Note To Self

by Liz DeJesus

Hilarious and fast-paced, Note to Self deals with universal themes like loneliness, the quest for love, and the meaning of life in a humorous tone. This beautifully written novel captures the journey of a young woman with a broken heart, who introduces herself as "plain and simple Samantha Adams" or just Sam for her friends. She lives in the only company of her moody black cat, Noir, right across her parents apartment and complains she has made "a plethora of mistakes in matters of life and love." Her list of failed relationships ranges from a pyromaniac ex-boyfriend to a guy who dumped her just two weeks before their wedding date. Will she be able to change the pattern? A hysterically funny, fiercely supportive Puerto Rican family and a circle of loyal friends conspire to do so.

236 pages, Paperback

First published January 3, 2005

About the author

Liz DeJesus is a novelist, freelance writer, and a writing coach. She has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. She is the author of The Jackets (Arte Publico Press, March 2011) The Frost Series, Morgan, The Laurel, Girl, Mugshots, Zombie Ever After and ABC's With the Vejigantes. Her work has also appeared in Twice Upon a Time (Bearded Scribe Press, Winter 2015) and Someone Wicked (Smart Rhino Publications, Winter 2013). Her articles have been featured in Southern Writers Magazine.
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Liz is also the co-founder of the Hockessin Art and Book Fair, Anime Day and Bento Con.
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She is also the winner of the 2023 Delaware Individual Artist Fellowship: Emerging, Literature: Creative Non-fiction, ABCs With the Vejigantes won 1st place at the 2023 Delaware Press Association Communications Contest Awards and 1st place at the 2023 NFPW Professional Communications Contest. She was recently awarded the 2024 Artist Opportunity Grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts.