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Gerry’s 2025 Year in Books

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Gerry Pirani

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http://www.gerrypirani.com

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Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Spirituality

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August 2014

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Award-winning finalist of the 2014 USA Best Book Awards, category: Fiction: LGBTQ, and 5-STAR Review from Readers' Favorite.

The study of spirituality and human nature is turned into grist for the creative mill in Pirani's works of romantic literature. Taking knowledge of love and relationships, Pirani's lifelong dream is to raise consciousness about the assumptions we make of the world, each other, and ourselves. Through fiction, we can increase the mindful living and mindful loving everyone's talking about these days. The author of The Search For Intelligent Life on Earth series, Pirani is also happy to branch out with novellas of varying sizes to introduce new characters, places, and experiences. And to write some genre fiction (gay roma ...more

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Gerry Pirani’s books

Average rating: 3.51 · 61 ratings · 27 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Desperate In Sheridan 3.02 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Search For Intelligent Life on Earth: A Story of Love 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Gerry Pirani's Blog: Writing Blog

Why The First Page of a Novel is so Important

For readers and writers alike, the first page of a novel is highly significant. Here's a breakdown on what to look for (or write for).
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Gerry Pirani made a comment on Barb ~rede-2-read~’s review of Unseen Past (Hidden Wolves #0.5) " I'm excited to announce my book, The Search for Intelligent Life on Earth, will be promoted as part of a special sale on @Smashwords to celebrate 2025 ...more "
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Quotes by Gerry Pirani (?)

“Sometimes you can't wait for the rest of your life to come to you. You have to go to it. Or at least meet it half way.”
― Gerry Pirani, The Search For Intelligent Life on Earth: A Story of Love

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“Thanks for the penis, God. I don’t have the balls to be a woman.”
― Nick Pageant, Beauty and the Bookworm

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