December 2011
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Birthright
Before I left Las Vegas on an expiring student visa, I called the cable company to cancel my service. After trying to get me to give up on this decision by not answering for twenty minutes, the customer service rep asked me why I was leaving the country. I told him that I was not a citizen and his response was, “But you speak English so well. Why can’t you stay?”
The answer is...
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An Unnecessarily Long Title that Doesn't Describe...
Just wanted to give a quick update, dear readers. I won’t have much of an online presence for the next week as I am busy being a master bed sheet salesman at a Christmas bazaar here in Mexico City. Kafka sold insurance, I sell bed sheets.
During downtime, I’ll be working on reaching my goal of 50 books read this year (only two to go!), as well as hand-writing a short story that, I...
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That Time of the Year Again!
Meaning, of course, my imminent return to the U.S., which has a better postal service than Mexico, and thus, the place from where I send all my postcards.
I have a few leftovers from my last stay, and I’m looking for people that want to receive a postcard. Message me your address if you’d like to receive one. And, like with my Before Sunrise challenge, include a one-word writing...
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Somewhere Over the Sun: Goodreads Page →
I love it to pieces. I love it like I love the smell of books and the feel of the sand between my toes and the ocean spray across my face. It’s reached a stage where I will never travel without it, in case I need it.
-Jon, a reader
A link to the Goodreads page for my novel, Somewhere Over the Sun. Take a look at the synopsis and the reviews and then please consider buying the book as a...
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Letter to a 3-Month-Old Nephew
Dear Sylas,
In February of 2010, I was not yet in love. It would get there, but for the time being, I simply had a crush on a girl. These are foreign terms to you for now. “Girl” is merely the difference between Mommy and Daddy, between nipples that provide milk, and the useless ones that don’t. But here’s the story anyway, because there’s one of the life lessons...
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Even More Reader Endorsement for Somewhere Over... →
I’ve read so many that I don’t recall the first one. But the last one that made me look at the world in an entirely different way is from someone I met here on Tumblr. I have never read a book so slowly before, because I not only wanted to read every word, I wanted to taste the colors they produced. I know that makes no sense, but seriously, read this book.
-redicupidity.tumblr.com
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Adi's Favorite Songs of 2011
I write for about 5-8 hours every day, and for about 95% of that time, I’m listening to music. People like to complain about how new things aren’t as good as old things (music, films, books), so I like to remind everyone that every year, morsels of goodness can be found, not matter how much bad stuff may have come out.
By Your Hand - Los Campesinos
Energetic, infectious, catchy,...
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More Reasons to Buy My Book
If you want to read a feel good book about happiness, then this is your go-to book. From characterization to plot to overall tone, I feel like this would be a wonderful book to really get yourself re-inspired in life in regards to your outlook on happiness. I think the only people who won’t like this book at all are those Debbie Downers (and no offense to those named Debbie).
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If...
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“I’m only trying to suggest that as we find ourselves in this particularly...”
– –Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris Quotebook has been updated. Get to know me better.
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Entirely, Not Fully
Entirely, not fully. That was the word he had been searching for, and finally it had come during a middle-of-the-night piss. He flushed and went back to his room, turning on the computer that he kept by his bed. Entirely, not fully, he kept saying, lest the midnight weariness erase the perfect word choice. He hoped the glow of the screen would not keep him from falling back asleep, but there were...
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More Propaganda to Get You to Buy Somewhere Over...
Lyrical and beautiful expression of love between a father and a son. Perfectly captures my sentiments of words, and feeling a natural calling, a pull to words, experienced by writers and editors and others who work with and toy with language as a way of life.
The storyline is witty, smart, funny, entertaining, warm, deep, and heartfelt. It is completely accessible, and the story is told...
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Taboo
This was it: the greatest moment of their lives. Adi and Shay, ages 11 and 13, respectively, had procured a BB gun.
Shay had a friend who had a friend whose parents were okay with toy guns, and by keeping themselves away from candy for a couple of weeks, they had saved enough lunch money and now here it was, black and silver plastic and a thermos full of bright yellow ammunition. They had no...