A Sanctuary of Sorts & Other Stories is a chronicle of dreamers, lost souls, and the downtrodden. With nine bleak tales set in New Zealand suburbs, countryside, small towns and factories, GW Cook stakes his claim as a writer of edgy literary fiction with this debut collection. His deceptively simple prose portrays a broken world, where the banality of life and the intrusion of The Western Dream is the disease, and the merciless response of nature, is the cure. The tragically failed characters that populate the pages of A Sanctuary of Sorts & Other Stories are vividly infused with Cook’s signature blend of domestic tragedy and farce, dark existential themes, and a bitter sense of irony Writing about the profundity and despair of urban existence, love, relationships, work, despair, life and death, Cook takes an unflinching look into the abyss of modern life. These stories deal with the big questions and explore the fault lines of our own morality, delving into what it is tha
The following is a review of my book Secrets of Best-Selling Self-Published Authors , from www.imlovingbooks.com. Any authors out there who have hit the 'best-seller' lists who would like to be featured and interviewed in the next volume of this book series, please contact me via my contact page . SECRETS OF BEST-SELLING SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS – A SELF-PUBLISHING NON-FICTION GUIDE In Secrets of Best-Selling Self-Published Authors, William Cook, author and entrepreneur, shares a selection of interviews from his popular online interview series, alongside an analysis of the interviews and two fresh essays: ‘Self Published Author VS Successful Self-Published Author’ and ‘Growth Hacking for Authors.’ Along with the interviews and essays, a very helpful and inspiring list of ‘Indie Power Tips’ is included. OUR SUMMARY Secrets of Best-Selling Self-Published Authors is a self-publishing non-fiction book. It features tips, interviews, and essays that will help aspiring