Stone Maidens: A Father’s 14-Year Journey to Best-Selling Author

Lloyd Devereaux Richards, a 74-year-old corporate attorney from Vermont, spent 14 years writing his first novel, Stone Maidens.

Despite his hard work, the book only sold a few dozen copies after its publication in 2012.

However, a 12-second TikTok video made by his daughter turned the tide and propelled the mystery thriller to number one on Amazon's books best seller list in both Canada and the US, beating out several powerhouses, including Prince Harry's memoir Spare.

It is a tale of two fathers, with Richards being a complete opposite of Prince Harry.

While Harry was given every opportunity, Richards worked hard to care for his family and took small windows of time over the years to follow his dream of becoming a published author.

One man has now received recognition for the first time in his life, while the other has had recognition his entire life that he didn't earn and is still coasting on it, despite protesting that he hates everything about it.

However, Harry's memoir has caused controversy, with royal expert Neil Sean suggesting that Penguin Random House is allegedly very angry with Harold because their potential to earn even more from this book has been scuppered, all thanks to Prince Harry.

Sean suggests that Penguin Random House hoped to send Harold out on publicity tours to be interviewed and meet the public and sign books.

But thanks to Harry's ridiculous claims about chess pieces and the Taliban, that simply can't happen anymore.

The publisher now understands that the security costs would be phenomenal.

According to royal author and commentator Daniela Elsa of the New Zealand Herald, Harry is playing a game in which he makes up the rules as he goes along, and for the rest of the family, this doesn't seem to be very fair.

He's blamed members of his family for bullying his wife, Meghan Markle, out of the firm, but hasn't really given anyone a chance to defend themselves.

It's almost as if Harry knew that by speaking his side of the truth, he could get away with it because the other royals would stay silent.

Elsa put it this way, Harry bristles and points fingers when his family exploit him to get ahead, but then he seems curiously willing to follow the exact same tawdry route.

For the Duke, there seems to be one rule for his family, the media and anyone with a smartphone, but another when he decides that he fancies a bit of truth-telling.

The author continued, Harry has made it his mission to hold the media and the royal outfit to account but doesn't seem particularly inclined to apply the same critical eye to his own choices.

Imagine if it wasn't Harry who'd revealed his field romp with Walpole to the world, but the other way round.

Let's imagine she didn't name names precisely like H but wrote about having s** with a teenage prince after a boozy night out.

Harry knows how the media operates; he had to have known that writing about the field moment would spark a huge tabloid hunt for the woman in question.

It's not just Harry's book that's causing controversy.

Richards' success with Stone Maidens highlights the power of social media in promoting books.

His daughter's TikTok video, which featured her father's book cover and a caption reading “My dad wrote a book.

Please buy it so I can finally move out,” went viral, leading to an increase in sales.

Richards' journey to becoming a best-selling author is a testament to the value of perseverance and hard work.

Despite facing rejection and setbacks, he never gave up on his dream of seeing his book become successful.

His story serves as an inspiration to aspiring writers everywhere, showing that with dedication and determination, anything is possible.

In conclusion, Stone Maidens is a story of an author's journey to success and the power of social media in promoting books.

It also sheds light on the controversy surrounding Prince Harry's memoir and his approach to truth-telling.