Hello fine folks, it’s been a while indeed. All I can say is there’s good reason (I think) for my radio silence the past 2.5 years: I’ve been toiling away on a new book and it has taken all of my mental energy to finish the drafting process.
The Requisitions is a historical fiction novel that takes place in Nazi-occupied Lodz, Poland, a real-world dystopia that was deemed Hitler’s "City of the Future" on one side and was home to a hermetically-sealed ghetto on the other, ruled by a Jewish despot who called himself, "King of the Jews."
Much like Slim and The Beast, the book is about how we search for and derive meaning in life when facing the unconscionable. It is about creation and destruction. It is about hatred and love. It is about the human relationships that sustain us when we ourselves are lost. If you’re interested in learning more, check out a summary and the first few chapters here:
www.inkshares.com/books/the-requisitions
And don’t hesitate to FOLLOW the book if you enjoy it, which serves two purposes:
1) The more followers I have for The Requisitions, the more chapters I can share. More followers = more chapters. That’s my promise. And whether or not I end up using Inkshares’ publishing model for this work, sharing these excerpts gives me a chance to give back to the community that first got me published.
2) Inkshares has grown since Slim and The Beast was first released, and there are a lot of literary agents and film makers now perusing the website. The more FOLLOWERS I get, the better the chances The Requisitions has of "being discovered." The publishing world is just as wonky as ever, but Inkshares has been gracious enough to put faith in my work, and that’s all I can ask for.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and please leave a comment or post in the discussion on The Requisitions if you want to continue the dialogue. Alternatively, shoot me an email: slopezba@gmail.com.
All love,
Samuél
The Requisitions is a historical fiction novel that takes place in Nazi-occupied Lodz, Poland, a real-world dystopia that was deemed Hitler’s "City of the Future" on one side and was home to a hermetically-sealed ghetto on the other, ruled by a Jewish despot who called himself, "King of the Jews."
Much like Slim and The Beast, the book is about how we search for and derive meaning in life when facing the unconscionable. It is about creation and destruction. It is about hatred and love. It is about the human relationships that sustain us when we ourselves are lost. If you’re interested in learning more, check out a summary and the first few chapters here:
www.inkshares.com/books/the-requisitions
And don’t hesitate to FOLLOW the book if you enjoy it, which serves two purposes:
1) The more followers I have for The Requisitions, the more chapters I can share. More followers = more chapters. That’s my promise. And whether or not I end up using Inkshares’ publishing model for this work, sharing these excerpts gives me a chance to give back to the community that first got me published.
2) Inkshares has grown since Slim and The Beast was first released, and there are a lot of literary agents and film makers now perusing the website. The more FOLLOWERS I get, the better the chances The Requisitions has of "being discovered." The publishing world is just as wonky as ever, but Inkshares has been gracious enough to put faith in my work, and that’s all I can ask for.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and please leave a comment or post in the discussion on The Requisitions if you want to continue the dialogue. Alternatively, shoot me an email: slopezba@gmail.com.
All love,
Samuél
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