Hello! My name is Jeffrey Dinsmore. I’m a writer, musician, and creative gentleman of the first order. This website is a collection of the best material I’ve created for various projects and blogs over the years.

If you don’t feel like sifting through all of it but have some time to kill, click on one of the titles in the “From the Vaults” list and see where it takes you. If you see something you like, please pass it along!

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Quick Hits

STORIES

Doing Time at the DMV

Well, I went to the DMV today. That place is a nightmare. There is a reason why it’s shorthand for government inefficiency. Because, wow! What a fright. Read on.

How to Not Get a Literary Agent

Out of 40 submissions, I received approximately 5 responses. Only one of those responses was from a human being. Read on.
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FILM

The Vanishing Point from Awkward Press on Vimeo.
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MUSIC
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PERFORMANCE
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BOOKS

I, An Actress: The Autobiography of Karen Jamey
"Granny and Granpapa didn’t take too kindly to Mother when Daddy brought her home, what with her being a dirty hobo, but I think they blamed themselves in some ways for failing to bring up a child with a rigorous moral system."
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Johnny Astronaut
"I woke up feeling like someone hit me in the head with a two by four. Immediately thereafter, someone hit me in the head with a two by four."
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ORPHANS

Projects that did not get produced but are still near and dear to my heart.
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