Two novels by J. Leslie Adams (my nom de plume.)

You may review and order your copy by clicking on the image below
or the links on the BOOKS page. Each book is available from
www.lulu.com and www.amazon.com.

FALSE WITNESSES
A detective thriller set on the west coast of the U.S.

TEACHING COLLETTE
A tutor discovers love, life and himself in the process.

The Short Stories:

You can read some of my SHORT FICTION on this site.
Some of them have been illustrated and posted for free reading
on www.issuu.com, a wonderful FREE interactive format.
To see what it is all about, just click on the image of the little
book on the SHORT STORIES page.

The Art:

Some of my acrylic painting on canvas is for sale.

Click on the image below to go to my art gallery.

HYBRID LANDSCAPE
Acrylic on canvas, 60" x 48", 1975

My profession is graphic design. My passion is art,
whether it is writing or painting

I live and work in little Tiffin, Ohio, USA.
I was born about a mile from my house, grew up in a village
five miles away, then went on to the Army and higher
education. After that I lived in many places. The last 29 years
of my diaspora was enjoyed in Southern California.
I returned here in 2005 because I missed lightning,
thunder, snow, sluch, rust and mosquito bites.

NOW AVAILABLE BY MAIL:
"SCAPES" is a computer CD containing 18 monitor "wallpaper" images of my paintings. $20 includes shipping via First Class Mail. Click here to see the offer.

My Manifesto:

There is no reward, only the expectation of one.

To hell with expectations. To hell with living for everyone else, to being what someone else expects of me, and to being less than what I feel like being.

I am finished with giving my power away.

I'm taking it back and am going to use it as only I see fit.

I am going to be what I want to be, do what I want to do, where I feel like doing it, and with whomever I feel like being with.

If I am not being treated with dignity and respect, that's not okay.

If I am not being spoken to and treated truthfully, that's not okay anymore, either.

If you don't like what I am or what I am doing, it's you that must adjust, not me.

I want some upside here. I want to get up in the morning without dreading it.

I want to feel alive, to be valued by others and myself, to have tremendous clarity about who and why I am.

I want to create what is important to me, using the talents and imagination that others have always claimed from me for an insufficient fee.

I want to enjoy the experiences that every day can, may or will present to me, and to enable myself to enhance those experiences as much as I can by applying my talents and imagination.

I want to belong only to myself, and to live my life to the fullest.
I am putting myself in charge of my life.

Everyone should have a manifesto. How can you not write the guidelines that determine who you are and what you will do? Start by making a list of your desires and end with a statement like this one. Print several copies, and hang them on your walls, mirrors, fridge, stash and dashboard. Read it again every day.

Applicable Quotes:

"In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." - Jonathan Winters

"You get to revise your life again and again until you're living the life you set out to live." – John Dufresne (The Lie That Tells A Truth)

"To paint is to love again and to love is to live life to its fullest." – Henry Miller