The Infinite Onion
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Kelly Jensen, Jude Lucens, and Suanne Laqueur shored me up with direction and recommendations regarding independent publishing. I’m very grateful for the guidance and reassurance Mark Dawson and his team deliver in the superb Self-Publishing Formula 101 training course. Judith Utz of A Novel Take PR and her team handle publicity for me and my books with fortifying care, creativity, and professionalism.
Special thanks to Sex, Lies and Creativity author Julia Roberts and Part Wild author Deb Norton for granting permission to quote from their interesting books. And a tender call-out to Daniel Mathews, author of Cascade-Olym pic Natural History, for writing about nature as if every sentence and word were the most important he’d ever written.
The glorious paintings of Ophelia by John Everett Millais and John William Waterhouse inspired me to the point of writing them into the story (when I wasn’t busy staring at the paintings, lost in the scenes). I also offer nods of acknowledgment to Sharpie and Cadillac. This would have been a different story without their products.
Oliver would like to thank Les Charbonniers de l’enfer for their music, particularly their Chansons a cappella album.
My musical accompaniment for The Infinite Onion was the a cappella group Pentatonix, which I listened to exclusively as I wrote. They provided harmony and sustenance.
Also by
Alice Archer
If you woo, win, and walk away,
a second chance is going to cost you.
Headstrong Ruben Harper has yet to meet an obstacle he can’t convert to a speed bump. He’s used to getting what he wants from girls, but when he develops a fascination for a man, his wooing skills require an upgrade. After months of persuasion, he scores a dinner date with Henry Normand that morphs into an intense weekend. The unexpected depth of their connection scares Ruben into fleeing.
Shy, cautious Henry, Ruben’s former high school history teacher, suspects he needs a wake-up call, and Ruben appears to be his siren. When Ruben bolts, Henry is left struggling to find closure. Inspired by his conversations with Ruben, Henry begins to write articles about the memories stored in everyday objects. The articles seduce Ruben, even as Henry’s snowballing fame takes him out of town and farther out of reach.
Everyday History, a romance told with Alice Archer’s unique style and lush prose, was named a Top Book of 2016 in the HEA USA Today column Rainbow Trends.
Find Everyday History order links at
alicearcher.info/tioehmb
About
Alice Archer
Alice Archer has questions. Lots of questions. Scheming to put fictional characters through the muck so they can get to a better place helps her heal and find answers. She shares her stories with the hope that others might find some healing too.
Archer’s first novel, Everyday History, was named a Top Book of 2016 in the HEA USA Today column Rainbow Trends.
For decades, Alice has messed about with words professionally, as an editor and writing coach. She also travels a bunch. Her home base is Eugene, Oregon.
To find out more, visit
alicearcher.com
Copyright © 2020 Alice Archer
The Infinite Onion
Alice Archer
www.alicearcher.com
alice@alicearcher.com
Published 2020 by Shine Even If
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Cover design: Tracy Kopsachilis Art & Design
Front cover book photograph copyright © iStock.com/ranplett
Front cover circles illustration copyright © iStock.com/Svetlana Kachurovskaia Lanpochka
Back cover and interior blackberries illustration copyright © iStock.com/Liliya Shlapak
Interior circles illustration copyright © Colleen Sheehan
Font Nothing for You copyright © Dafont.com/Agustian Eko Saputro
Font Le Sofia copyright © Dafont.com/Nenny Septiana
Excerpt from Sex, Lies and Creativity by Julia Roberts used with permission of the author.
Excerpt from Part Wild by Deb Norton used with permission of the author.
First Edition
Library of Congress Control Number: 2020900389
ISBN 978-1-7342493-5-4 (print)
ISBN 978-1-7342493-4-7 (e-book)
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