My Short Story

Well my short story Forest Spirit is now available through Amazon in both Kindle format and in paperback book. The Paperback edition costs $6.99 and is a 5" by 8" book about 20 pages long. For such a small book I wish I could get the price down lower but that's as low as I could get it. The Kindle edition is $1.49 which is a better match for the size of the story.

Links to both can be found on my short stories page which can be seen by clicking the tab on the top of blog. I also have a link to a preview of the first couple pages of the book there. If you decide to buy a copy I get extra royalties and commissions if you use the links on that page.

 Forest Spirit is a story I wrote to introduce the main characters for future stories. I am currently have the rough draft for my next one finished am in the process of drafting it (it should be about 4 times longer so while still a short story the paperback for that one might resemble a book more =-] )

I'm self publishing this story so all advertising is word of mouth so any help would be great!

Updates

I've made links in the right hand column of this blog to a list of my short stories and links my family history library inventories for both my Van Pelt and Cady sides of the family. All three links are works in progress so expect things to come on all three.

Mother's day poem

Before mother's day I wrote a poem dedicated to all mothers. I know it's after mother's day but here it is. I think it's a good first entry for my creative writings.

A Mother’s Voice

The voice that lullabies sing,

The voice that comfort brings,

The voice that bedtime stories tell,

The voice of love it’s self.

It dictates a child’s first prayer,

And teaches what’s right and wrong,

The delight of children everywhere,

Is their mother’s voice.

As we grow and daily live,

We seek her voice to give,

Us guidance, counsel, wisdom, love,

And charity unfailing.

Mother’s voice gives this and more,

Every day of every year,

For protection from worldly things is found,

In a mother’s voice.

When home we leave we hear it still,

In hearts and minds it dwells,

We often ask ourselves this thing,

What would our mothers say?

So should I find it strange,

That when I now have a choice,

The angel on my shoulder speaks,

Using my mother’s sweet voice?

-Marc Van Pelt

Hello!!!!

As it says in the corner I decided I needed a place where I could share some of my projects ( mostly family history and creative writing) with friends and family. This will allow me to keep links to the information I have to share up and easy to find and also share work in progress and excerpts of stories and books I'm working on. I figure it isn't worth it to put so much work in these projects if I don't share it. I'll still share updates via email and facebook but here I plan on making everything easy to find for anyone looking for something specific.