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September 22th, 2020.
Dear reader,
I started my type of socializing YEARS ago, sometime in 2016/2017. I wrote two chapters and then abandoned it before randomly picking it up again in 2020 when I felt a renewed drive to work on the premise. See, I often have periods of time when I'm interested in a specific pathology (illness), and how it affects social well being overall. It only made sense that in 2020, the year of Corona Virus and encouraged isolation, that I revisit the one story where I tackle isolation as a symptom of greater mental health issues.
I enjoyed the research I had to do for this, and I felt very please to be able to dive back into working with Assad. It's very weird to see notes in your writing journal about a character you've pretty much forgotten until recently. I enjoyed Adam and Assad's dynamic, and I'm kind of happy I held off writing this because I'm in a better place as a writer to work with their dynamic.
Thank you all for giving this book a read. I had fun writing it.
Cheers,
Saint Caliendo.
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*If you've enjoyed this story enough to give my other novels a chance, here are some recommendations. I've specifically selected stories that touch on mental well being.
Why I Love Him [Romance/Completed]
Summary
Johnathan has always been helplessly in love with Wayne.
Wayne, the top of his college's engineering class. Wayne, the student council president. Wayne, the best graduating student in their class.
Wayne and Johnathan used to have something, something Johnathan thought was a relationship, but when Wayne cuts all contact with him after they graduate, and Johnathan starts hearing rumors about Wayne getting married, he realizes that wasn't the case.
Fast forward to the future were Wayne is asking for a second chance. Johnathan wants to hate him with every fiber of his body, but he can't just understand why in the world he was still in love with him.
Acceptance [Romance/Completed]
Summary
Andrew, a twenty-six-year-old literature graduate has been through more drama than many his age. From suffering obesity to arthritis, and then anorexia after drastic attempts to lose body fat, Andrew grows more conscious of his body. He shields himself from the rest of the world in a reserved cabin tucked away in a small town where he dwells in solitude and self-pity. But things can't stay the same forever and Andrew's carefully planned out walls fall around him with the arrival of his uncle's fiancee's son, Ethan.
Ethan will more than disrupt Andrew's 'perfect' life. He'll also teach him the sole act of acceptance.
May-December [Romance/Completed]
Summary
After filing his company for bankruptcy, Kyle's wife leaves him and his three-year-old son. Now a forty-two-year-old divorcee with no parenting skills or money, Kyle decides to move back to the small home town he grew up in.
He should have lost all hope in love and romance, but there's something about Chaska, his son's preschool teacher, that just makes him feel like a college student in love again.
Like Sugar [Romace/Mature/Completed]
Summary
Jared Abitol is ugly, past his prime, and desperate for love.
Years of being hyper-aware of his own looks have made Jared develop social anxiety. When you look like Jared, love isn't easy to find. Jared might not have the looks or confidence, but he has the money, so giving up on love and settling for the next best thing, physical intimacy, is all he can do.
With the help of a colleague, Jared reaches an agreement with a college-age youth called Darnell Miller. Jared pays his college fees and rent, while Darnell puts up with shitty sex with an older man.
Sounds simple enough, doesn't it?
It's not.
Aristocrat [Historical Fiction/Romance/Completed]
Summary
Being sent off to serve the Viscount of Barcombe for two years to pay a debt would have been devastating for most, but not for Manfred.
Manfred had built an attachment to Lord Evenus years before his servitude to him by watching him from a distance. Getting to be by his side day in and day out felt like he had won a prize.
Lord Evenus is obliviously kind, charming, smart and as Manfred learned over time; a man of many secrets. The two become close over the course of many months, but Manfred remains curious about the Lord and his past. One question refused to stop plaguing him:
"What's in the west wing?"
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