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My name is Derrick Hibbard and I'm asking for help to publish my novel, The Double Stroller Hand Grenade.
What is this book about? Here's a short synopsis:
The Double Stroller Hand Grenade opens as Peter, a bright-eyed and fluffy-tailed new attorney, witnesses the “hit” of the managing partner in his law firm. Because of this inadvertent run-in and supposed link with the mafia, Peter can’t find another job anywhere and is forced to tend his kids full-time while his wife, Alison, brings home the bacon. Peter hates the new job: His young kids are a whirlwind of destruction wherever they go, his daughter suffers from a crippling fear of an imaginary alligator, and he and Alison seem to be growing further and further apart as she works long hours. As it turns out, Alison is not an interior designer, as Peter was led to believe, but is the assassin who killed Peter’s boss—a fact that Peter is none-too-happy about—and things really get crazy when Alison’s peers decide that she is better off dead. What follows is a hilarious romp, as the emasculated Peter has to deal with a super-cool-femme-fatale of a wife, while he and his two kids are mercilessly thrust into a world of gangsters and professional hit men.
The Double Stroller Hand Grenade is mainstream fiction with an edge. It combines lighthearted romantic comedy with thrilling action and suspense.
Why am I asking for your help? Well, there are lots of costs associated with publishing a professional quality book, from editing to interior layout to cover design to promotion. All funds raised will be used in creating the most polished and professional book possible.
I've worked very hard on this project, and I hope you like it. If everything goes according to plan, The Double Stroller Hand Grenade will be out this September. Thank you for stopping by, and thank you very much for your support.
For more information on me and some of my past projects, check out my page on Amazon, or follow me on Twitter!
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Derrick Hibbard is from Key Biscayne, Florida, and is married with three kids. He just graduated from the University of Miami School of Law. Besides practicing law and writing about assassin-wives, Derrick has worked with Habitat for Humanity and spent time working in an orphanage and school in Lusaka, Zambia.
Derrick has been an active contributor to a number of journals and magazines and is the author of a popular non-fiction series that includes the books College Fast Track and Law School Fast Track.
Derrick's favorite authors are Jeffery Deaver, Chuck Palahnuik, Philip Roth, and Christopher Moore. He admires Deaver for his clever plot twists and unrelenting suspense, Palahnuik and Roth for their poetic use of words, and Moore for his absurd comedy.
