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February 25, 2014
“Sex in the Title” hits # 1 in Amazon’s “romantic comedy” and “humor” categories
I just realized that I never posted about this, so pardon the somewhat outdated news…On January 14, 2014, “Sex in the Title” was offered for free on Amazon and it hit # 1 in the “romantic comedy” and “humor” categories, and # 30 out of all free books. And since I’m sharing old news, I […]
February 14, 2014
My Worst Valentine’s Day. Ever.
My Worst Valentine’s Day. Ever. New York City is legendary for sleeping around. There’s hot tail everywhere and it’s such a big city that two-timing or even three-timing is very doable, if you plan it right. I generally like to have at least two, if not three, girls on rotation. It makes it that much […]
February 13, 2014
My Best Valentine’s Day. Ever.
My Best Valentine’s Day. Ever. Let me just start off by saying that I normally avoid all public disclosures about my personal life, because there’s already way too much stuff out there about me in that horrible book called “Sex in the Title.” What kind of a title is that anyway? Author Zack Love is […]
Valentine’s Day Variability
And now for some Cupid Quandaries — a light reflection on February 14th… Valentine’s Day Variability by Zack Love Like birthdays and New Year’s, Valentine’s Day can make you feel a lot better or worse than you’re already feeling. If you’re happily in love, Valentine’s encourages you and your lover to celebrate your joint bliss together. […]
February 3, 2014
Sex in the Title Wins 5 Categories in the 2013 Novel Grounds Literary Awards
Wow, I just learned some news that I should share with my mom: “Sex in the Title” (my book) won five categories in the 2013 Novel Grounds Literary Awards. Isn’t that cool, Mom (and the rest of the world)? I hear that posting news on the Internet can travel beyond one’s mother… OK, I will […]
December 28, 2013
November 25, 2013
How Much Does Chance Decide Your Relationships?
Why are you dating, engaged, or married to this particular person? Why are your relatives and friends these particular people, instead of other people?
Every human relationship begins with a coincidence. Even the most fundamental relationship – that of parent and child – begins entirely with a coincidence. The child is produced by whatever serendipity brought its parents together, and the fact that the child was born to its particular parents instead of to another couple is pure happenstance. Thus, absurdly enough, children have no choice over the relationship that is most important to their existence.
By contrast, friends and lovers choose each other, but even these choices are reactions to whatever random coincidence made the resulting relationship possible. And despite the undeniable fact that all human relations are partly or wholly created by chance, the initial meeting of two lovers always seems more magically coincidental than all other relationships. This feeling may be nothing more than the relief that two lovers share at the fact that they acted wisely when they could have just easily failed to transform luck into love.
Indeed, think of your last romantic connection and how easily it could have not happened. Countless coincidences brought you and someone else together, and then you both acted on that randomness (or some might call it “fate”) in a way that produced enough chemical magic for that romantic spark to go off.
My recently released novel, “Sex in the Title,” is mostly a romantic comedy, but it does have its philosophical moments — like when it discusses the role of chance in human relationships (a rumination on which this post is based).
As you reflect on the various relationships in your life — whether romantic or not — consider how much they were produced by your deliberate choices, versus by circumstances over which you had little or no control. And then ask yourself how much those relationships define you, and how much you define them…
Every human relationship begins with a coincidence. Even the most fundamental relationship – that of parent and child – begins entirely with a coincidence. The child is produced by whatever serendipity brought its parents together, and the fact that the child was born to its particular parents instead of to another couple is pure happenstance. Thus, absurdly enough, children have no choice over the relationship that is most important to their existence.
By contrast, friends and lovers choose each other, but even these choices are reactions to whatever random coincidence made the resulting relationship possible. And despite the undeniable fact that all human relations are partly or wholly created by chance, the initial meeting of two lovers always seems more magically coincidental than all other relationships. This feeling may be nothing more than the relief that two lovers share at the fact that they acted wisely when they could have just easily failed to transform luck into love.
Indeed, think of your last romantic connection and how easily it could have not happened. Countless coincidences brought you and someone else together, and then you both acted on that randomness (or some might call it “fate”) in a way that produced enough chemical magic for that romantic spark to go off.
My recently released novel, “Sex in the Title,” is mostly a romantic comedy, but it does have its philosophical moments — like when it discusses the role of chance in human relationships (a rumination on which this post is based).
As you reflect on the various relationships in your life — whether romantic or not — consider how much they were produced by your deliberate choices, versus by circumstances over which you had little or no control. And then ask yourself how much those relationships define you, and how much you define them…
November 22, 2013
How Much Does Chance Decide Your Relationships?
Why are you dating, engaged, or married to this particular person? Why are your relatives and friends these particular people, instead of other people? Every human relationship begins with a coincidence. Even the most fundamental relationship – that of parent and child – begins entirely with a coincidence. The child is produced by whatever serendipity [...]
November 11, 2013
An Interview with Sammy Laffowitz (aka “Heeb”)
1. Where are you from? One of the most glamorous places on earth: the suburbs of Philadelphia. 2. Do you have any secrets? If so please share! Don’t even go there. Zack already publicized WAY too many of my secrets — and it doesn’t get any more embarrassing than what he revealed (which is all [...]
October 25, 2013
My first Goodreads blog post. And my last?
So apparently this is the place on Goodreads to get your daily dose of my nonsense. If I actually do this daily. Why did I sign up for this? Because I was just informed that I have a fan and felt obligated to give that fan something to read on here (in case that 116,000-word novel I just spat out might not suffice).
But can I be fan-guilted into posting every day? I guess if there are many new fans showing up every day, the guilt will grow stronger...And I have to admit: it is kind of fun to speak into the void, knowing that your words will almost certainly come back to haunt you in one way or another. Oy vey.
But can I be fan-guilted into posting every day? I guess if there are many new fans showing up every day, the guilt will grow stronger...And I have to admit: it is kind of fun to speak into the void, knowing that your words will almost certainly come back to haunt you in one way or another. Oy vey.
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This is the place on Goodreads to get your daily dose of my nonsense. If I actually do this daily. I mean, this feels like some kind of digital volunteer work, except that it's highly doubtful I'm act
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