u/Impossible_Lie1090

Hi! I'm a debut indie author from Romania, and I'd love to introduce Stories from the Garden of Paws and Wings, my children's book inspired by real animals that have been part of my life. 🐾

The stories grew from real memories and my love for animals, and explore friendship, kindness, empathy, courage, and the special bond between children and animals.

I only discovered the Kindle Storyteller UK competition yesterday, and managed to enter this book at the very last minute, so I'm now racing against the clock to help it find its first readers.

I'm not looking for guaranteed positive reviews or five stars. I'd simply love to find parents or readers who genuinely enjoy children's animal stories. If you read it and later decide to leave an honest review, whatever your opinion, I'd be incredibly grateful.

The animals behind these stories are real, which makes this little book especially personal to me. ❤️

📖 Stories from the Garden of Paws and Wings

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HDK489QY

Thank you for giving a new indie author a chance. 🐾📚

Hi everyone. I'm Bianca, a debut indie author, and I'm posting this with equal parts hope and nervousness.

I've been writing for years, but I was always afraid to publish.

During one of the most difficult periods of my life, I found comfort in the music of a non-binary artist. They have no idea I exist, and my novel is not about them, but their music, authenticity, courage and freedom of self-expression helped me through a time when I was struggling to keep going.

Somehow, that invisible connection gave me the courage to do something I'd been afraid to do for years: let other people read my work.

I had already written other books, but I chose How I Never Met Patrick as the first one I would publish because it felt, in my own small way, like saying thank you for an inspiration that arrived without ever knowing how much it mattered.

And I wrote it under less-than-perfect circumstances. I couldn't afford expensive writing software, so I wrote using LibreOffice. It wasn't glamorous, but the story mattered more than the equipment.

The novel itself is entirely fictional.

How I Never Met Patrick begins unexpectedly in the distant past, in the world of the Dacians and Romans, before gradually moving into the contemporary story of Maia and Patrick. The pieces are meant to connect as the story unfolds.

An old earring-inspired by one I actually found while walking on a hill in an area with archaeological remains-becomes one of the threads connecting past and present. The moon, poetry and other recurring symbols also carry meaning throughout the story.

At its heart, this is an emotional story about human connection: about two people separated by distance, identity and self-expression, queer experience and acceptance, friendship, longing, love, loss, resilience, and what it means to be truly seen without having to fit neatly into someone else's expectations.

I only learned yesterday about the Kindle Storyteller UK competition and realised my book could still participate. I'm starting incredibly late and racing against the clock.

I'm not asking anyone for a positive review just to help me. I'm hoping to find a few real readers who genuinely connect with this kind of story. If you read it and choose to leave an honest review, whatever your genuine opinion may be, it would mean an enormous amount to a new author starting from zero.

Whatever happens with the competition, publishing this book on a broken laptop after years of being afraid to try already means more to me than I can properly explain.

Thank you for reading this far. 🤍

📖 How I Never Met Patrick - available on Kindle & Kindle Unlimited.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7PSPMYG

How I Never Met Patrick is an emotional story about connection, longing, hope, and the strange ways another person can leave a mark on our lives — even when life doesn't unfold the way we imagined.

It is a story for readers who have ever wondered “What if?”, who have carried an impossible dream, or who have discovered that sometimes the most meaningful journeys are the ones that change us from within.

Written by Bianca Mihaela Mocanu.

📚 Available on Amazon Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H7PSPMYG

Meet Rică, a curious little rabbit who is absolutely convinced he is a dog! 🐰🐾

Together with Tasha and Daisy, he discovers friendship, courage, kindness and the joy of being part of a family.

Stories from the Garden of Paws and Wings is a children's book inspired by real animals and their adventures, written for young readers who love funny and heartwarming animal stories.

📚 Kindle eBook: $4.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HDK489QY