I write, mostly fiction, make jewelry for sale, and live in New York City.
I was born in Texas and grew up in New Jersey, New York and New Hampshire. As an adult I lived in Virgina and California, then came back to New York, where I have been for over 20 years.
My books are Men (Soho Press, 1988), Me and You (Soho, 1990) and The Boy on the Green Bicycle (Soho, 1999). They’re out of print but can be found online very cheap. I’ve also written for The New York Times, among other publications, and done extensive editing work. I am available for any kind of editing, rewriting, ghostwriting and fiction/story evaluation. I’m very good at helping people with novels.
These are my necklaces. You can see more at http://stores.ebay.com/MKDiehl-Jewelry-Designs-
Handmade Vintage and new Venetian Glass Necklace
The Vampire, by Charles Baudelaire
You that, like a dagger’s thrust,
Have entered my complaining heart,
You that, stronger than a host
Of demons, came, wild yet prepared;
Within my mind’s humility
You made your bed and your domain;
— Infamous one who’s bound to me
Like any felon by his chain,
Like a gambler by his games,
Like the bottle and the sot,
Like the worms in one’s remains,
— Damn you! Damnation be your lot!
I’ve begged the merciful, swift sword
To overcome my liberty —
To poison I have said the word:
Save me from poltroonery.
Alas the sword! Alas the poison!
Contemptuous, they spoke to me:
“You never can deserve remission
Of your accursed slavery,
“Imbecile! — If our deadly empire
Freed you from your present fate,
Your kiss would soon resuscitate
The cold cadaver of your vampire!”