Love Is The Smile

by G. A. Schindler

Overview

Love is the smile
A thought of you
Brings to my lips.

"Love Is The Smile" is introduced in the preface -- "its own unique fiction/nonfiction hybrid. It begins with "The Adventure Game", which is a novella and a blueprint. The second half of the book is best described as a how-to manual, wherein ideas from the story are further explored and new ideas brought in. A writer's blog and a short story complete the work."

The forward page of "Love Is The Smile":

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11/18/13
Hi,

I have finished reading Love is the Smile. Overall, great book! I thoroughly enjoyed the read.

For the fiction section -- I must say, you accomplished a rather erotic work while remaining classy. I actually find that leaving much to the imagination is far sexier than being explicit. I understand this is not a romance novel, but in my opinion, many authors of that genre intend to be sexy but end up crossing a line and alienating a portion of potential readers with overly explicit wording.

The problem is, when one gets down to the fine details of sex, things become very opinionated. What is a turn on to one person, another may find gross or offensive. You give great details to set the scene but then leave the fine details to the imagination. I commend you for that. I think it is much more difficult to give people the fodder to spark their imaginations than it is to tell all the details. I feel you’ll reach a much more diverse audience with this style.

Your dialogue was great. There was just the right amount of it, and it was very engaging. I think the fiction part of this book is an excellent template to get couples started on the path of more open communication and sexual exploration.

Your informative section afterward gave great explanation to the ideas and thought processes supporting the fiction section. You did a great job of providing information in an informal way without being overly wordy and overshadowing the original story.

Amanda

(I wish to thank freelance editor Amanda Brown for her encouragement and help. In this and subsequent emails she went on to offer suggestions, several of which I used to improve the manuscript.)

G. A. Schindler
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If I have "accomplished a rather erotic work while remaining classy" and presented "an excellent template to get couples started on the path of more open communication and sexual exploration" while the "informative section afterward gave great explanation to the ideas", then I have accomplished precisely what I set out to do, all the work was worthwhile, and I'm overjoyed. G. A Schindler

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045617475
Publisher:	G. A. Schindler
Publication date:	01/30/2014
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	242 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

G. A. Schindler was born in 1946 in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, where he grew up with three brothers and a sister. His father, a factory worker, sang in the Detroit Rackham Choir and was an avid gardener. His mother, (93 and doing fine thank you), was active in civic affairs. He received a degree in education with an English major from Eastern Michigan University. Some time spent teaching convinced him that it wasn't his calling, so he traveled to San Francisco. During three years in the bay area, he met and married his wife. They celebrated their fortieth anniversary in March of 2014. In the mid-seventies, the couple moved to New York City, nearer her family, and three years later they traveled to Michigan to settle down near Detroit where they live today.
Mr. Schindler was a cab driver, apartment building manager, and locksmith in California and New York, then a social services worker seventeen years in Detroit. He went on to start a cab company from which he retired in 2012. He's quite proud to describe himself as "low man on the totem pole" in his family, where he has a "lowly" B. A., his wife an M. A., and their only child a recently earned Ph.D.
Hybridizing daylilies and writing have been his main hobbies. He inherited a love of gardening from his father, "but dad was far more diverse. I keep it simple and specialize. Each year I plant several hundred seeds and once-in-a-while find a flower worth introducing."
He describes himself as "always a poet since high school, but not particularly prolific". He studied journalism in college and wrote articles and a column in the EMU school paper. He turned to songwriting in the eighties. Though satisfied that he authored some fine lyrics, he found no avenue for publication.
Since he retired, he's joined some writing groups and found more time and energy to spend on writing. Summer in the garden, winter at the computer and occasional travel, make him wonder how he ever found time for work.