Summary: Bill Durmer is in over his head. In filmmaker Wayne Franklin‘s debut novel “Midlife Mouse,” Bill Durmer, an underachieving genius, runs away to Walt Disney World in the mother of all midlife crises. Led by a series of bizarre encounters, a hyper-caffeinated delusion and a mysterious prophecy, Bill goes to the Magic Kingdom seeking his destiny. But a group of Disney haters will do almost anything to stop him. Pirates and princesses, morticians, moms and man-beasts, spacemen and psychos all have a stake in Bill’s future – and those are the good guys. This is not how he planned to spend his summer vacation. A genre mash-up of contemporary fantasy, Southern lit and mystery, “Midlife Mouse” builds upon real Disney history to create a fictional mythology for the Most Magical Place on Earth. Oh, and there is a mouse in there, too. More below the media player. Listen to Wayne Franklin The Indie Author Life Why self-publish, Wayne Franklin asks? Then he answers. As he blogged recently, it turns out, he hadn’t originally intended to: (A)n imprint of Simon & Schuster took a liking to the first five chapters of the book and asked for the rest of the manuscript. […]Similar Posts:A Big Week AheadA Personal Note from Bill ThompsonWhat’s Been Going OnLearn to See Your Book The Way An Editor DoesMake Me One With the Woo-Woo The post It’s a Small (Weird) World, After All appeared first on The Bookcast.
