And It Goes Like This

About The Book

Now what can I say…I tried once before but no tear came my way…so thought I would just try again…not that I want to see you cry but want you to know the reason why…why for all of this…before I go and I will probably go at some point …I always do…just want you to know…I say a lot of things…to you maybe a lot more than others…but I can honestly say…I meant every single one of them…every word…No need to say what’s true...Quand C’est tu…if you have a million years free...I will explain that to you

About The Author

L.J. Valente grew up in Natick, Massachusetts. He attended Vanderbilt University School of Engineering. It was there that he began writing and left shortly after to pursue a writing career. After drifting around the US for several years, he found himself married to a Turkish national and living on the Aegean coast of Turkey. While in Turkey, he wrote for Cosmopolitan Magazine Turkey and worked as a translation editor for several publishing houses. In 2014, he returned to the United States and in 2015, he returned to literature. Since then he has published 21 collections of poetry and a collection of short stories.