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Josh Karaczewski

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in San Francisco, The United States

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http://oralrandomly.blogspot.com/

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Literature & Fiction, Humor, Short Stories

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Tom Robbins, John Steinbeck, Ken Kesey, Kurt Vonnegut ...more

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Josh Karaczewski has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area his whole life - save for a year studying architecture in Boston.

He majored in Art, taking English classes for fun.

He recently moved back to teaching High School English full time after a couple years substitute teaching, which is better on the bank account, but terrible for writing. He is also a partner in his family candy business, Chastity Chocolates (www.chastitychocolates.com), specializing in high quality small batch confections and baked goods.

He has a fabulous marriage that has produced three fabulous children.

He enjoys reading, writing, art, film, and video games.

Visitors to his blog will find coupon codes, as well as extended book reviews, news, and other information useless ...more

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Average rating: 3.41 · 109 ratings · 26 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Wyrd Worlds by Steph Bennion (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Josh Karaczewski (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), L.L. Watkin (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.43 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2013	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
	Wyrd Worlds II by Steph Bennion (Goodreads Author), Ubiquitous Bubba (Goodreads Author), A.L. Butcher (Goodreads Author) 3.41 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2014	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
	Alexander Murphy's Home for Wayward Celebrities 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 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
	My Governor's House & other stories liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	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 Writing Submission Schedule Guide Preview 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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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Forty hit and I lost the ability to sleep in on days off. Between 3 and 4AM I have my first wake-up; sometime in the 5s I wake, berate and cajole myself to go back to sleep; sometimes I am successful and can make it all the way to 6:30, but most often I give up at 6 and quit my bed.
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Zoot Suit and Other Plays

by Luis Valdez

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When I Was Puerto Rican

by Esmeralda Santiago (Goodreads Author)

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Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1)

by Frank Herbert

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“Don't be afraid! We won't make an author of you, while there's an honest trade to be learnt, or brick-making to turn to.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

tags: authorship, self-deprecation

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