A letter about Daughters

It is the time writers dread and anticipate at the same time. You have finished the book and now have

to sell it to publishers and agents. You know you have a ninety nine percent chance of failure. But at

the same time it is nice that you are sending out a finished manuscript and you have done the best you

could. Whatever happens they cannot take away that you have finished a book.

Here is my cover letter for Daughters.

John Condliffe had just written his first book Kiss of the King Brown it had taken eight years, a work of redemption. After the usual round of agents and publishers rejections which had taken up nearly a year he had self-published it. Exhausted by the process he started on its sequel which starts off with a battle scene in Vietnam horrific and painful to write.

 

Writing away in his tiny office trying to find words for the horror of battle he looked out his window onto the front lawn. His four daughters were talking, laughing and playing with his grandchildren. Their beautiful laughter and light banter filtered through the glass and into his brain.

Daughters- Maureen, James  and I at the Windsor.

He turned away from battle and instead started to write a letter to his Daughters telling them about things that he had learned in his life, things like: Love, Sex, God, Males, The Future, Religion, Relationships and Themselves. It took a year and he loved every moment of it. The words just flowed and like all passionate projects John was often moved to tears and wondered at the reality of life and how it had impacted on him and how it would and does impact on his Daughters.

Bridge-Murray River 'Kiss Territory"

 

John has no degrees in psychology or sociology although he has tertiary qualifications. What he does have is a lifetime of experience in parenting and caring. He has a lifetime of seeing his Daughters grow and develop, a lifetime of the ups and downs of family. His life has been far from conventional but through a large part of it there has been one constant; he has been the father of four wonderful Daughters.

The writing of this book has changed Johns’ life. He knows it will change his Daughters and anyone else’s who may have the chance to read it.