Dance in the Dark | A Novella

Thanks for checking out this blog post. I want to apologize to my poetry enthusiasts for being gone for so long!

During the last two months, I have been at easy work finishing my first novella, entitled Dance in the Dark. The book is 70 pages and was a little time consuming, taking over ten years for my heart to finally give birth to an independently published book through Kindle Digital Publishing (KDP) on Amazon.

While the book has remained the same in Genesis since it was first conceptualized and outlined all the way back in 2014, it took a lot of ghosts who I cannot list all here to help bring this product to fruition.

The plot follows a psychology researcher at The Ohio State University who has invented a device called the Empathy Machine, that allows the wearer to see the daydreams of other people.

The book itself has some rough edges, and is in dire requirement of an accomplished editor to give it a thorough scrubbing. However, as an author, it was important to honor the origins of publications and make sure the premiere effort remained small and out of the hands of publishing houses who refuse to print novellas.

Amazon has its own setbacks, but every flower starts with a seed and dirt, and hopefully some rain and eventually sunshine to allow it to grow.

The book can be purchased here: https://a.co/d/7PAmzYl

Reviews are always welcome, but not required. Alas, now that this novella is finished in its early form, my heart longs for a break and hopefully future poetry analysis. I am trying to secure an interview with poets Dan Schneider and perhaps his wife Jessica Schneider, but also have purchased some great thrift store finds to review and poems to analyze.

I do write for a living, though the income is pitiful, and I have a new play in the world entitled Aerith and Darcy: A Faerie Tale in 5-Acts. That work will have time to cook, however, and as I take a vacation from my author’s duties, hope to read more of my readers’ poetry. 

Thanks for taking the time to read this brief interruption!

Michael, Aka, Michelle Martinez