The Writer of Unwritten Books

Now Available as a Paperback

My novel, The Writer of Unwritten Books, is now available on Amazon as a paperback. If you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited, you can download the e-book for free.

What’s the book about?

It’s a story within a story … a novel within a novel. What happens when an author toils to write a book and is plagued by voices inside his head that comment often critically on what he writes?

It is December 2000 in Providence, RI. Christian Williams suffers from writer’s block as he struggles with “W,” a novel he conceived as a young expat.

His friend and mentor, Mick, an alcoholic cantankerous poet and literary critic, designates him “the greatest writer of unwritten books.”

Christian’s alter ego, whom he dubs Buttinski, critiques the writing with biting comments, which are also spot on.

Christian hears another voice after Mick’s dies—Mick’s. But now, as Christian writes, he’s tormented with a duet of critical voices and comments.

To escape Buttinski and Mick, Christian travels to Europe to revisit his past and resurrect memories that provide more material for his novel.

After returning to the States, Christian finishes his book, but it remains unpublished.

Retired and in his 70s, he dreams he finally finds a publisher and his book is successful.

Does his dream come true?

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