The New Year comes to THE HOPE STORE
It's that time of year again. ABNA time. That stands for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards contest. For more info, go to amazon.com/abna . The submission window opens January 23rd. I'm knee-deep in revisions of my second novel THE HOPE STORE. Here's the evolving elevator speech for it. The first store in the world opens which sells hope over the counter -- and lives begin to change miraculously. Customer Jada Upshaw's passionate will to die is pitted against a store owner's will to hope. It all culminates one windy New Year's Eve night on a lonely rooftop where suicide is a viable outcome. What happens there on said rooftop will determine the future of the relationship between Jada and the store owner, the fate of a new business venture, and maybe the destiny of all humanity. It's just another eventful night in the new millennium. CH-CH-CHANGES This synopsis represents a big shift from last year's submitted version of the book. He