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William Auten Stories and Newsletter · Apr 24, 2026

A Long Road Home – New Novel plus Goodreads Giveaway

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William Auten · William Auten Stories and Newsletter

This month’s content is brought to you by readers like you whose paid Substack subscriptions and book purchases help produce and promote my work: extraordinary stories about ordinary Americans. Good stories don’t, and shouldn’t have to, conform to politics.

If you’re a free subscriber, consider upgrading to a paid subscription. Thank you for supporting and reading my work and spreading the word. And a hearty welcome to new subscribers.

And thank you to annual paid subscribers who renewed, which helps me make everything you read—from writing and editing stories; to book interiors and covers; to online content and marketing materials.

“Going out there is all that matters.” After fifteen years in middle management, Boz Trimble is phased out by his company. Now he questions the goals and comfort he accumulated over the years and seeks an identity free from complacency and a prescribed path. As the months shift from winter into spring, Boz juggles his family’s tightening finances, opportunities disappearing as quickly as they arrive, and reversals of fortunes complicating his life. But while he searches for meaningful work and struggles to redefine himself, he deepens his relationships with his wife, children, sister, and disabled brother in ways he never planned; reconnects to his father’s days of stock car racing in the South; and wrestles with newfound courage to pursue a course not laid out.

Fire In Hand Media

320 pages

ISBN (print): 9798986092751

ISBN (ebook): 9798986092768

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A book’s success can thrive on word-of-mouth and grassroots marketing. Producing and promoting stories requires time and money, and independent authors like me are often overlooked because of trends, sales, and genre. I’m asking you to help spread the word about A Long Road Home. Anything below you can do can positively impact me and my work:

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Enter your chance to win one of ten free Kindle copies of A Long Road Home. Good luck, thank you, and please spread the word.

See y’all next month.

Read the original on williamauten.substack.com

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