February 2012
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Last day to enter the Goodreads giveaway of... →
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Another Interview with Fellow Author, L.M Stull
I interviewed you about a year ago, when you were done writing Memoirs of a Monkey. Now you’re promoting your novel, A Thirty Something Girl. Tell me about how the year’s treated you.
This past year has been filled with lots of changes!! “Memoirs of a Monkey” was slated to be my original debut. However, after much thought, I ultimately decided that paranormal romance was not the genre I was most...
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With Rejection Letters Like These, Who Needs...
Adi, Thanks so much for submitting your story, “Survival Song” to The Missouri Review for our consideration. We greatly enjoyed reading this, and found much to admire in the prose and characterization. Unfortunately, we ultimately decided that this particular story was not quite a perfect fit for our current needs. We do like your writing though, and we’d love to see more in the...
ihaveasandwich asked: I just wanted to let you know that I bought the Kindle edition of Somewhere Over the Sun today. I am as of yet only four chapters in, but already the warmth of your writing has brought tears to my eyes. I can't wait to read on and see what else this book has in store for me! :)
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Attention, Goodreads Users
Add my book, Somewhere Over the Sun to your to-read shelf! I realized that things have slowed down a lot with my promotion of the book, so I’m going to do a giveaway. I’ll give away three copies!
Details are through Goodreads.
(The giveaway is pending Goodreads approval, but should be up soon).
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Letter to a 5-Month-Old Nephew
Dear Sylas,
It is again raining in Mexico City.
The people that know me are familiar with my disenchantment with rain. You don’t know it yet, I guess. But you will someday. Or maybe not, if I have anything to say about it.
Unlike many writers whose creativity seems to thrive in the rain, and many of my friends in Las Vegas, where you live, who’ve gone most of their lives without...
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“…an honest and joyful attempt to reach out…and remind us all of the...”
– Once again, The Compass, a site here on Tumblr that reviewed my book, Somewhere Over the Sun.
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Do Not Fear the Blank White Page
If someone has ever told you to fear the blank white page, they are wrong. The blank white page is actually one of the best things that can happen to a writer. Nothing has gone wrong yet, nothing that doesn’t work, a world of opportunities ahead. It’d be like someone telling you to fear a fuel gauge pointing to the letter F. All you have to do is accelerate.
By all means, be afraid...
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“The final paragraph of Somewhere Over the Sun is like a song I never want to...”
– The Compass, a creator collective, a gathering of eight young artists and writers honing their craft and starting a conversation. It was founded on the belief that creative voices must be heard by others.
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Moustache
The following is an excerpt from my manuscript for The Moustache. I was writing this for some guys in L.A and their agent decided to pass so the project is now dead. I thought I may as well share a little bit with some of you. Enjoy.
Chapter 1
When the alarm clock woke Harvey Bellfield at 6:24 a.m every weekday morning, he would immediately pull himself out of bed, stumble toward the bathroom,...
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Jennifer Egan!
I just got an email response from Jennifer Egan, one of my favorite writers, after I sent her a gushing fanboy message. I may be a little giddy right now. She didn’t even point out my glaring, embarrassing your/you’re mistake that I’m beating myself up over. What a gal. Go buy all her books. Seriously.
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First Review for The Calvin Sky!
Hello :) I finished “The Calvin Sky” two weeks ago and loved every single story in it. I tend to get lonely on my lunch hour(s) at school; your book on my Kindle turned out to be more than enough company. “Kevin Plays Pai Gow” made me cry and the excerpt of Bright and Blue made me look forward to the release of your second novel. I liked how every story and every character was different; some...