Calling all READERS…

I have sent a query letter to a well-know literary agent and to my surprise, I peaked her interest.  She has recommended that I setup a forum, a readers circle if you will, BEFORE I send the first 30 pages of my novel, Taboo Down the Bayou to her New York office.

On FaceBook and Twitter, I have mentioned that I needed “readers” to create a Readers’ Review Circle and the response has been overwhelming – thank you, kindly!  Please let me redefine what I “need” from a Reader.  I need volunteer readers that actually have the time to offer feedback in a timely matter. 

Holding video conferences via g+ (Google Plus) is a great way to get this Readers’ Review Circle started (if you need a g+ “invite” let me know.) I will also be asking/receiving questions via email and leaving “reminders” on FB and Twitter.  I will be adding more content via my website. You may also choose to ask questions (on this subject or any subject) via the BRIGHT PINK ask box. Due to the many questions (appropriate & inappropriate) asked via the Ask H. Luiz Anything feature, I cannot possibly answer all questions, but questions involving “Taboo…” will be the priority for now.  If you can honor me with your time, please email me by clicking here —>H. Luiz Mail

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Now, a little bit more on Taboo Down the Bayou…

It’s a psychological view of the Free People of Color (Les Gens de Couleur Libres) and Creole Slaves that deals with issues of race-relations, sexuality, gender identity, cultural identity, and the psychological effects of trauma, including slavery AND new-found freedoms.  It is a novel that deals with modern-day taboos but set in the colonial days (19th Century) of New Orleans where we did not even have “labels” for what people were mentally dealing with and/or physically experiencing (sensation.) Free of psychobabble, the novel takes the reader back in time, where stimulating and sometimes disturbing “emotions/feelings” must have taken place but may have lacked the proper tools (information) to express and/or understand them in the early 1800′s. 

Thank you so much for your interest!!
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