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Thanks for dropping in. Something you might find useful before you spend time here: I consider life an art at which I am sometimes successful and will never fully master. That makes me human, and this site reflects that. With more energy than I am always able to efficiently focus, my activities are many. In addition to writing and theater, drawing and painting engage me, as does building rock walls. One hurts less.
Have fun here and everywhere you go. If I can be of assistance, you now know where to find me.
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For the sheer exhilaration of words and other pleasures, please purchase my new book, a little hardcover novel called Eavesdropping: A Little Novel. Available in selected bookstores, and on amazon.com.
To order directly from the publisher, send Check or money order only to Human Writes Ink, 526 W. 14th Street, #111, Traverse city, MI 49684. Cost: $18.95 + $4.50 shipping and handling=$23.45. Michigan residents, please add 6% sales tax ($20.09 + $4.50 shipping and handling = $24.59). Remember to include your mailing address and phone number to ensure delivery.
From the dust jacket:
"For Harry, the key to the apartment is a metaphor. He has finally unlocked the door to Dezzy's heart. For Dezzy, the key is just a key. She has yet to figure out if her heart is available for even a long-term lease."
"Desirée is a woman so moral she will risk immortality in her search for moral clarity. Her journey challenges Harry (and the reader) to consider the essence of companionship and self-sacrifice, as well as the meaning of integrity and how to live by it. The questions and the answers depend on conversation, but Dezzy isn't talking, and Harry wonders if one of them is crazy."
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"Eavesdropping is an unflinchingly courageous following of the dynamics of a woman's seemingly deliberate dysfunction... intriguing anaylysis develops as the reader 'eavesdrops' on the questions, the search for answers, and the reasoning presented from the differing perspectives of Dezzy and Harry... One can compare this book of interior monologues... to The Yellow Wallpaper, a classic, by Charlotte Perkins."
--Mary Rudge,
Poet and editor, The Human Face of Love
"J. C. Weil's brilliantly crafted novel... kept me engaged at every turn. I found it a delight for the senses, and I truly felt I was eavesdropping on her dynamic characters."
--Rev. Carol Calvert,
Author, Beitha's Sound
"Remarkable for its compelling, unique style, as well as its quirky story, Eavesdropping takes you on an emotional journey through the corridors of love without avoiding the debris. J. C. Weil's compact novel might make you look at love in a completely new way. It might anger you; at times, I wanted to hurl it against a wall because of what it evoked for me... Eavesdropping is not an easy book to put down, even after you've finished reading it."
--Charles Rubin,
Clio Award winner, and author of Don't Let Your Kids Kill You: A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol
Addicted Children; I'll Get Right Back to You and Other Annoyances; and 4-F Blues (PEN Award)
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Points:
| • | Publishers welcome. |
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Those in search of biblical scripts (sometimes
wacky), welcome. |
| • | People who want to hire me to write, direct, or
act professionally (union contracts only –
AE/SAG/AFTRA), welcome. |
| • | Those trying to sell me something, not welcome at all. |
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Project Highlights:
I am pleased to be performing once again the role I created in Gene Abravaya’s newest play, The Final Scene. Please visit www.the-final-scene.com.
Marvin's Lump is a colorfully illustrated story about overcoming doubt for young readers. Suggested ages 5-8 or as a read-aloud for older brothers and sisters. readers and listeners alike will appreciate the rhyme, the language, and the message about the importance of thinking with both your head and your heart. Purchase at www.robbiedeanpress.com.
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