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Adventures in the Digital World
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My avatar,
Warren Adler Aeon, has been
holding
weekly conversations at the
Amazon site on
Second Life with other avatars who join me on
Thursdays at 3 p.m. (EDT). I lead the
conversation, which deals with the short story as
a literary medium, and the reasons why I embarked
on my short story contest.
Read a
recent session transcript, one
blog review and another
blog review.
If you do not
understand my reference to
Second Life then
you have missed a remarkable story of a
virtual
digital world where other avatars—which is best
defined as a concept or idea that takes on what
looks like a human—interact in this virtual
world. It is, in fact, "a vast digital continent,
teeming with people, entertainment, experiences
and opportunity." See
complete story. |
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Introducing Warren Adler Aeon. |
Second Annual Writing Contest
Winners Announced Today!
Warren Adler will announce his choice for the
top prize of $1,000, along with the People's
Choice winner. Both winners will be published on
Amazon.com. The announcement will take place on
Second Life at 3pm EDT today and will be posted
shortly after on the
contest page at WarrenAdler.com.
Congratulations to our finalists and to all
those who entered. Warren Adler said, "the quality
of your stories were quite remarkable and I urge
everyone who submitted to continue to follow the
path of creative writing. Reading these stories
was quite inspiring to me and I agonized over my
final choices...I wish all contestants the best of
luck in their writing. In my view there is no more
fulfilling calling than the life of the creative
writer and no more skillful exercise in craft and
talent than the short story. It is my fervent hope
that this medium will once again attain the
heights and interest it deserves. And remember.
What seems like a rejection is merely one person's
opinion and it is often a poor indication of
future success."
Sometime after the announcement of the winners
of this contest, we will announce our third annual
contest and anticipate even more submissions.
Until then, keep writing!
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Funny Boys
Like his classic
The War of the Roses, Warren Adler's
genius for black comedy brings the Borsht Belt
alive again in its golden heyday—circa 1937—with all its bustling, rowdy, romantic,
tumultuous mix of comedy, lavish food, and
people of all varieties, from the hoodlums of
Murder Inc. to families seeking escape from
the crowded streets of the big city and young
men and women on the prowl for mates. Nobody
will leave the table without a full belly of
laughs, nostalgia, suspense and new insights
into this vanished world. Available March 26
in stores and
online.Don't Understand Yiddish?
Need Questions to Lead a Reading Group?
Feeling ferklempt reading the Yiddish in
Funny Boys? Is your book club kvetching
about uninteresting questions? Mazel tov!
We've got a
glossary of Yiddish expressions for the
confused reader and a
reading group guide to get the
conversation going. |
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From Sex and the City to New York Echoes
Award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon, fresh from
shooting the
Sex and the City movie, has recorded
New York Echoes, the deft and compelling short
story collection about New Yorkers from
bestselling author Warren Adler. The audio is
available for download from
Audible.com and
iTunes, tying in with the New York Echoes original
trade paperback release. You can download one
devilishly delicious story, "The Mean Mrs.
Dickstein,"
FREE here! |
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