{"id":454439,"date":"2022-05-28T14:37:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T11:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/novelist-and-nj-construction-worker-bud-smith-wrote-book-on-his-iphone\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T14:37:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T11:37:06","slug":"novelist-and-nj-construction-worker-bud-smith-wrote-book-on-his-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/novelist-and-nj-construction-worker-bud-smith-wrote-book-on-his-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"#Novelist and NJ construction worker Bud Smith wrote book on his iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39e44760518\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a39e44760518\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/novelist-and-nj-construction-worker-bud-smith-wrote-book-on-his-iphone\/#%E2%80%9CNovelist_and_NJ_construction_worker_Bud_Smith_wrote_book_on_his_iPhone%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Novelist and NJ construction worker Bud Smith wrote book on his iPhone&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNovelist_and_NJ_construction_worker_Bud_Smith_wrote_book_on_his_iPhone%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Novelist and NJ construction worker Bud Smith wrote book on his iPhone&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Every workday, New Jersey construction worker Bud Smith has a coffee break and a lunch break. That leaves him 15- to 30-minute intervals to type up the ideas swirling around in his head. <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s how Smith, 40, came to write his novel \u201cTeenager,\u201d (Vintage Books) a Bonnie and Clyde-esque teenage love story \u2014 which he wrote on his iPhone, mostly while sitting in his work truck, a Chevy Silverado 2500. (\u201cEven at the end of the day when everyone is in line to get out of the parking lot, I sit a little longer and write,\u201d he said.)<\/p>\n<p>The first drafts of all his stories have been born through this process. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a>ly, I\u2019ll just use the best tool I have at hand \u2014 my phone \u2014 because I\u2019m always trying to work on something. It\u2019s all about using everything you have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Jersey City resident has worked in heavy construction since his early 20s, but writing is his lifelong passion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI come from a family where everyone has some sort of art project. My parents are blue-collar people too, but they were always working on something in the evenings, even just arts and crafts,\u201d he told The Post. \u201cI just followed the same path and took up writing little punk rock things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his upcoming novel, he follows Kody and Tella on their journey across the United States, escaping abusive home lives in pursuit of a warped American Dream. It\u2019s a witty story of teenage love and self-discovery, accompanied by original illustrations by his wife, Rae Buleri.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking together on the book\u00a0was amazing.\u00a0It was like a home arts and crafts project,\u201d he reflected. \u201cWe got to work\u00a0on it during the pandemic, and it just got us through the worst days of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/teenager.jpg?w=664\" alt=\"Teenager, a novel by Bud Smith\" class=\"wp-image-22420463\" width=\"618\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/teenager.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1236 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/teenager.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=926 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/teenager.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/teenager.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=309 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/teenager.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>Author Bud Smith uses his iPhone to write his books.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere just weren\u2019t any other books like this out there,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI like when a book balances a dark subject matter with levity \u2014 something that\u2019s moving but really harrowing at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith is also the author of\u00a0novels \u201cDouble Bird\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cDust Bunny City.\u201d \u201cTeenager\u201d\u00a0is his first book to be picked up by a major publisher, and he\u2019s eager to see how it\u2019s received. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, his construction coworkers are cheering him on: \u201cI\u2019ve known some of these guys for 15 years, and they\u2019ve always known me as a writer. 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