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading my blog post and commenting. I do enjoy the grown up slumber parties. It's like having temporary roommates, or a two day party.
ReplyDeleteThanks for feeding the fishies!