Introducing – ELLIS: One Man’s Remarkable Life – Guest Post by Andrew Joyce…

Posted on by Chris The Story Reading Ape

My name is Andrew Joyce. Some of you may know me … most of you, probably not. But I’m sure you all know of my ex-dog, Danny the Dog. He left me for greener pastures a few months ago (like six months ago) and I was kinda sad. Still am, but that’s another story.

What I’m trying to say is that without Danny around, I got bored. He used to keep me entertained (and on my toes). Anyway, about then I got to know an interesting character. I had seen him around the marina for years, but I had never said more than a few words to him.

For a long time now, some of my friends have been coming up to me and telling me I should write a book about him. They told me he had led a remarkable life and I could sell a lot of books telling his story.

I was always polite and said, “Sure. Just let me finish my current book.” But I had no intention of writing word one about the guy. I write fiction, not biographies!

I don’t know about you folks, but people are always asking me to write about this or about that. Mostly it’s them they want me to write about. To this guy’s credit, he never asked me to write about him.

Without Danny to inspire me to write something, I’d sit there staring into space day after day. So, just to get out of the boat and get some fresh air, I’d peddle my bike over to this guy’s boat and sit and talk with him for hours at a time. I think it was grief therapy more than anything else. I still wasn’t going to write a book about him.

Well, guess what? I wrote a book about him. His life was just too damn interesting. It’s a biography; however, I wrote it like a novel to keep people turning pages. But every word in it is true.

I did not write the book to make money. I wrote it for him … and for me. Writing it was a sort of a catharsis. I’m now banging out my new novel at an incredible number of words per day. It was hard for me to pull myself away from that Word document to this Word document to write this post. But here I am.

The book is now up on Amazon for $0.99. (What a deal!) It’s a short read, only 146 pages. There were a lot of things he wouldn’t let me put in there. Maybe in the next volume.

By the way, his name is Ellis Hodgkins. And my name is Andrew Joyce … just in case you’ve forgotten my intro at the top of the page.

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29 thoughts on “Introducing – ELLIS: One Man’s Remarkable Life – Guest Post by Andrew Joyce…”

  4. Hi Andrew,
    I finished Yellow Hair and I’m now reading Ellis. Good read so far, but then I wouldn’t expect anything less from you. BTW I left a review on Amazon of Yellow Hair. Am I dreaming this or did you include part of Ellis in your other book, ‘Bedtime Stories for Adults’?

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    • Thank you for the review, Chuck. I appreciate it. No, Ellis is all new. As I said above, I wrote it in the form of a novel, but it’s a biography. Thanks for your support and for buying my books. I’m gonna take a little break now from blogging and social media. I’m working hard on a new book. I’ll resurface as soon as it’s finished. Take care.

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      • Hi Andrew,
        I’ve finished Ellis now and will try to leave a review on it also. Good luck with your book. I”m working on mine as well. I hope to release it in April.

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  8. I’m commenting JUST to get the damn reblog button (no offense, Mr. Joyce). It never fails–I have to comment to get the button. Kinda feels like when my human entices me to do a trick to get a treat. I won’t do it, but she’s such a softie, I get the treat anyway. (By the way, she says to tell you “congrats on Ellis!”….there, I’ve done my good deeds for the night.)

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  9. Thanks for the reminder about Ellis and your name. I don’t know if it’s the wine or age but it is real hard to remember stuff for more than 100 words. Best wishes on the book. You are right $0.99 (A third of a Starbucks) seems like a bargain. Thanks, Chris for having Andrew (I think that’s his name) on your blog today.

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