Brien Friedman

Jeannie is one of my favorite characters in my novel! She is driven, creative, and has a plan to save her world but will she be able to see it through?

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Bank of Books is hosting me again at their second location in Santa Paula this Saturday from 1-3PM. If you couldn't make it last weekend, you have a second chance to come hangout with me and learn about my novel, Filament City!

Explore Santa Paula while you're at it! There's plenty of places to grab lunch and wander into. 📚

The Bank of Books author event was one for the books. Lots of laughter with good friends and we sold a couple of books too!

Pictured above is my great friend, Adrianna buying a copy of Filament City for her aunt. Thank you, thank you!! I hope she enjoys it!!

A look into Filament City! If this intrigues you, I bet you would enjoy the entire book. Link is in my bio! 📚

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Bank of Books is hosting me at their Ventura location this Saturday from 1-3PM. Come hangout with me and learn about my novel, Filament City, and my self-publishing journey.

They have a great store filled with lots of good reads, and you can grab lunch in the beautiful local area.

Sounds like an afternoon well spent! 📚

For those of you in California looking to support local bookstores, Filament City is available in a bunch of them, so come in and check it out!

⭐️Abednego Book Shoppe - Ventura, CA.

⭐️Bank of Books - Ventura, CA.

⭐️The Book Jewel - Los Angeles, CA.

⭐️Book Soup - Hollywood, CA.

⭐️Vromans Bookstore - Pasadena, CA.

⭐️Flintridge Bookstore - Flintridge, CA.

You can also purchase on Amazon and download to your Kindle as well! Link is in my bio.

In light of the ongoing political strife in this country, I can't help but think of this passage and how the enmity in our social divisions can be as problematic as the ones in the soul Hesse describes here. Just an author's perspective.

"And so the Steppenwolf had two natures, a human and a wolfish one. This was his fate, and it may well be that it was not a very exceptional one. There must have been many men who have had a good deal of the dog or the fox, of the fish or the serpent in them without experiencing any extraordinary difficulties on that account. In such cases, the man and the fish lived on together and neither did the other any harm. The one even helped the other. Many a man indeed has carried this condition to such enviable lengths that he has owed his happiness more to the fox or the ape in him than to the man. So much for common knowledge.

In the case of Harry, however, it was just the opposite. In him the man and the wolf did not go the same way together, but were in continual and deadly enmity. One existed simply and solely to harm the other, and when there are two in one blood and in one soul who are at deadly enmity, then life fares ill. Well, to each his lot, and none is light."

-Herman Hesse, Steppenwolf.

Artsy friends supporting friends art!

These women are currently casted and helping produce a comedic and witty script that is sure to make you laugh, cry, possibly become a hippie but most importantly empower you to find a way to keep going.

Thank you for reading and/or posing for this photo!

Attention all, particularly those in the LA area! This Saturday, June 25th, I'll be hosting an author event at the Book Jewel (6259 W 87th St in LA).

I'll be doing a reading from Filament City, discussing all that goes into being a novelist, my upcoming projects, and more!

If you can't make it, I'll be hosting future events in July elsewhere around LA. Stay tuned! So come on down and tell your friends about an evening of fun and intrigue on all things literary and sci-fi!