Daughters Meets Daughters

 

Daughters meets Daughters

In mid 2012 I was sitting in my office writing the first chapter of the sequel to Kiss of the King Brown. It is a battle scene set in Vietnam horrific in detail and depressing, sad to write. My office is mostly glass looking out on my neighbour and the front yard. My daughters and grandchildren were talking , playing in the yard, a lovely picture compared to the one I had just written. As I watched, contemplated  them I thought I must write a letter and put it somewhere just to say that I love them and maybe they can use some of the things I have learned over the years to help them in their lives.

So began DAUGHTERS the letter that turned into a book. (A Letter for my Daughters) I wrote it in about six months. The words flowed off the pen effortlessly with great joy and enthusiasm. The research involved seemed effortless and just nice to do. Strange really because the subjects covered include:

• Love,
• Sex,
• Males,
• God,
• Religion,
• Relationships,
• You, and
• The Future.

Also strange because this is a personal book it explores my core beliefs and truths what I believe in and what I want my daughters to know. Maybe that is why it was so easy to write it was there just waiting to come out, just sitting below the surface.

The editing and publishing have brought us up to August 14 and I am moving onto my next project Sons which is proving much more difficult. But when I can get onto it I really get into it. But truth be told I do not have the same inspiration or motivation that I had for Daughters...But maybe it will come as I move on, hope so.

Any way the reason I am writing this blog is the fact that I had a trial launch at home and of course the audience was my daughters (Alison, Janice, Angela and Katy) and my wife Maureen. This is a trial run up unto the true launch which the publishers PR department say's will be in about two months.

It was actually fairly nerve wracking for me as this was the audience that had created this thing, this was for them and had morphed into something else. I wanted them to embrace it. Anyway we had a great night and as always at our place the discussion flowed freely and covered a wide range of topics. The book really is not that much of a departure of what we have discussed over the table or a few drinks as a family for most of our lives. The only difference is that this is more in depth and is my view on things.

So Daughters has jumped the first hurdle and now moves onto a greater audience. With a few launches and events it will take on a life of its own and become history. But the great thing is that my daughters love it (they do not have to agree with all of it) and really that is the only thing that has ever really mattered.

When time moves on I hope they will remember someone who loved them more than life itself, someone who though he , succeeded sometimes, failed sometimes always tried his best. Love you .

Dad
17/8/14