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Apr 28, 2023
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It’s fascinating you bring up JD’s hernia operation, at age four—I make that a center point in my novel. It was so painful he asked his mother afterwards if they’d cut his genitals off.

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Clarification: It also might have been at age 3. Neither JD nor his father could remember his exact age at the time. Some psychiatrists have posited that JD might have been partially conscious through the surgery, which is terrible notion to consider. Young children being difficult to administer anesthesia to in the 60s.

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Absolutely. Especially if he was partially conscious.

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My husband is born on the cusp and to me, he's like a Pisces who is frustrated by being followed around by an inner Aries all the time. He doesn't exemplify or demonstrate Aries qualities exactly, but he seems to wrestle with them internally.

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Liz Greene wrote once that she felt planets or lights near the cusp of the following sign pitch or lean their force forward. Worth considering.

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I cannot wait to read your book. It’s going to be excellent.👍🏼

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Thanks Windi.

I cant wait to finish it 😂 — living with JD in my head for the past six months should reserve me a spot in the writer’s hall of fame.

But I’m almost done with the first draft. And I just hired Volk Kinetshniy, who I interviewed here, to do the cover art! It’s going to be fantastic.

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Your point about the 29th degree and being on the verge of out of controll-ness is, in my experience, spot on. I've seen this a lot when people have 29 degrees on the ascendant, there's something alarmingly 'out of bounds' regarding their behavior and life choices.

And this is another killer (sorry) take on Dahmer. Like Windi, I'm eager to read your novel. Good luck with the second draft!

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Thank you Marie.

And, yes 29 degrees ascending can be very emphatic. I’m always careful with that one tho, unless the birth time is pointedly exact.

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This was a fascinating take on the 29 degree. Having many, accent and Jupiter conjunction in Taurus being the biggest, I'm going to review how this has played out thus far with your ideas in mind. I've never paid homage to Mercury before my novel writing but I think I will give it a shoot, worth a try.

I really enjoyed how you tackled the questions around your book. As a writer myself I can only imagine what it must be like with JD in your head all the time. I look forward to the book also, my daughter is a budding psychologist and is intrigued by JD. I will not allow her to watch the Netflix show, a book however I'm willing to consider, especially knowing the writer. Best of luck as you push through this first draft.

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Interesting, my niece is also studying to be a psychologist, with an interest in criminology. She told me recently that after the Netflix series, she and her friends would meet to discuss various impressions and questions about JD. Although I think she's older than your daughter, Lenaleah.

Thank you for your comment.

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So basically you think you are in love with Dahmer lol... he is not only dead but you were not his type anyway 😂

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I’m a novelist writing a fictional story that involves Jeffrey Dahmer as a central character.

I’m not “in love” with him.

Thank you for informing me that he is no longer alive. 😩

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