Wow.
Wow. Just over 7 years since my last blog post. How time flies…..
I’m actually speechless that I have neglected this website for as long as I have but a lot of things have happened during the last 7 years…..
The most important is that in August 2016 we welcomed our
daughter into the world. That was an emotional time and remains so!
One needs to remember that I write part-time, as a hobby almost,
while also working full-time while also doing plenty of volunteering for
various different initiatives. Therefore whenever I did write it was over the
weekend, or early in the morning or late in the evening.
Yeah, having a child makes it nigh on impossible to write on
the weekend, or early in the morning or late in the evening!
Basically on the weekend we’re her taxi service to her
fantastic social life (she’s 5!) and in the evenings I’m too tired to do much
more than zonk on the sofa and watch some rubbish on Netflix… How times change….!
So to say it has been difficult to find time to write in the
last 5, nearly 6 years would a sweeping understatement!
But I kept on chipping away at it and finally finished the
sequel and it was only when I finished it that I realised another reason why it
took so long to finish – it’s over 500 pages, 256,000 words! Or to put it another
way, 1,335,930 characters (including spaces) – that’s a lot of keyboard strokes!
Part 2 has gone in ways I never expected, with more characters
and story lines than I ever expected. Of course I’m going to write this, but I truly
believe that it is a fantastic read, and as somebody said to me who has read Part
2, my writing has definitely matured. I’d also be interesting in hearing people’s
views on whether writing the whole book in first person works.
There are sample chapters available on this website http://www.everythingtonothing.co.uk/sample-chapters.php
and Part 1 and Part are available to download on Amazon or it is possible to
order print copies:-
Part 1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Nothing-Mark-Henthorne-ebook/dp/B006UTVP90/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Nothing-Mark-Henthorne/dp/1468189344/
Part 2
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Nothing-Part-Mark-Henthorne-ebook/dp/B09LNV6KVZ/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Nothing-Part-Mark-Henthorne/dp/B09LGJVP8B/
One of things I find difficult to do is condense hundreds of
thousands of words and years of writing into a short synopsis so please believe me
when I say the books are better than the synopses read!
For now my focus is going to be on marketing Part 1 and Part
2, trying to find an Agent and a Publisher and then I’ll settle down and try to
get Part 3 finished!
Take care and enjoy reading!
Mark
