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Just dumb to say ‘no one cares about the camino’ - millions clearly do! And a ‘comedy romance’ book written by and Australian couple became a best seller a couple of years ago and as far as I know sold film rights to Hollywood very quickly. Check out ‘Two Steps Forward’. Good luck with your book. Hope someone will realise its value
Go for it Morgan, I was that person in your book.Folks,
I’m posting this to ask forum members their opinion. I’m a professional writer with ten published books and over a hundred articles in major publications. I was taken by the mystery and romance of the Camino decades ago. I’ve traveled it a number of times and will likely do again, if I’m blessed to do so.
I’m working on a novel set on the Camino, Pilgrims & Lovers, a story of a woman and a man who have been beaten down by life and find redemption in each other and in the grace of the Camino.
My agent sent the proposal to only two publishers. One said, “Beautifully written but no one cares about the Camino. Keep it in Paris and I’ll buy it.” This agent missed the point of the novel, that these events could have only happened on the Camino. The other one said “It’s been done. That movie with what’s his name, Sheen.”
My agent then said that a love story was not within the genre in which I usually write and that he couldn’t place it with a publisher. It appears that I’ve been typecast.
I’m considering publishing myself, perhaps on Amazon. Or, perhaps, sending to some other publishers. I’m also wondering if I’m nuts. Maybe no one would want to read a love story set on the Camino. What do you think?
There's a link to the first few chapters below. If you have an interest and care to read those chapters I would greatly value your responses. Thanks in advance to those who respond.
Pilgrims & Lovers -
This is the first chapter, a short preview, of a project on which I'm working. Comments are welcome. Part One Chapter One I watched the morning light movewww.jamesmorganayres.com
Love to all,
Morgan
Sandra and Logan.....their backgrounds are the same as the two main characters in Two Steps Forward.
Thanks for your commentsI must admit, the title put me off a bit as well. “Pilgrims and Lovers” immediately brought to mind the amorous couples one occasionally encounters in albergues. Everyone’s thinking: geez, guys, go get a room . . .
But I wish you well with your book, good luck!
Thanks Mike. Sounds like you also have a story to tell.Go for it Morgan, I was that person in your book.
I agree. I don't think I would pick up a book with the title Pilgrims and Lovers.Sorry Morgan
I don't like the pluralist title
Thanks for your comment. I will consider it.I agree. I don't think I would pick up a book with the title Pilgrims and Lovers.
Perhaps A Pilgrimage to Love, or something along those lines?Thanks for your comment. I will consider it.
Ooh, I like that.Perhaps A Pilgrimage to Love, or something along those lines?
OMG I agree! Since returning home I have bought so many and have put many more on my amazon wishlist. I started with the big three: Paulo Coelho's The Pilgrimage, Shirley MacClaine, The Camino, and I'm Off Then.How can you have too many books about the Camino? I have 12 down loaded to my Kindle.
Sounds like you probably have an extensive list. Here are some of the books I've read:OMG I agree! Since returning home I have bought so many and have put many more on my amazon wishlist. I started with the big three: Paulo Coelho's The Pilgrimage, Shirley MacClaine, The Camino, and I'm Off Then.
Some of the primary sources of the Camino are available in English translation. Such as the Miracles of Saint James and a Pilgrim's Guide to Compostela, which are parts of the Codex and available from Italica Press.
If anyone has any further recommendations, that would be wonderful!
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