A novel proposal: The LongBow Papers is going on the road. We are flying to the states in a couple of hours for our first visit home after a year-and-a-half in China. While I will have my computer with me, between the hustle and bustle of visiting relatives and friends in 3 states in 17 days and the always problematical issue of readily available Internet connections while traveling, I do not know how much blogging I will be able to do. I will do what I can. I hope you will have patience with me. I treasure each and every one of my regular readers. I do not want to lose any of you.
In the spirit of thank you, and as an artistic experiment, I am going to do something I have never done before. I am going to offer for public viewing an unpublished literary property. Below is a link to the first three chapters of one of my next two books, a novel that has been years in the making but is now just about ready to go to the publisher. Ah, but I said two books: The chapters I will link to in this post, is Book One of a Two Book saga; a prequel to a sequel, or a sequel to a prequel, depending on the viewpoint. The chapters I offer for your pleasure or your critique here are from: