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Aurelio

Author of the novel, EVE

About Me

If I were a space alien, I'd look like this:My Life StoryMy path to literary stardom has been a struggle from birth. I was the 19th child in a family of 20 children. Due to my withered arm, my family abandoned me in the wild cherry orchards of Sunnyvale, California, where I lived off of nothing but overripe cherries and raw squirrel meat. The cherry juice permanently stained my face. People keep calling it a strawberry mark, but I say, "Hey, you eat what you want, and I'll eat what I want."At the age of 20, I sold a kidney and bought a computer. Due to my withered limb I had to add key extenders to half of the keyboard in order to type. I wrote 38 novels and 647 spec scripts.Around this time, a woman with three fat children in her cart ran over both my feet in a WalMart, crushing all my toes but one, the small toe on my left foot. I wrote a screenplay about it, which was stolen and rewritten. Only the title remained. I never saw a cent.I tried to send out my manuscripts to publishers, but they kept getting intercepted by some insane stalker who left the same irritating note in my mailbox, over and over. They all started, "Dear Writer..."I had to burn all my remaining manuscripts to keep warm through the harsh California winters until only EVE remained, so I became a prostitute in order to raise the money to self-publish it.I'm hoping to make enough money from EVE to get silicone toe implants and a butt lift.This is all true, cross my heart transplant.HMM... YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT? OKAY, TRY THIS ONE:Although I had specified single child, Nob Hill, and substantial wealth on my pre-birth application, I was flabbergasted to discover that I'd been born into a raucous, middle-class household of seven rival offspring living amongst the cherry orchards of Sunnyvale, California.
To avoid drowning in that sibling sea, I cultivated my creative talents: looking innocent to my parents while smirking at my brothers, deflecting blame for all things broken, and most of all, inventive storytelling. These gifts served me well during my schooling at CalARTS and later employment as an animator, designer, and story artist in the sweatshops of Hollywood.
After twenty years of telling their stories, I resolved to tell one of my own. My novel, EVE is the result.Here's what Gary K. Wolf, author and creator of Roger Rabbit had to say about EVE :
    "This book is a hoot and a half! The story is multi-layered, funny, socially relevant, and engrossing. The wonderfully fanciful cast of characters would be right at home living in Toontown. EVE explores unique and interesting themes. Many years from now, I believe EVE will take its rightful place in the library of modern science fiction classics.
Check out the website www.evethenovel.com for details and convenient vendor links. Here's a preview of what you'll find there.Come see them all!

My Interests

I am interested in writing more novels and am hoping my second one will be completed this year!

I'd like to meet:

Ripley the Mystery Cat, Doris Day, Chris Rock, David Sadaris, Paul Reubens, Barack Obama, John Stewart, Oprah, Wayne Thiebaud, Susan HendersonFun Folks I've Already Met:Don Knotts, Amy Tan, Natalie Cole, John Candy, Jon Lovitz, Kathy Najimy, Deborah Tannen, Tim Burton, Ted Turner, Robin Williams, Walter Cronkite, Ward Kimball, Gene Kelly, Jeffrey Steele, Adrienne Brodeur, Scott Snyder, Owen King, Norman Mallory, Jonathan Mostow, Roy Kesey, John Leary

Music:

Eclectic tastes here. Just about anything and everything, but I have a soft spot for corny musicals and classic jazz.

Movies:

I love old movies, and watch TCM, AMC, and FOX Movie Channel more often than anything else.

Television:

I watch simply HOURS and HOURS of television each day. It's very educational. I have a satellite dish and, like, a billion channels. I love the HBO series shows, Murder She Wrote reruns, CSI, Simpsons, and the Antiques Roadshow. I Love Lucy, but could honestly do without Mr. Moonie.My favorite shows of all are those C-SPAN political call-in ones. I wish I could write characters that funny.

Books:

Anything that rings true. I especially enjoy books with a sense of humor, because real life is so often funny.

Heroes:

I deeply admire most of the people I know and don't believe in having heros - we are all only human.

My Blog

The Delicate Art of Speculative Satire

My essay got published in Impact Times (under literature - "The Delicate Art of Speculative Satire"):Impact Times - Articles...
Posted by Aurelio on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:57:00 PST

Playing Politics

I needed a holiday from writing today, so I fiddled around with some familiar faces.Enjoy!...
Posted by Aurelio on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:20:00 PST

For Patry Francis - Surviving Cancer

"Cancer, the Crab, plays a minor role in the Twelve Labors of Hercules. While Hercules was busy fighting the multi-headed monster, Hydra, the goddess Hera, who did not like Hercules, sent the Crab to ...
Posted by Aurelio on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:03:00 PST

Truth in Advertizing - $EA$ONAL $ALE$ PITCH

Deck the halls with recombinant DNA!Can't figure out what to give to that certain person on your list who is impossible to please? Who has everything? Would you love to see them open your gift and s...
Posted by Aurelio on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:56:00 PST

Getting Olde

This is the historic Cole house in Pasadena (Greene & Greene were the architects), which celebrated its centennial this past weekend. We were asked to be set dressing for the event:...
Posted by Aurelio on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:02:00 PST

Drag Poker Night

Okay, so this all started years ago when I was at a party with a bunch of my gay men friends and someone jokingly suggested we play strip poker. I think he was trying to shock the rest of us, so I su...
Posted by Aurelio on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:58:00 PST

Glubdub Interview

This is by far the strangest interview/review I've had to date. Check it out:A letter to Aurelio O'Brien, author of EVE...
Posted by Aurelio on Sun, 23 Sep 2007 07:41:00 PST

Back from China

We spent an amazing 16 days traveling on a tour all over China. Here is a link to some pictures:CHINAI may write a blog about the experience in the near future, but I thought I'd go ahead and share t...
Posted by Aurelio on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:50:00 PST

SHRINKING HOLLYWOOD

(Inspired by the recent release and apparent failure of the SECOND remake of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.)SHRINKING HOLLYWOODINT. PSYCHIATRIC OFFICE  HOLLYWOOD  DAYHOLLYWOOD enters and flops ...
Posted by Aurelio on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:57:00 PST

New Acquisition! - 1917 Franklin Series 9A

It's a Four Passenger Roadster, and a beaut! It has been garaged since the early '60's, so Chuck needs to open it all up and make sure we don't wreck anything before we try and start it.Franklins wer...
Posted by Aurelio on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:11:00 PST