DORK

by Will Winkle

Overview

Ray Cooper is graduating from college and doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life – stop me if you’ve heard this before. Besides his impending graduation, Coop also has the problem of trying to start a new relationship in the shadow of his last one. Plus, his term project is due in two weeks. He’s also losing his hair. Alright, he has a few problems.

Over one weekend, Ray attends the birthday party of a girl he isn't sure if he knows, meets odd people at bars, and looks forward to the last hurrah he and his friends have planned for Saturday when the local bars are offering discounts to anyone with wristbands sold for charity. There’s no way any of this could go wrong.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647181468
Publisher:	BookLocker.com Inc
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Will Winkle graduated from the University of Idaho with both a bachelor's and a master's degree in economics, so naturally, he's decided to become a novelist. While in college Will wrote comedy segments for the show he hosted on the university's radio station, KUOI 89.3 FM Moscow, Idaho.

Table of Contents

1. Nailing the First Line and I’m Not Going to Read Your College Poetry

2. Running Through My Mind and Quitting the Sauce ....19

3. Losing at a Game of Dress Up and She Might as Well Have Been Named Zack

4. At Least the Cupholders Were Unscathed and Willie Mosconi Eat Your Heart Out

5. I Hardly Even Have Faith in Myself and L'esprit de L'escalier

6. Stupidité de L'escalator and Exit, Pursued by a Hangover

7. The Morning Runs and A Trivial Romance

8. Short Story Long and Liquor? I Hardly Knew’er

9. McEconomics and Tour Starts Here

10. A Persistent Burning Sensation and

11. Doing Nothing and Going Nowhere Fast

12. Third Wheeling and When Push Comes to Shove

13. It’s 11:26 a.m. Somewhere and The (insert metaphor here) of Indifference

14. Dinner with All My Friends and He’s So Vain, He Probably Thinks This Title’s About Him

15. Becoming Ruthless and Oh-ah No-ah

16. The Drunk Leading the Blind (who is also drunk) and A Portrait of the Author as a Complete Loser

17. Sunday Morning Coming Up and Alma Matter One Day

Editorial Reviews

Your writing shows depth, good humour and wit. — Geoff W.

I like the style of humor here. Very dry. — Joseph C.

This is exactly the kind of book I like to read. — Kevin O.

I love it. - Randy T.

You are a talented storyteller. - Tia M.

You slip in many observations about human nature and other peculiar things that people do that I enjoyed reading and found entertaining. - Paul G.

Relatable - Kristi K.

Your writing style is original and Ray's footnotes to himself, while they caught me off guard at first, are a really clever way to sneak in some additional humor while paying homage to the overall dorkiness of Ray, his life, and your delightfully dorky book. - Mindy K.

"The author has been able to capture that feeling we have all experienced at one time or another when we have self doubts and he adds those amusing asides we hear coming from the little voices in our heads." - Cynthia

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