Lines

novel #5

cover by Jun Cen
artwork by Dina Brodsky

pub date: October 29, 2024
softcover: Bookshop | B&N | Amazon | UP
hardcover: UP

Look! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s just a book. But hey, it’s my book…

So — you may have heard that I have a new book coming out. I know, this is quite prolific of me, since I had a novel come out last year, but I assure you, I have not become more productive. Rather, it is the lingering aftereffects of the pandemic, and also that the publisher of the mystery novels folded (it’s okay, the books have gone to a far more stable publisher, so all good), which delayed the publication of Deep Roots in the first place. But enough about my sordid past — let’s focus on the present. In brief:

Lines is about possibilities, about the choices we make — or fail to make. It’s a star-crossed love story; it’s a bitter tragedy. It’s about Josh and Abby and their intertwined lives, together and apart, through births and deaths and the beautiful mess in between.

This review does an excellent job of explaining my fifth novel:

https://www.booklistonline.com/Lines-/pid=9796636

“Book Tour”

I was going to call this section Book Tourette, that is, a tiny book tour (à la kitchenette). But then I realized that Tourette is a syndrome and that would’ve been a terrible idea. So, I’ll just put quotes around it instead to denote its diminutive status.

For the first time since 2015, I’m actually making the rounds. In person! So I hope to share physical spaces with you, like in the old days. Here’s the schedule, with accompanying cool graphics:

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 6PM ET
Warren County Community College
475 NJ-57, Washington, NJ 07882
Visiting Writers Series — Room 123A
with Lee Upton

[ Hometown reading, let’s hear it for Washington, NJ! ]

Sunday, October 27, 2024 2PM ET
Newtonville Books
10 Langley Rd, Newton, MA 02459–1972
in conversation with Dina Brodsky

[ Dina’s paintings are in the book! ]

Saturday, November 2, 2024 7PM PT
Portland Book Festival, Cover to Cover Event
Rose City Book Pub
1329 Northeast Fremont Street, Portland, OR 97212
with Anthony DiPietro, Douglas Cole, and Anna B. Moore

[ Reading with fellow Unsolicited Pressers via the Portland Bookfest! ]

Thursday, November 7, 2024 6PM ET
The Book House
281 Essex Street, Millburn, NJ 07041
in conversation with Catherine Chung

[ Talking shop with fellow Cornell author Cathy Chung! ]

I may add an event or two in later November or early December, then I’ll be done. So if you are in the area and would like to come out and say hello in person, well, that’d be grand.

I hope you are enjoying the autumn weather as much as I am — this has always been my favorite season. Please feel free to reply to me and say hello!

- Sung