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    1. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa responded to trepsilon 19 Apr 11

      I've been saving the last 25 pages of SFAA to read at the appropriate time/place. Can you offer any advice?

      after 'chugging' an iced coffee or a beer maybe

    2. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 2 Nov 10

      will you ever create an audiobook version for your blind fans?

      maybe

    3. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 11 Feb 10

      what kind of person are you? what i mean by that is, are you, or what kind of person do you 'generally' consider yourself to be? happy sad angry pent up blah blah?

      i don't know

    4. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa responded to littlesparrowp 11 Feb 10

      did abbie hoffman's 'steal this book' influence this book in anyway?

      no

    5. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 10 Feb 10

      after i read your book, i felt like crying. does sfaa, in parts or as a whole, make you feel sad? or did you imagine it would make others feel sad?

      some parts make me feel happy, some parts make me feel other things, not 'sad' though, i think; maybe mostly 'emotional'; i imagined that it would make people feel 'happy,' 'sad,' 'emotional,' and other things

    6. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 10 Feb 10

      so who would you cast as sheila?

      zooey deschanel

    7. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa responded to littlesparrowp 9 Feb 10

      if SFAA became a film, and you could cast anyone in the world, who would 'star' as sam?

      joseph gordon-levitt

    8. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 8 Feb 10

      "are you 100% happy with how it turned out? " what I meant was, did it come out exactly how you planned it to? getting your ideas out and a general tone correct to your... 'vision'?

      yes

    9. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 8 Feb 10

      I know you don't watch TV but have u seen 'Bored to death' it think it is an HBO series or some thing, it stars Ted Danson, Zach Galifanakis and a Jewish actor who plays a struggling author who becomes a private investigator. I think it reminds me of you.

      no

    10. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 8 Feb 10

      has this book helped you get more chicks?

      no

    11. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      what is your reponse to people who critize the book for lacking plot, having undeveloped characters and employing a declarative prose style with little repetition in sentence structure. are these, to you, valid or fair or understandable criticisms?

      anything that is said seems 'valid'/'fair'/'understandable' to me, in that every person seems 'valid'/'fair'/'understandable' to me, therefore, yes, those things seem 'valid'/'fair'/'understandable' to me

    12. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      is there any part of SFAA you would go back and change now if you had the chance?

      i don't know

    13. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      what was the 'thing' that sam and audrey looked at and then touched? not that it matters.

      i don't know

    14. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      why do you suck

      can you be more specific

    15. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      what do you feel about the comparisons of sfaa to "the stranger"

      seems lucrative

    16. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      why is carles not in the book, by name or by 'alter ego'?

      i don't know

    17. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      Why did you decide to end it how you did? I let my friends borrow the book, a total of 4, (you are crying) but they all thought it was good.. besides the ending. it just ends. i get it. i dont understand it. explain?

      i did what seemed artistically satisfying to me

    18. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      How much money did this book make

      can you be more specific

    19. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      could a movie possibly be made out of this novella?

      yes

    20. "Shoplifting from American Apparel" (2009)
      sfaa 7 Feb 10

      are you 100% happy with how it turned out?

      can you be more specific

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