Novel Approach: J-Hangar Space Review of My Novel Kamikaze to Croydon
Novel Approach
My editor Patrick Sherriff over at Tower English in Abiko helped me publish my novel on July 21, 2018. I have a lot to say about his skills as an editor, with a keen sense of sticking to his three approaches to fiction editing. Well, it helped me a lot, and his support was terrific...
Here is how Patrick puts it:
Character arcs. Every story is a journey. For a story to have meaning, there has to be change. Characters start out one way, they experience difficulty or, as the novelist calls it, conflict, until by the end of the story they have changed. That basic pattern — starting with a goal in mind, dealing with conflict, changing — should be present in the novel as a whole and within each scene and for every major character.
You can order Kamikaze to Croydon here at Amazon as a paperback, and also at Kindle as an eBook.
I hope you will also be kind enough to leave comments and rate it.
Character arcs. Every story is a journey. For a story to have meaning, there has to be change. Characters start out one way, they experience difficulty or, as the novelist calls it, conflict, until by the end of the story they have changed. That basic pattern — starting with a goal in mind, dealing with conflict, changing — should be present in the novel as a whole and within each scene and for every major character.
You can order Kamikaze to Croydon here at Amazon as a paperback, and also at Kindle as an eBook.
I hope you will also be kind enough to leave comments and rate it.
Iinuma Masaaki is a promising young pilot
from the mountains of Nagano, Japan, who only has thoughts of flying
for the Morning Sun newspaper. When he learns of a prize for the first
aviator to fly from Tokyo to London in under 100 hours, he knows he has
the will to make it, just not the way. Suddenly his newspaper approves
the purchase of a new aeroplane capable of going the distance. But can
he overcome his fears, find a navigator and take the last great aviation
prize even while the world marches ever closer to war? A novel based on
the thrilling true story of two friends who try to break the last great
aviation record before the world goes to war.
Paul T in Toda, Saitama, who has the most comprehensive website about airplanes in Japan, published this first review of my novel, Kamikaze to Croydon:
Written by Martin J. Frid (link), a Swede who has lived in Japan for 30 years, Kamikaze to Croydon provides what can best be described as a fact-based fictionalized account of a well-documented deed of derring-do—the Asahi Shimbun-sponsored flight from Tokyo to Croydon in 1937.
No ‘spoiler’ alerts needed, as the writer used up no artistic/pilot’s license on a ‘what if’ ending.
Paul T also noted the following, since I mentioned the Pilot pen in my novel:
You're probably aware that the name Pilot actually comes from one of the founders having been a pilot in the merchant navy.
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