Joseph Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler has been writer since the days of wearing striped earth toned long sleeve velour shirts and parting your hair down the middle with a slight side feather was cool. He is a devout defender of the arts and creative minds.An author is rising, sans velour.
Marionette
A Novel About Trauma and Grief
Marionette is the fictional biography of Elise McDuffy, a young adult that struggles to stay above the undertow of trauma in the narcissistic sea created by her mother.Elise had become the invisible daughter, blindsided by persistent stressors. Her life resembled a marionette puppet, unable to escape the world of her manipulator, frozen and incapable in resolving her trauma, grief, and loss.Through Elise McDuffy, author Joseph Wheeler has written a profoundly powerful novel about perennial trauma. Marionette is an emotional and heartbreaking story with moments of humor and levity.The story of Marionette occupies an emotive space in-between Yin and Yang.If you are a child of divorce, or of parents that should have divorced, Marionette is for you. If you have felt alone, unheard, and invisible, Marionette is for you.
Pixote
A Fable About Finding Your Path In Life
Pixote tells the story of a selfish young Prince who seeks to find the most valuable gift in the world. His journey leads him to a distant land and encounters with a tapestry of eccentric Kings and their idiosyncrasies, wisdom, and ignorance that forever shape his path in life. Its core theme is written in the forward of the book, “When we go through something, we go towards something.”Pixote is a beautiful story of self discovery with a pointed message for every reader to contemplate. Pixote is a memorable and meaningful tale for all ages.Prepare to embark on an adventure you will never forget.
Words Words Words
Words, Words, Words is a playful illustrated story for all ages about the dangers of book banning carried out by the naysayers. With it’s rhythmic text and perceptive commentary, Words, Words, Words delivers a unique satirical perspective against the serial imbecilic book banning epidemic that is invading many cities and nations.While Words, Words, Words tackles book banning in a humorous manner, its message will leave an indelible mark on the readers mind.If we ban all the books because some are afraid of the past or the truth, what words will remain for history? Will yesterday remain unchanged? Will the rain still be the rain?
What Are Words For?
What Are Words For
For You and Me
To Read and Share
To Tell Stories of Persons, Places, and Things
Or Just About AnythingIf We Ban All The Words
What Will We Share
Who Will We Be
Educated and Enlightened
Or Close Minded and EmptyWhat Is Your Plan
When the Naysayers
Enact Their Ban
You Write?
At what point can you call yourself a writer, a wordsmith, semantic beast, or an author?
Is it based on the quantity of words written every day?
Is it based on the frequency of high syllable words on the page?
Is it based on making the best seller list of everybody’s faves?
Is it based on publicity that amuses a celebrity authors fanbase?
Is it based on an industry monopoly that edits to please everyone in every way?
Is it when we fade away and the copyright extends 70 years after ones last age?
The work you create is all that matters.
The stories will last many lifetimes.
Everything else is superfluous.
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