View of Lisbon from the Rio Tejo. Illustration by Helen Doner.
“The characters are strong, the dialogue is very well written and the story is excellent. The various storylines are built carefully and each is engaging. You almost feel that you know the characters. As they start to connect and weave together the overall effect is excellent.”
Mark Skalin
reviewing A Life on Water
A wonderful tale
of historical fiction
Set during the 1930s and 1940s in Portugal, A Life on Water is “full of detail, complex characters, and really interesting factual info concerning the activities of neutral countries during the war, the involvement of the church, etc. that is not well known … [and what] really stands out for me about your writing is how visual it is. You create a strong image of the time and place. I hope you are planning to write it as a screenplay. The imagery is magical, especially of the village and religious events. It would make a fantastic Netflix series.”
Suzanne Paleczny
Whitehorse
A Life on Water opens in Vancouver and Toronto in Canada, moves to Portugal, then to Anagni and Rome in Italy, and back to Portugal.
Where does this story end? I would love to tell you but that would be a spoiler. What I can say, is this: you will want to read A Life on Water because where it ends, is where the sequel begins.
I aim to release the sequel in 2025.
Recently, I’ve been working on A Bill to Pay, a two-act play that I will launch at the Local Author Market, a Barrie Public Library event, on December 7, 2024.
See the description in the Books section on the next page.
Back cover image by Patrick Blackler
In November 2022, I published my first book, The Tale of Indigo, that I describe as literary poetry.
This website presents background about my books, the people who helped along the way, and a little about me. I look forward to hearing your comments so I may learn about you, too.
Thank you for joining me.
Timothy Paleczny