Blog about award-winning writer and author Nicholas Dettmann. Learn more about his debut fictional novel, "A Life Worth Dreaming About," including upcoming appearances, signings, how and where to purchase the novel and works in progress.
"A Life Worth Dreaming About" reviews
“Captivating!”
--- Linda
“Inspiring!”
--- Scott B.
“A feel good book.“
--- Hannah F.
“I like the easy, accessible style.”
--- Julia Forster, author of “Shadow Jumper”
“Extremely intriguing.”
--- Lisa Lickel, author of five novels, including “The Map Quilt”
“Good straight forward storytelling and the hook at the end of Chapter 1 works well, when we think the excitement is over. ... The writing is quite good.”
--- Tod Schneider, author of “The Lost Wink”
“It was an enjoyable read. Once I got into it, it kept my interest to see where it was going.”
--- Jill Badzinski, former editor West Bend (Wis.) Daily News
“I like the story. Carl reminds me of Patrick Bateman in ‘American Psycho.’ They are both loners and have a fondness for expensive clothes. I like the description in the first chapters of his interaction, or rather lack of it with his colleagues. I think it's good.”
--- Maria Gibbons, author of “Past, Present, Future?”
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Free copies of "A Life Worth Dreaming About"
Five copies of the audio version for Author House best-selling novel, "A Life Worth Dreaming About," is now available.
All you have to do is visit www.nickdettmann.com and go to the "What Did You Think" tab on the website to sign up. When you do, you'll be entered to win a free audio copy of "A Life Worth Dreaming About."
Deadline to sign up is Sept. 30.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
Southwest Wisconsin Book Festival
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Book signing this Saturday PLUS new 4-star review
Cost of the book is $15 paperback, $25 hardcover. You will also have a chance to get the audio version of "A Life Worth Dreaming About."
www.nickdettmann.com
http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/A-Life-Worth-Dreaming-About-Audiobook/B00DY90GBM?qid=1375974050&sr=1-1
http://swwibookfestival.com/
Here is the latest review for "A Life Worth Dreaming About:"
http://www.amazon.com/A-Life-Worth-Dreaming-about/product-reviews/1468543008/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?showViewpoints=1
Dettmann is a talented journalist foremost, and his reporting skills occasionally make his debut novel read like an article. Readers will find the bones of a good story, that of Carl Robertson, who faces a medical crisis and his guardian angel in order to find himself, underneath the layers of a multitude of characters who surround him at his fancy ad exec job. By wading through the opening of the man who couldn't be bothered to stop long enough to see the people around him, readers will come across an intriguing tale of second chances. Don't we all long to "re-do" those things that haunt us?
Each person has a dream of the perfect life. Carl got to choose his. Those who enjoy stories like Heaven Can Wait, will have a good time watching Carl go back and change the disaster that was his life. --- Lisa Lickel