The Nunavut I Knew - My First Novel

 

I was fooling around with an idea that popped into my head, a short while ago, and had some fun creating this image for the cover of my soon to be published novel, The Nunavut I Knew. I doubt that the actual cover will look like this when my novel is published... but I thought that this would be a good way to begin this story.

This novel is about my adventures as an artist when I traveled to Rankin Inlet in 2006.  I had some peculiar adventures when I went trekking through the tundra, I was a radio DJ for an afternoon, I hosted a community Earth Day celebration and I had a couple of inspiring afternoons teaching my Art For Earth environmental art workshops for a handful of Rankin's youths.

I am now in my fifth year working on this effort.  It took me two years to write this novel and another two years editing it.  Last October, I decided that it was time to get a professional editor involved to smooth out the wrinkles in my writing and help me along the process of getting this novel published.  My editor is awesome!  I am very glad that she is working with me on this journey.

Obviously, there is a cost involved in this process and it's a cost that I am more than prepared to pay. I have calculated that by my own efforts I will be able to have my novel published nearing the end of this year... and that's perfectly fine with me. However, someone suggested to me that I try to get some financial support so that I can get my novel published sooner... and this led me to create my first gofundme page.

Haha! I love this photo of the students I worked with while in Rankin! We did indeed have a lot of fun. I'm glad that I chose this photo to be the main image on my gofundme page. And, look... what's that?? Yup! I've already received one donation... for $25.00.  It really made me happy to see that after just one promotion of this page that someone checked out all the info I shared and decided to support my effort.

So... here are a couple of links that you may find of interest...

This first link is to another page on this website where I share how this novel got started.  At the end of that story, I share an excerpt from Chapter 1.

The Nunavut I Knew - In The Beginning

This link is to a short Youtube video that was published during my stay in Nunavut.  The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) came to my community Earth Day event and put together this story to share with its viewers.  Boy... I sure do look a lot younger! Haha!

My IBC News Interview

And lastly... here is the link to my gofundme page.  If you would like to support my efforts and help me get my novel published sooner than my own efforts will be able to allow... I thank you in advance!

Please Support This Effort With A Gofundme Donation