I edited an Aussie novella…

My friend John Holland let me edit his Heartland novella series. I love his work! We released the first installment, Somewhere Far from Iris a couple days ago.

A man struggling with depression travels back to his Australian outback hometown to reconstruct himself and walks into an explosive situation that is somehow entangled with the secret of his origin.

Here is the longer blurb. I also included my editor’s note for some background on how this project started.

Clinically depressed Shane Morris is trying to learn how to cope with his condition and find balance within the turmoil of his mind. He embarks on a mission to reconstruct himself by going back to his roots in the Australian outback town of his childhood. In Iris, this man who thinks he is nothing discovers at its extreme, life has two poles, the tender and the brutal. In the fires of the worst and best expressions of man, Shane learns he’s far from nothing and just where he fits into humanity’s broad spectrum.

Editor’s note:

When I first opened this file, I was sitting in our friends’ house in Sydney. We had left Townsville just days before. My husband and I spent three weeks with John and his family so John and I could collaborate on a novel. John sent me an email saying this story idea had poured out of him after we flew out. But, he said, he didn’t know where it was going and wasn’t planning to finish! No fair. I was riveted. So I demanded he finish. And when I received the finished draft, I was thoroughly satisfied with the story.

I never know what John’s going to come up with next for his stories. I found Somewhere Far from Iris to be twisty and intense.

I am pleased and honored to be John’s editor and thrilled to help bring this book to you.

Your reviews will really help other people find John’s work, so please post your review at your favorite online book review forum. Your support is very much appreciated.

Nia Simone

Available at Amazon: Somewhere Far from Iris

Smashwords: Somewhere Far from Iris