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Readers! Great news. Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside has been selected as a finalist in Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. I’m pretty excited, as this is the first competition I’ve heard back from. A panel of over 130 librarians and booksellers will determine the winners and announce them in June, so this should give the book a little bump in exposure. It would be awesome if you could help me spread the word!

I’ll be giving a reading at the Boston Public Library on Thursday, April 7th, at 6pm. I’d love to see you there if you’re around—feel free to invite friends. Copies of the book are available at Brookline Booksmith and Harvard Book Store if you know anyone who’d be interested in checking it out beforehand.

I’m almost at 50 reviews on Goodreads and Amazon. If you’ve read the novel but yet to post a review, please consider doing so? Thanks! Really appreciate your continued support.

Quincy

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    "Carroll's book is a delightfully poignant read about individuals adapting (or not adapting) to their surroundings, sprinkled with Chinese customs and traditions throughout."
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      Backers,

      Prepare yourselves for the best e-mail I've ever written:

      My book is now actually a thing.

      Thank you. I went into the Inkshares office yesterday and saw the physical copies. THANK YOU. Believe me when I tell you that they turned out beautifully. You should have received an e-mail recently from Inkshares confirming your address, but if you didn't, let me know. I signed all of your copies, so they should be headed out soon. (Thank you!)

      I read through the first half of the book last night, and I have to say, I'm very confident with what we've got. The success of the book, however, is now entirely out of my hands. It's up to you. Readers play an equally important role in determining a book's fate as its author. Over the next month, it would be HUGE if you could share honest reviews, tweet or post shots of your book online (#upMdownC) and/or recommend the novel to family and friends. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I understand that not everyone will be coming to this story from the same place, but that's exactly why your individual reactions are so crucial.

      The link to the Goodreads site is below. (Beginning on November 10, you'll be able to leave reviews on Amazon.)

      https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26219934-up-to-the-mountains-and-down-to-the-countryside

      Here are two pictures of the book. I really cannot wait to hear what each of you thinks. And once again, just in case I haven't said it enough already, thank you so much for making this possible. I owe all of you a drink.

      Quincy


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        Hi everyone,

        Some of you might have seen my posts on Facebook and Instagram, but I wanted to let you know that this past weekend I was able to meet up with Dave Krugman in Brooklyn to shoot a few author portraits. Dave's sister is a close friend of mine. For those of you who don't know him, he's a crazy-talented photographer with an Instagram following of over 150,000 users. Check out his profile - I promise that you won't be disappointed:

        http://instagram.com/dave.krugman

        He posted one picture from our shoot, and it received over 2,500 likes! By now, I have narrowed it down to two that I find especially compelling, but, at this point, I need your help. If you haven't already, I'd really appreciate it if you could let me know which image you think is the best by clicking "discuss" at the bottom of this e-mail. After all, none of this would have been possible without your support, so I want to keep you involved in the process. Thanks so much!

        Quincy

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