In your bio, you give yourself the challenge of writing stories that reflect the diversity of our world. He’s a gay man who returns to his small home-town after having escaped it many years ago. The main character in The Reunion, Teddy, is an interesting one. I really am very lucky and so honoured to have this opportunity. The folks at NineStar Press held my hand the whole way through and I couldn’t be happier with the final product.Įvery time I think about how quickly this has all happened I have to pinch myself. It was the quickest turn around I had ever seen but we did it. In the matter of a few weeks I needed to do a massive addition to the story (take it from 3,600 words to 22,000 words), have it edited, proof edited, and copy edited. He wanted to include it in their Halloween Series. He told me he wanted to evaluate it, so I sent it to him and the next day he sent me a note saying he loved the story and it needed to be published. So I chatted with my editor, the same one who read The Calling. When it came to The Reunion I was going to use it as a giveaway piece, but I knew it needed some editing. Instead I got an email telling me they wanted to publish my book.

That was that.Ī few weeks went by and I still figured I would get the “thank you but no thank you” letter. So, I let him know I just sent something to NineStar, so he told his editor and wished me luck. He said he would let his editor know so his editor could pull my manuscript and take a look. Anyway, about a week later I heard from a buddy of mine who is signed with NineStar telling me to send them my work and to let him know when I did. I figured, I would get the standard “thank you but no thank you” response. Back in May I sent my manuscript for The Calling (my full length novel) to NineStar Press. How it got started is a bit of a long story, but I’ll try and be brief. The Reunion, man there simply are no words with how lucky and blessed I’ve been these last few months. I appreciate the opportunity to chat with you today. Can you tell us a little bit about how that came about and what it means to you?

You must be thrilled with the publication of The Reunion.

Thanks for taking the time to answer a few questions for me and my readers today. It’s a suitably spooky little tale a ghost story with a twist and a cast of intimately drawn characters. I had the pleasure of being given an advance review copy of the story prior to its publication.

A Dragon for Christmas by M.D. Neu