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Recently Updated Blog Posts on My Site 10.28.19 😊
“As I progress through updating my posts since 2011, I’ll post periodic updates here of which ones….” 😊 – Texas Hill Country thriller book cover; Musee d’Orsay giant clock poster .
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Category Links – Adan’s Reviews
I am organizing my varied interests 😊 I’d initially tried to do this when I began my blog on WordPress in early-2011, then drifted into simply exploring what I was enjoying at the time. This is my new late-2019 effort to organize my disparity, lol!
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My Top Pins On Pinterest 2nd Week of September 2019 – Yoga & Impressionism! 😊
“My Top Pins On Pinterest 2nd Week of September 2019 – Zumba & Paris!” – © Felipe Adan Lerma
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The Yoga Bowl – Short Family Story by Felipe Adan Lerma
“I wrote The Yoga Bowl a few years ago, early 2015, as part of a group author contribution of short stories for a charity compilation edition, You’re Not Alone: An Indie Author Anthology.”
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My Top Pins On Pinterest This Week – August 08, 2019 😊
Regarding my most popular pins on my site at Pinterest, it’s no surprise that Olga Abramova’s superb white floral is among the top 3 again – gorgeous sensuous inspiring image! And it’s a real pleasure to see my favorite former Texas governor, Ann Richard, featured! Along with her incomparable wit ❤️
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Adan’s Art – New Image on Fine Art America From My Novel, “Queen” #26of74
Very similar to the image #25 featured in my previous post, #26 is a view of Lake Champlain from Battery Park very near where my wife grew up…The lighting, in the few hours that’d passed from the previous image, has dimmed, subtly but significantly, foreshadowing further changes in the novel.
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Adan’s Art – New Image on Fine Art America From My Novel, “Queen” #25of74
“The challenge of creating a satisfying cropped rendition – in this case within a squared format – is finding both the size of the crop and the edges for the new version.”
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Infographic: Writing tips from famous authors
Originally posted on Nicholas C. Rossis: Ages ago, I shared with you some of J.K. Rowling’s writing tips. Today, I’m sharing some more great tips from 12 famous authors. I hope they help inspire your writing! Many thanks to Lucy Benton for sharing it with me. Note: right-click the image, open in a new tab,…
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My Most Visited Post of the Week, Mon-Fri Ending 07.26.19
Fun Reading of Skydancer by Tania Marie DeGregorio at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Austin Related Posts Spotted Treasure – My New Butterfly Photo at Fine Art America Butterflies, Children’s Books, Plus Our Youngest Daughter – Creativity is a Weave of Many Threads * My Amazon Affiliate Marketing searches for this post Butterfly gifts on…
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#PhotoPoem with Image No. 19, Lantern in the Window, From My Multi-Generational New England Thriller “Queen”
** Lantern in the Window(breathing the light) Light passes through glass sleeves fromthe world outside, seeminglystoredinside the hourglass-like guardian calmlypatientlyawaiting the nightwhen it toowill shine, passing its lightin a breath clearly seenback through the glass. © Felipe Adan Lerma *** It’s been a few years since I wrote “Queen” and I’ve had a bit more…
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A Little Fiction About the Truth I Felt in Paris 2012 – “Slumming in Paris Part 6”
The recent tragic loss in Paris at Notre Dame, and the heroic efforts that helped mitigate it, has torn at our emotions and reminded me I had sensed and seen the mettle of the French culture and people via the beauty and monuments to their past when my wife and I stayed in the Latin…
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Clues to Myself About My Latest Painting via Art Mystery Novel “Abstract Aliases” by Ritter Aimes
In “Abstract Aliases” – a mystery art thriller by Ritter Ames – Laurel Beacham, the art recovery expert protagonist has returned to London office and is quickly engulfed in strong whiffs of danger, intrigue, and – as always, in a good way – an ongoing yes/no maybe/could-be romantic involvement with a fellow art sleuth based,…
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About the Images in My Books, Part 2 – Narrative / Illustrative Photography and Art
From early on I included my own images in small books of poetry, creating verses to illustrate what I saw and felt in the scenes, often of nature but relating to people. Also relatively early, I matched images to my travel memoirs. One small book, “Love’s Travels – Vermont, Paris, Austin”, combines my images with…
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About the Images in My Books, Part 1 – Book Covers
Jan 06, 2019 Please click links on cover images for links to the books on Amazon (universal links); & links on right-side images for their Fine Art America pages (gifts & prints). And for more of my before-and-after images-to-covers, please visit my collection of samples at Fine Art America – https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/felipeadan-lerma.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=712150 . It started as…
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Butterflies, Children’s Books, Plus Our Youngest Daughter – Creativity is a Weave of Many Threads
Update Aug 2019Please note: Tania recently read from her illustrated children’s book “Skydancer” at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin. A new post about the event is filled with pictures of the event 😊 Dec 11, 2018 When a creative project is nurtured by one of one’s children, involves one of one’s grandchildren,…
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My Most Recent Top Tweets – Excerpts and an Image @FelipeAdanLerma 053116
May 31, 2016 Amazon – Author.to/Adans_Amazon_Author_Page Fine Art America – http://felipeadan-lerma.pixels.com/ These are my most shared or favorite’d (liked, hearted), and clicked tweets from last night – what other people liked best of what I’ve offered. Buffer’s dashboard lets me see the stats of my Tweets timeline, or I can choose most popular, most reach,…
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My Most Recent Top Tweets – One Liner Excerpts @FelipeAdanLerma 052716
May 27, 2016 Amazon – Author.to/Adans_Amazon_Author_Page Fine Art America – http://felipeadan-lerma.pixels.com/ These are my most shared or favorite’d (liked, hearted), and clicked tweets from last night – what other people liked best of what I’ve offered. Day before, new images I’d uploaded to Fine Art America dominated my Top Tweets. Yesterday it was One Liner…
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My Most Recent Top Tweets @FelipeAdanLerma 052516
May 25, 2016 Amazon – Author.to/Adans_Amazon_Author_Page Fine Art America – http://felipeadan-lerma.pixels.com/ Here, from yesterday morning into this morning, are my most shared or favorite’d (liked, hearted), and clicked tweets – what other people liked best of what I’ve offered. With two previous days of postings my Top Tweets on my site, it’s easy to see…
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My Most Recent Top Tweets @FelipeAdanLerma 052416
May 24, 2016 Amazon – Author.to/Adans_Amazon_Author_Page Fine Art America – http://felipeadan-lerma.pixels.com/ Here, from yesterday evening into this morning, are my most shared or favorite’d (liked, hearted), and clicked tweets – what other people liked best of what I’ve offered. With only one previous day of posting my Top Tweets on my site, it is still…
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My Most Recent Top Tweets @FelipeAdanLerma 052316
May 23, 2016 Amazon – Author.to/Adans_Amazon_Author_Page Fine Art America – http://felipeadan-lerma.pixels.com/ Interesting there was a time I bounced tweets off from my blog, never looked to see how they appeared, if they were retweeted, liked, or the links (if any) clicked on (smiles). Now, I relish Twitter’s simplicity and wealth of options. Now, rather than…
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My Two Top Tweets in May – From the Heart @FelipeAdanLerma 053116
June 01, 2016 Amazon – Author.to/Adans_Amazon_Author_Page Fine Art America – http://felipeadan-lerma.pixels.com/ My Two Top Tweets in May 2016 These are my most shared or favorite’d (liked, hearted), and clicked tweets from all of May – what other people liked best of what I’ve offered. Buffer’s dashboard lets me choose which stats to see, from popular…
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Twitter Recap for @felipeadanlerma 040816
April 08, 2016 Well it’s taken “way” longer to post again than I’d hoped. And no less busy today, morning cervical PT then pick up the 3 yr old for an overnight 1st time in several weeks – but hey, I’ve got this new Twitter recap format (smiles). Every day I come across or create…
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Twitter Recap for @felipeadanlerma
March 30, 2016 I’m gonna try out a new format for my blog posts. Since I spend most of my time on Twitter now, at least vs FB & my website, I thought I’d try out an idea I read recently. Basically, every few days, or as often as seems best, I can embed hand…
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Twitter Excerpt Experiment for One Night in the Hill Country (ONITHC)
Twitter Excerpt Experiment for One Night in the Hill Country (ONITHC) One tweet for each chapter. Technical advice and inspiration for Twitter format ads via Eric Lahti. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward creatively integrating various topics like yoga, fitness, and…
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YouTube Excerpt Readings : Books 1 – 6, Queen the Serial Novel
YouTube Excerpt Readings : Books 1 – 6, Queen the Serial Novel Read the excerpts via Twitter. Hear them on YouTube. Each book available on Kindle Unlimited. Technical Advice and Inspiration for Twitter format ads via Eric Lahti. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought…
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Twitter Excerpts : Books 1 – 6, Queen the Serial Novel
Twitter Excerpts : Books 1 – 6, Queen the Serial Novel Read the excerpts via Twitter. Hear them on YouTube. Available on Kindle Unlimited. Technical Advice and Inspiration for Twitter format ads via Eric Lahti. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward…
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New Cover for – One Night in the Hill Country : A Samantha Lacroix Thriller
Nico Laeser, an author, musician and artist had recently helped me design the cover of my new thriller, Queen the Serial Novel, also using one of my original images, so I sent him a few more hill country photos I’d taken.
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The Good Wife – Asks: What is the Real World?
The Good Wife – Asks: What is the Real World? This past Sunday one of my wife and mine’s favorite TV shows, The Good Wife, had another intriguing interesting close, essentially asking: What is the Real World? *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that…
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New Header # 22 – Samantha Lacroix Thrillers from Felipe Adan Lerma
New Header # 22 – Samantha Lacroix Thrillers from Felipe Adan Lerma Book cover design by Nico Laeser. Original image by Felipe Adan Lerma. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a…
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Blacklist in Season 3 is Back – Serial Fiction at its Best
Blacklist in Season 3 is Back – Serial Fiction at its Best If there’s a commercial TV episodic show I want my own serial novel, Queen, to embody in its own way, in terms of fun to follow, it’s from one of my favorite’s : Blacklist. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog…
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Queen, the Serial Novel – Promoting On YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook
Queen, the Serial Novel – Promoting On YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook Book cover design by Nico Laeser. Original image by Felipe Adan Lerma. Technical Advice and Inspiration via Eric Lahti. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness,…
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Queen, the Serial Novel – Book 1: First Review – 4 Stars!
Queen, the Serial Novel – Book 1, First Review – 4 Stars! Book cover design by Nico Laeser. Original image by Felipe Adan Lerma. Twitter technical Advice and Inspiration via Eric Lahti. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics,…
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Queen, the Serial Novel – My First Twitter Image Ad
Queen, the Serial Novel – My First Twitter Image Ad Book cover design by Nico Laeser. Original image by Felipe Adan Lerma. Technical Advice and Inspiration via Eric Lahti. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and…
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Queen, the Serial Novel – My YouTube Readers Theatre Excerpts
Queen, the Serial Novel – My YouTube Readers Theatre Excerpts * Cover design by Nico Laeser. Original image by Felipe Adan Lerma. Sam is fresh off a recent crisis in the Texas Hill Country and is hoping for a respite in her home state of Vermont. Stilo, a local Vermont king pin, hopes to find…
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Queen the Serial Novel, Book 2 – Business, Will Release with Book 1 – Two Paths
Queen, the Serial Novel, Book 2 – Business Will Release with Book 1 – Two Paths on December 25, 2015 37 Episodes Planned. Cover design by Nico Laeser. Original image by Felipe Adan Lerma. Sam is fresh off a recent crisis in the Texas Hill Country and is hoping for a respite in her home…
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Queen, the Serial Novel – Choosing (for now) Serial Fiction in Kindle Unlimited vs Kindle Scout.
Queen, the Serial Novel – Choosing (for now) Serial Fiction in Kindle Unlimited vs Kindle Scout. Cover design by Nico Laeser. Original image by Felipe Adan Lerma. Sam is fresh off a recent crisis in the Texas Hill Country and is hoping for a respite in her home state of Vermont. Stilo, a local Vermont…
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Queen, the Serial Novel – Book 1 Sneak Peek
Queen, the Serial Novel – Book 1 Sneak Peek Cover design by Nico Laeser. Original image by Felipe Adan Lerma. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…” Site Areas Fitness…
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Queen : Cover Reveal – To Be Adapted for Queen the Serial Novel
Queen Cover Reveal. To be adapted for Queen, the Serial Novel. Designed by Nico Laeser. Original image by Felipe Adan Lerma. *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body of thought that works toward integrating various topics, yoga, fitness, and the arts – it’s a process…” Site Areas Fitness ** Arts ** eBooks ***…
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Paris – City of Love – Endures
Paris – City of Love – Endures There is a reason Paris, in one form or another, has endured from before the Romans, through the Nazis, and now today, early into our 21st century. Love. ***Side Image, Paris Street ©Felipe Adan Lerma *** “a beginner’s view: the intent of this blog is to incrementally build a body…
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Kindle Scout, Now International: Participating Authors Tell About Their Experiences
Kindle Scout, Now International: Participating Authors Tell About Their Experiences Some were chosen, some were not, and others are still waiting for their 30 day submission for nominations to wrap up. Since I am seriously considering submitting my next work, a followup thriller to One Night in the Hill Country, to Kindle Scout. I decided…
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You’re Not Alone: An Indie Author Anthology: Reviews Links and Excerpts, Part 1 – 100% of Proceeds to Charity
You’re Not Alone: An Indie Author Anthology: Reviews Links and Excerpts, Part 1 – 100% of Proceeds to Charity (from product page description) : An international group of indie authors, inspired by the personal grief of one, decided to collaborate in the spring of 2015 in a project to create this multi-genre smorgasbord of original…
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Public Morals Season Finale : Do Endings Matter?
Public Morals Season Finale : Do Endings Matter? Is good writing, great acting, and an intriguing combo of social and family issues from the early 60s enough to make a show good, or potentially great? Definitely. But like a good or potentially great book, the ending has to work. Did the Season One finale for…
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You’re Not Alone: An Indie Author Anthology – 100% of Proceeds to Charity
You’re Not Alone: An Indie Author Anthology – 100% of Proceeds to Charity (from product page description) : An international group of indie authors, inspired by the personal grief of one, decided to collaborate in the spring of 2015 in a project to create this multi-genre smorgasbord of original short stories, all with the same…
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Queen : New thriller in progress – Lingering: Adding Reader Depth and Involvement
Queen New thriller in progress – Lingering: Adding Reader Depth and Involvement Image on left: One Night in the Hill Country Thriller novella, set in Texas. Immigrant and illegal children caught in a mad man’s plan to stop child abuse. Featuring former police officer Samantha (Sam) Lacroix. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MXGMN68 Reviews: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MXGMN68#customerReviews Sample review: By Robert on…
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Queen : New thriller in progress – Conflicting Priorities: Reality Meets Fiction
Queen New thriller in progress – Conflicting Priorities: Reality Meets Fiction Image on left: One Night in the Hill Country Thriller novella, set in Texas. Immigrant and illegal children caught in a mad man’s plan to stop child abuse. Featuring former police officer Samantha (Sam) Lacroix. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MXGMN68 Reviews: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MXGMN68#customerReviews Sample review: By Mr. P. Ruddock…








