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Nicole Paton's avatar

This is awesome - I love Lily's character! And also, what a way to end, just casually mentioning WW3 - i can't wait to getvstuck into the further chapters!

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The Common Centrist's avatar

Thank you. That means so much. Just in case you missed it… Chapter 1 is actually the 2nd instalment in the book and is preceded by the ‘Prologue’ below. The first 33 chapters are available free to read right now with a new chapter going up daily until the book is complete…

Thank you again so much for reading…

https://open.substack.com/pub/thecommoncentrist/p/a-time-travellers-fable-prologue?r=2wu590&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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Nicole Paton's avatar

Oh ideal - thank you! I missed the prologue, so will delve into it later today 😁 are you going to publish it?

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The Common Centrist's avatar

Thank you. I am wrestling with that question… Maybe at some time in the future but for now I’m going to leave it on here for free and see if I can’t accumulate a few readers for it…

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Nicole Paton's avatar

Fair enough - good idea ☺️

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Sandy Shaller's avatar

Happy Christmas, C.C. I just finished Ch. 1 and loved it. Lily promises to be a strong and interesting character with her unusual time traveling gift. The writing flows and I loved your use of the word "mulligan." I thought I was the only person who still knew that expression.

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The Common Centrist's avatar

Thank you and Happy Christmas to you too. Thank you for reading and your kind words, they mean the world to me.

‘Mulligan’ is a great word that I use often.

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Sandy Shaller's avatar

I love the Prologue to this story and the emergence of the 'super people.' The opening with the young boy took me straight back to my own childhood when my three favorite superheroes were Captain Marvel (now called Shazam), Namor, the Sub Mariner, and - of course - Superman; still my favorite. Here I am a grandpa and I still have flying dreams. I'll be looking forward to reading chapter 1.

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The Common Centrist's avatar

Thank you. That means a lot. It means to me that you read it.

The first 28 chapters are already up and free to read on my dedicated page for the book here… https://thecommoncentrist.substack.com/s/a-time-travellers-fable

I hope you enjoy the book

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Arathy's avatar

Love this!

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The Common Centrist's avatar

Thank you

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Pallavi Dawson's avatar

Wonderful. I loved it and Lily is such a well realised character. Looking forward to the next instalment.

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The Common Centrist's avatar

Thank you.

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