Dear Reader, 

I'm a short story and essay writer, working on my first novel, and I need your help.  

I'm in the process of rewriting the 90,000 some words of this novel.  I'm going to publish a few chapters of "If Not for War" here with the hope of getting your honest response. Let me know the parts you liked and also the parts you don't understand, places where the writing became slow, etc.

Thank you so much for your help. 

Cheers to you.