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Michael Robert Dyet

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I am The Metaphor Guy. Award winning novelist, closet philosopher, chronicler of life’s mysteries – all through the lens of metaphor.

Author of "HUNTING MUSKIE: Rites of Passage" - short story collection coming in October 2017 from Blue Denim Press. Review excerpts:

“The lead story Slipstream ---actually it’s a novella that takes up some 80 pages in the collection---is a staggering work of the imagination that culminates in a surprise ending.”
~ Ben Antao, Author of Ben Antao, Author of Blood and Nemesis and other novels

“It is this constant interplay of our own actions and the big stage on which we get to perform them, that drives the various narratives. Thus, a man attempting to make restitution after defrauding a church, but seeing his son
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Michael Robert Dyet Mostly just keep plugging along and work through it. But sometimes you have to take a break and come back at it later with a fresh mind.
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Random Act of Metaphor: A Potato Beetle out of Nowhere

Hmmm, being open to the possibilities is sometimes all you need.

Success in life most often comes from a combination of factors such as diligence, careful preparation, thoughtful planning, integrity and focused application of will. You have to put in the effort and invest the resources to get the result you want… most of the time.

There are times when it is simply a matter of being in the right

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Rufous and Calliope by Sarah Louise Butler
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“Rufous and Calliope” follows one man’s journey to recover time past and memories lost as well as attempt to repair his fractured sense of self.

Rufous Flanagan, a cartographer, sets out on a solo trek through a mountain pass in the rugged British Col
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The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon
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“The Wife, the Maid and the Mistress” is based on the real-life story of the unsolved disappearance of New York Judge Joseph Crater. As with all of her historical novels, Lawhon builds around known facts and fills in the blanks imagining what might l ...more
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I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
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“I Was Anastasia” explores the mystery surrounding one of the daughters of the Russian imperial family the Romanovs. According to official records, she was executed along with the rest of her family under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin in July 191 ...more
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Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon
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Ariel Lawhon’s “Flight of Dreams” is a fictional account of the final, doomed flight of the Hindenburg zeppelin in May 1937 the cause of which was never determined. Lawhon gathered all the available facts about the flight and its passengers and imagi ...more
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Catching the Light by Susan  Sinnott
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“Catching the Light” fits neatly into the category of young adult fiction. It does not have the “gorgeously lyrical language” or extraordinary characters that the back cover summary promises. But overall it is a reasonably well constructed novel.

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The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
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I enjoy hefty literary fiction novels that you can settle into and live inside for a period of time. Ariel Lawson’s “The Frozen River” fits the bill perfectly.

It is the story of Martha Ballard – a real-life midwife and healer in Maine in 1789. Martha
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A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
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The lives of three very different characters at turning points in their life intersect in this novel set in a fictional, Northern Ontario town called Solace.

Seven-year-old Clare is distraught at the disappearance of her sixteen-year old sister. She f
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All the Broken Places by John Boyne
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“All the Broken Places” is the story of Gretel Fernsby – daughter of the commandant of one of the Nazi Reich’s most notorious extermination camps. It alternates between present day and historical narratives.

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“Oh, the strawberries don't taste as they used to and the thighs of women have lost their clutch!”
John Steinbeck

Barbara Kingsolver
“Solitude is only a human presumption. Every quiet step is thunder to beetle life underfoot; every choice is a world made new for the chosen.”
Barbara Kingsolver, Prodigal Summer

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Shalonda Williams-Lynard Thank you so much for the invitation to friendship. I do know the difficulty in striking that balance you mentioned. And that's the point where I am. Well, I want to master having peace in this world of... everything but!

Peace,
Shalonda


Michael Hi Jennifer:

Thanks for the insight into your life story. No doubt you had to be very dedicated and very determined to accomplish what you did. I can identify with you to some degree. I was born in a small town and couldn't have gone to university without the government grants and loans that were available at the time. I immersed myself in the academic world and managed to get a couple of small, in-course scholarships that helped pay a few bills along the way.

I'm sure you'll enjoy David Adams Richards. He's a great storyteller who really draws you in to his creations.

Michael


message 4: by Jen

Jen Brown Hi, again, Michael,
Please read my comments on Alan Bennett's "Untold Stories".
You'll get an idea of my background.
And why I think David Adams Richards would appeal to me.


Michael Ben:

Thanks, Ben. Hopefully this message gets to you. I'm still a little vague on the ins and outs of goodreads. I'm not quite a technophobe but it does take me a bit of time to figure out how things work.

I plan to post a review of your "Living on the Market" which I finished about a week ago. It was an interesting read. It occurred to me that Doug's addiction to playing the market comes from the same place as the current craze of buying lottery tickets. The lure of easy money when lightening strikes.

Michael


message 2: by Ben

Ben Glad to see your photo, Michael.

Ben


message 1: by Shane

Shane Good to be able to be able to put a face to a name, Michael. Glad you put your picture up on Goodreads.
Hope you have a pleasant experience on this site. regards!
Shane


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