I’m pleased to announce the publication of my middle-grade fictional book, The Rain Catcher! It’s been changed since I posted the earlier snippets of it, but the general idea is the same. The story is set in Scotland and follows 13-year-old Katy as she visits her estranged other for the first time in 10 years!
My book started off as a diary-format novella for adults, then morphed into a more complicated (3 points of view!) novel for adults, then just a plain (1 point of view) novel for adults. And now…it is a short chapter book for kids aged 11 and up! Phew!
So, all those adages about writing taking time, blah blah…well, they’re true! The idea for my story came after I took a trip to Scotland with my mum in 2006, so you can count back to see how many years it took me to get to this point!
If you have a young person in your life who likes to read, please give The Rain Catcher a try. It’s got some mild bad language, and there is definitely a dark side to it, but nothing worse than most kids see on the nightly news. If he or she likes adventure and is curious about traveling to another country, this might be a good fit for him or her. I’m going to be setting up a kid-friendly page on this website soon, so stay tuned!
Southern Bend Books 
Congratulations Louisa and a great cover!
Thanks, Ruth! It only took me 11 years! 🙂
Yay! Great news. Even though I am not a young person any more, I will be reading this! Congratulations, Louisa! Ps – I agree with Ruth, great cover!
PS: Sorry for being so dense, Louisa, but cant find the link to where I can buy it. Help!
Hi Marianne! You just click on the title, The Rain Catcher, in the post. But I will also try to link the cover image to Amazon. Thanks!