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Michael Joe Armijo

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Born

in Oakland, The United States

Website

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0F14WVB46...

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Historical Fiction, Thriller, Gay and Lesbian

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Oscar Wilde, Thomas Mann, Patricia Highsmith ...more

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November 2010

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I keep a daily BLOG. Please follow it: http://007gentleman.blogspot.com/

My author page on Amazon with my most recent published books under my name, MICHAEL JOE ARMIJO:

https://www.amazon.com/SECRETS-INSIDE...

https://www.amazon.com/FUTURE-WE-CHAS...

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/...

I've written a book of poetry (A POCKETFULL OF MARBLES) but it is not appearing on this site for some reason. Here is a link for it:

https://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-j-a...

My short/story pamplet book (MY MYSTERY CHILD) is available here:

https://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-j-a...

I love QUOTES and always underline written words that have significant impact on me. I have denoted many quotes on my BLOG that have captured me for one reason or another.

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I picked up The Golden Hawk (published 1948) after seeing it referenced in my friend Daniela Sapriel’s Ending the War Between Mars and Venus—and I’m glad I did. Yerby’s novel plunges you into a world of 17th-century Spaniards, Frenchmen, privateers, ...more
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“How then, in the time that followed, did I become someone I didn't know?”
― Paul Lisicky

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“I exist, I am, I am here, I am becoming, I make my own life and no one else makes it for me. I must face my own shortcomings, mistakes, transgressions. No one can suffer my non-being as I do, but tomorrow is another day, and I must decide to leave my bed and live again. And if I fail, I don't have the comfort of blaming you or life or God. ”
― Leo F. Buscaglia, Living, Loving & Learning

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