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Second Look: Flowers of Dionysus

My first novel could have been my last. I had always written non-fiction, mostly articles and essays, a letter to the editor, with some poetry mixed here and there. I dabbled in short fiction over the years, but never did anything with it. I had also attempted to write a novel a few times in …

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The Autistic Writer: The Spectrum In My Fiction

It could be said that everything I ever write is to some degree influenced by Autism Spectrum Disorder. ASD is after all fully a part of who I am, and my writing comes from me. Still, and I’ve mentioned this previously in this series, I’m not making a statement about or on behalf of Autism …

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Exeunt Dionysus

  If you have been to this blog on a regular basis, follow me on Twitter, or just know me personally, you know what Flowers of Dionysus is. It’s my first self-published novel, and the first novel I carried into completed drafts.  It’s the story of a talented but disillusioned community theatre actor, Matt,  called back into …

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Launch! My Novel is Now Available in Ebook Form!

You’ve seen me mention it, analyze and worry about it, share details with you about the process and introduce you to the characters and the setting. It’s been more and more the topic of my blogging and conversation in the real world in the last two weeks. And now, at this moment, it is official: Flowers …

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Why a Community Theater?

Someone once asked me why I set my upcoming novel, Flowers of Dionysus in a community theater. I began to tell them several of the things I have mentioned here on the blog and in other venues; I wanted to explore what the arts in general and theater in particular can do for audiences and people …

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