Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher) header
Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher) profile picture

I do weird things and go weird places, so you don't have to... Spiegel best-selling Author, bald Berliner. Fiction as Adam R. Fletcher.

Berlin, Germany
Joined June 2008
Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)Photo by Adam Fletcher (@adamfletcher)
Adam Fletcher retweeted
"This is the story of the love of my life: a 6-foot-2 bald man with an enormous nose. We share a first, middle and last name. I am what’s known as a narcissist." @adamfletcher [Free to read without a subscription] nytimes.com/2023/04/14/style…
4
2
17
3,608
“No news is bad news,” said Bob, my incompetent estate agent. I was in a warm bath, telephone to my ear, peering through my binoculars at the people who had ruined my street and/or life. #openinglines books2read.com/deathofjamesj…
2
New book! Fiction. Crime. And if you get it today, basically free. People lick eyeballs, someone gets wrapped in bubble wrap. There's a heist. Lots to recommend. Do it - books2read.com/deathofjamesj…
1
Adam Fletcher retweeted
Tuk-Tuk for Two, another gem by @adamfletcher Though the snorts of laughter at 5:50am were not appreciated by the husband! Half way through the book and I don't want to get out of bed as then I'll have to stop reading! #reading #travel #india #travelwriting #humour
2
2
1
2
11. No matter what they think, say, or protest, what readers really want in a scene is dialogue. Give it to them.
Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules For Writing
4
”Milan is to introduce one of Europe’s most ambitious schemes reallocating street space from cars to cycling and walking, in response to the coronavirus crisis.” theguardian.com/world/2020/a…
302
3,873
525
17,956
Adam Fletcher retweeted
Final two paragraphs of ARUNDHATI ROY’s FT essay today. It’s what we choose
139
4,369
552
10,205
“It’s like The Truman Show f***** The Twilight Zone.” Need some escapism? I put up a bunch of my travel stories you can read for free. Here's one about breakaway state/smuggler's den #transnistria - soyoudonthaveto.co.uk/transn…
1
4
Being a travel writer in 2020 is like being a... travel writer any other time, really.
2
If there's a baby boom in 9 months, it'll consist entirely of first-born children.
960
14,995
2,472
131,047
Funny, been thinking about that line a lot this week too.
Boredom is a luxury good. Credit to @adamfletcher for the quote and throwing it to @tomfgoodwin since it seems like something he would appreciate. Lets remember that for this week.
1
1
This just in...
1
7
17
Things must be bad. A German friend and I have been using the Sie form for the last three years. Now they suggest: 'Und jetzt wo Apocalypse ist, koennten wir uns endlich mal duzen?' And now when it's the apocalypse, can we finally use the du form?
6
48
2
318