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A. R. Taylor is a playwright, humorist, and fiction writer. Early on, she turned her Ph.D. thesis into a book called Male Novelists And Their Female Voices: Literary Masquerades, and it went on to become a finalist for the Henry Murray Award at Harvard. She has published in The Cynic Magazine, The Pedantic Monthly, The Berkeley Insider, Red Rock Review, and Rosebud, among others. In addition, her stories have been featured in the New Short Fiction Series, and she was head writer on two Emmy award-winning series for public television. Other awards include the Writers Foundation of America Gold Statuette for Comedy, the NBC New Comedy Writer awards, and the De Golyer Prize in American Studies. Oddly enough, Taylor has also performed at the Go ...more

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Sorry for the duplicate question, A.R. - just read started reading your March 17 blog post, "The Flower Of His Importance," and love it!! What a great wit and sense of humor! You're the master of opening hooks: "There were two reasons to hate his house: his gardener and his neighbor, but he wasn’t sure which man should be at the top of the list." More to come from the world of Vince, I hope?

A.R. Taylor Thought I answered this, but I'm not adept at Goodreads, so please forgive me. Vince is a favorite of mine, despite his obnoxious and difficult person…moreThought I answered this, but I'm not adept at Goodreads, so please forgive me. Vince is a favorite of mine, despite his obnoxious and difficult personality. He is the main character in my new novel. I loved writing about him, though he strews mayhem wherever he goes - or alas - went.(less)

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Three of the most intelligent authors I've read have published only one novel: A.R. Taylor, Gina DeMarco ("The Neanderthal's Aunt") and Janet Eve Josselyn ("Thin Rich Bitches"). DeMarco (a pen name) has a Ph.D. in medicine. Josselyn is an attorney and an architect. Taylor has a Ph.D. When will you write more fiction, ladies? (Please do!)

A.R. Taylor I sent you a note on Facebook, but will respond again here. First of all, many, many thinks for being so kind as to mention me. My agent is shopping a…moreI sent you a note on Facebook, but will respond again here. First of all, many, many thinks for being so kind as to mention me. My agent is shopping a book I did several years ago, The Good Girl's Revenge, and I've just finished another and am waiting for her comments, Jenna In Flames (or In Flagrante--still debating which is best title). To quote Mae West, "I'm fast, but I move slowly." Not sure that makes much sense, but still--when someone like you gives me a wonderful compliment––well, it's just the greatest thing!(less)

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The Flower Of His Importance

There were two reasons to hate his house: his gardener and his neighbor, but he wasn’t sure which man should be at the top of the list. As Vince looked out over his opulent domain – a half-acre green lawn in Los Feliz, red and yellow ranunculus flowers beneath beds of hydrangeas, their sexy bulbs coppery pink in the twilight – he experienced this grand garden as the flower of his importance in the Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 07, 2016 13:32 • Tags: adultery, jealous-neighbors, la, los-angeles, property-dispute, sex, short-story

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“Do you see yonder cloud that’s almost in shape of a camel?
Polonius: By the mass, and ‘tis like a camel, indeed.
Hamlet: Methinks it is like a weasel.
Polonius: It is backed like a weasel.
Hamlet: Or like a whale?
Polonius: Very like a whale.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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