Tag Archives: Robert Desnos

First Novel Published!

My first novel in this series on Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos is out!Available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and all major book outlets and stores, in paperback, Kindle, Nook, and PDF download! Buy book one, Traitor Comet! Coming soon: L’Étoile de Mer (The Starfish), sequel to Traitor Comet Download QR

The Book Cover

Buy book one, Traitor Comet! Thank you to all who voted for the cover of the first book in my novel series on the lives of Antonin Artaud and Robert Desnos. This is the chosen cover for Traitor Comet: I am waiting for the galleys, and look forward to offering my first novel in thisContinue reading “The Book Cover”

Designing the Cover

Buy book one, Traitor Comet! As stated, the first book in the series, Traitor Comet, will be coming out soon. I just wanted to give an update: copyediting is done, the book is being designed, and I have to choose my cover style. Written from the point of view of a fictional friend, Traitor CometContinue reading “Designing the Cover”

The First Novel is Out!

Buy book one, Traitor Comet! For technical reasons, the first book to come out this year(!) will indeed be Traitor Comet, set from May 1926 – June 1926. I had considered combining it with book two, L’Etoile de Mer (The Starfish), set from September 1926 – May 1927, but the publisher could not bind aContinue reading “The First Novel is Out!”

From Book 2: Dadesque Dating

“Do you remember when we took a month off and camped out along the Rhein?” I asked Franz suddenly. “That summer before the War. We walked from town to town, slept under the stars—”             “I remember.” Franz laughed suddenly. “And you built that raft and tried to float out to the Mäuseturm. You didn’tContinue reading “From Book 2: Dadesque Dating”

From Book 2: Kraut!

I had a job. Catherine’s father had been eager to hire me. Working for D’Arcy was nothing complicated which was exactly what I wanted, and required only my presence at the hotel desk where I handed out keys and called people down to take telephone calls on the party line. Louis lived there now; tightContinue reading “From Book 2: Kraut!”

From Book 1: Benjamin Peret

            Buy book one, Traitor Comet! There were voices outside and someone pounded on the door. Desnos answered it and let in a group of five people. Before any introductions could begin more people walked up, so he left the door open to the warm night air. Some of the people I recognized from earlierContinue reading “From Book 1: Benjamin Peret”

From Book 2: But We’re Not Gay

Desnos surprised me by asking if my father-in-law could find him a job. “I heard you and Artaud talking earlier. Writing is a hard life,” he confided sadly over the hum of conversation. “And I don’t get on with the other reporters.” That surprised me, but as he told me about his columns being severelyContinue reading “From Book 2: But We’re Not Gay”