When a publishing house steps forward and declares a book to
be worthy, that tells you something.
All I can say is that I think my self-published books are pretty
good.
But neither established publishers nor I can know what you want to read.
Two books. ‘The sky is reflected in the river,’ and ‘Cairns,’
are collections of mostly short writing - I call them poems, word sketches, and
essays - that I wrote roughly over a year from the fall of 2011 to the fall of
2012. Some I have posted on my web log, ‘Walk to the River.’ Many are printed in
these books for the first time.
I gave some copies of the ‘Sky’ book to friends. One friend,
who doesn't know poetry from a hole in the ground, said he’d nominate me for
the United States Poet Laureate.
Another said it made ‘good breakfast reading.’ I presume he
meant it was better than reading the backs of cereal boxes, but I don't think he meant it quite that way.
I would characterize my writing as ranging from traditional
poetry, to observational or philosophical word sketches written in a poetic
fashion, to short essays.
The subjects range all over the place, but much of what I
find to say comes out of nearly daily walks to the river. I see what I see. I
think about what it means. And I try to put something of the poetry and meaning into words.
I think the writing and the design of these books is
well-crafted.
You can buy a copy and judge for yourself whether there is writing here
that interests you by going to Amazon Books. Amazingly, Amazon's computerized
system will print a single copy and mail it to you all for about $8.
‘Sidney Core’s Secret, a short young adult novel of about 80
pages, which I started writing roughly ten years ago, mostly needs to be tested
by actual kids reading it.
The story is about a 14 year old girl named Claire and her
younger brother who have to spend part of a summer with their grandmother in
the mountains. The more interesting part of the story develops as Claire tries
to figure out the secret of a reclusive mountain man who happens to be her
uncle.
I think ‘Sidney Core’s Secret’ is an interesting tale, with
some dramatic turns and a small amount of psychological insight, but what do I
know, I’m just the author.
Again, at Amazon for about $8, shipping included.
At last check, typing ‘Bert Haverkate-Ens’ into the books
search window at Amazon brings up these books. The hyphenated name
finally pays off. If you know me, I could save you a few bucks by ordering them myself. Multiple copies brings the shipping per book costs down.
