Author Michael Schulze Writes a Novel About Schizophrenia - from the Schizophrenics Point of View
Summary
Following some life-changing and traumatizing incidents, Waldo heads west to confront the person he suspects is responsible: Richard Light, the CEO of a shadowy, Hollywood-based corporate empire that owns his company.Light seeks to perfect a drug called “the Fictionalizer,” which could purportedly modify reality itself. As Waldo travels cross country, he invades several of Light’s heavily guarded office buildings to uncover information about the development effort.But as the narrative progresses, questions arise: How much of this journey is “fact,” how much “fiction”? Then I had to wrestle over structure, until I found that I could combine third-person passages, which provide the bedrock of the story, with Waldo’s first-person accounts, which can’t be trusted – not even by him – but show that he’s a relatable, passionate, and likable human being. This is a fast-paced, page-turning, very readable tale with a killer ending, in my opinion.”Born and raised in the U.S. Midwest, Michael Schulze earned an MA in English and moved to Boston where he played rock and roll in clubs. He also helped launch the business and technology magazine World Tour, served as Senior Editor for Robb Report, and taught many young writers.