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My books are filled with poetry, short stories, art, doodles, photos, ticket stubs and thought-provoking prose.
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The Bali Paradigm
Title: The Bali Paradigm: Prose, Poems and Illustrations by Michael M Clements
Status: Published, 2024
Publisher: Genki Media LLC
Imprint: Lulu.com
ISBN:
Ebook: 9781304086594
Paperback: 9781304385031
Digital Retail: 9798875198731
Digital Library: 9798875198748
Genre: Poetry / Memoir
Word Count: 10,000 words
Book Size: Digest (5.5 x 8.5 in / 140 x 216 mm)
Pages: 120
Creative Materials: Illustrations
Synopsis: Have you ever dreamed of selling everything and starting a new life in a tropical paradise far from home? Genki Media is excited to announce the publication of Michael M. Clements debut book, "The Bali Paradigm," a raw and inspirational collection of poems, prose, and illustrations documenting the author's leap from the peak of his career in America to a new life with his partner and son in Bali.
COMPLETED
Liberty Abroad!: Claim Your Freedom and Build a New Life Overseas
Title: Liberty Abroad!: Claim Your Freedom and Build a New Life Overseas, a punchy, practical, and heartfelt guide to living abroad. If you’ve ever wondered, “Is this it?” this book says, emphatically, “Nope. Here’s your boarding pass.”
Status: Published, 2025
Publisher: Genki Media LLC
Imprint: Lulu.com
ISBN:
Paperback, 978-1-300-15889-9
Hardcover: 978-1-257-63514-6
Ebook: 978-1-257-64907-5
Genre: Narrative Nonfiction / Travel Memoir / Expat How-To
Word Count: 67,000
Page Count: 311
Illustrations: 18 original drawings that follow “Libby,” a caricature
of the Statue of Liberty, as she explores life outside the United States of America.
Blurb: What do Ben Franklin, Maya Angelou, Steve Jobs, and Prince have in common? They all advanced their lives and America by living overseas. You can too with Liberty Abroad!: Claim Your Freedom and Build a New Life Overseas, a punchy, practical, and heartfelt guide to living abroad. If you’ve ever wondered, “Is this it?” this book says, emphatically, “Nope. Here’s your boarding pass.”
Synopsis: Post-COVID, author and entrepreneur Michael M. Clements sold everything, left America, and moved his family to Bali. Then came the 2024 U.S. election, and with it, a flood of messages: “How did you do it?” This book is his answer. Drawing on his personal experiences relocating to Japan, Hong Kong, and Indonesia, Clements combines memoir with actionable advice to help readers explore life beyond the United States. Structured around practical chapters—from overcoming fear and evaluating visas to parenting abroad and managing money—Liberty Abroad!: Claim Your Freedom and Build a New Life Overseas, is more than a how-to; it’s a wake-up call to reexamine identity, freedom, and what it means to be American. With activities, personal stories, and punchy insights, the book empowers readers to live globally and think expansively, without losing their roots. Plus: where would America, and the world, be if Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Steve Jobs, Maya Angelou, MLK, Mark Twain, or Prince had never left the homeland?
Coming soon
GenXiled: Poetic Dispatches from the Analog Age
Title: GenXiled: Poetic Dispatches from the Analog Age
Status: Published, 2025
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs / Poetry / Creative Nonfiction / Art / Photography / Nostalgic Ephemera
Publisher: Genki Media LLC
Imprint: Lulu.com
ISBN:
Paperback, Standard Color: 978-1-257-38140-1
Hard cover, Premium Color: 978-1-105-98409-9
Size: Trade, 9 x 6
Word Count: 21,000 words
Pages: 372
Creative Assets: 350 original photos, drawings, sketches, and artworks mixed with '90s memorabilia, ticket stubs, and nostalgic ephemera. Layout & design by author.
Blurb: Remember when we lived our lives instead of posting them? Author and artist Michael M Clements does. In this era-defining love letter to Generation X, Clements uses poetry, prose, doodles, art, instant camera photography, ticket stubs, and other analog artifacts, to transport the reader back to the late ‘80s and early noughts — a time of pay phones, mixed tapes, and actual eye contact — to reveal timeless lessons about growing up, falling down, and tuning in before we all logged on.
Synopsis: Before smartphones, digital calendars, and the attention economy, people documented moments using journals, pens, pencils, and the occasional not-so-environmentally-friendly disposable camera. I was no different. Over 15 years, from 1988 to 2003, between the ages of 19 and 34, I filled sundry annual planners and date books with to-do lists, extemporaneous poetry, art, and doodles. I rediscovered it all during the COVID pandemic and created a poetic scrapbook called “Poetic Dispatches from the Analog Age.” The book follows my 15-year journey chronologically as I criss-cross the globe, shedding my adolescence and documenting life in a pre-millennial, pre-digital, pre-9/11 world. But it’s more than a nostalgic look back—it’s a window into the timeless rite of passage we all endure, passing from carefree adolescence into responsible adulthood.
coming soon
Florida Man
Title: Florida Man ... And Other Meme Worthy Fantastical Tales
Status: Written and being edited
Genre: Short Stories—Creative Nonfiction
Word Count: 10,000 words
Pages: 40
Publish Date: 2026
Synopsis: In this captivating collection of short stories, Michael M. Clements takes readers back to his roots in the unique backdrop of 1980s suburban Florida, skirting the edges of a sprawling swamp. From this distinctive starting point, he weaves a series of engaging and mystical short stories. These narratives traverse the diverse experiences of an array of characters, each on their own quest for spiritual enlightenment and purpose in a world increasingly defined by commercialism and rigid structures. Clements’ storytelling artfully explores the complex interplay between environment, personal journeys, and the universal search for deeper meaning in life.
COMING SOON
The Tao of Yacht Rock
Title: The Tao of Yacht Rock
Status: In development
Genre: Self Help / Creative Nonfiction / New Age
Word Count: 20,000 words
Pages: 150
Creative Materials: Illustrations
Publish Date: 2026
Blurb: Are the albatross and whales your brothers? Does sailing take you away to where you're going? Do you love yacht rock and want to better understand one of the most influential books on human philosophy and thought ever written, The Tao Te Ching? Then hoist up the John B's sails and see how the main sails set because The Tao of Yacht Rock is perfect for you since we pair your favorite yacht rock lyrics from the 1970s and 1980s with ancient wisdom so you can sail off into the sunset entertained and enlightened.
