Ten days ago my sister cogently pointed out that I, Adam, am an idiot.

I have proved her point by waiting that extra ten days. But today I’m going to try to prove that being an idiot doesn’t make me a moron. I understand that having a well-traveled blog is an opportunity of sorts, and that if one has… say… a book to sell, well then, mentioning it when its name comes up in the media, particularly the highly-respected major outlets, is… potentially useful from a sales standpoint. I get this. I do.

And so I’ll tell you that three weeks ago, no - three embarrassingly-long, idiot-defining weeks ago - my novel, Schrodinger’s Ball, received a pretty pleasing and well-placed review in the “New York Times Book Review.” The review is here. This is, as Susie pointed out, pretty great news. Especially combined with all the other reviews, some of which I’ve actually mentioned here.

So… sorry about the whole “being an idiot thing,” folks. And if you haven’t bought the novel yet, why… you should, and you should do it by clicking this link. It really is worth your time, and you buying the novel will make it more likely that Random House will want me to write another. And then everybody wins.*

Well, there you have it. An idiot confesses, whilst hopefully avoiding moronhood. It’s a proud day.

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*I realize that when I say “everybody wins,” it’s really me who is doing the bulk of the “winning” in question here. Though in some ways, I guess, you who buy the book can be said to be the “winner” here as well, because you will gain an enriching and entertaining book plus whatever social status (really or perceived) that comes from having such a book visible in your hand and/or permanent collection plus the now-increased possibility that future novels by Adam Felber are published and find their way into your life, thus recapitulating all the above-mentioned benefits.** All of which - I hope - comes out to be of equal or greater value than the price of the book itself (plus shipping and handling and/or transportation).

**Assuming, of course, that the quality of the new novel is of a similar to or greater than that of the first, which is by no means assured.*** Still, I will make every attempt to write such a novel.

***And with the understanding, naturally, that any new novel will once again be paid for by you, the reader, so that in some very real ways your enjoyment of it is not completely “paid for” as it were by your purchase of “Schrodinger’s Ball.” Therefore, please understand that it is only the (still hypothetical) second novel’s existence that the original purchase helps bring about, plus any additional satisfaction and/or status that you might attain for having a first-edition of the original novel which would now presumably be enhanced by the the (hypothetical) enjoyment and good reviews of the second (postulated) novel (i.e., you had the prescience and good taste to be in on the “ground floor,” etc…), all of which which are still however not-inconsequential benefits and are therefore included as part of the above “winning.”

****I understand that this, fourth footnote doesn’t have an actual referent in the above text. My apologies.