My Writing

Publications and Awards

The Madness Within Me

My poetry collection — poems of psychosis, recovery, and hope, drawn from lived experience.

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Grants and recognition

• CREA Global Awards
  Presented by the Brainz Magazine Selection Committee, recognizing creative and innovative ideas and contributions to mental health projects
• Brainz 500 Global Award
  Presented by the Brainz Magazine Selection Committee, recognizing entrepreneurial success and dedication to helping others
• Ohio Arts Council
  Individual artist grants, 2023 and 2024 — including support for this website
• Member, National Writers Union
• Member, Horror Writers Association
• Member, the FICTIONEERS

Adaptations, exhibits, and performances

• “The Inferno” — Inversion Ensemble
  Musical composition from Daniel’s lyrics · Listen on SoundCloud
• Irish stage play about mental health
  Adaptation of Daniel’s writing · [details supplied by site owner]
• Danish psychology textbook
  Chapter featuring Daniel’s work
• Sound exhibit — Origins Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
  Museum exhibit featuring Daniel’s writing
• Artwork — “The Demon”

Columns and blogs

• Brainz Magazine
  Executive Contributor — column on working with mental illness · see the series
• HealthyPlace — “Creative Schizophrenia”
  Blog, 2011 onward · see selected articles

Selected publication credits

• “Homeless Sam”
  Streetvibes, May 2009 · Forgotten Voice, Vol. 2, No. 12, May 2009
• “Dinner for Eight”
  Sex and Murder Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 2, September 2009
• “The Man Atop the Hill”
  Forgotten Voice, Vol. 3, No. 1, October 2009
• “Code Yellow”
  blackheart magazine, February 2011
• “The Disguise”
  The Contributor, March 2011
• “Parallel Universes,” “The Game,” “The Secret”
  Twisted Dreams Magazine, June 2011
• “The Mission”
  Static Movement, April 2011
• Street papers
  Street Sheet, Streetvibes, The Contributor, and others
• Interviews
  CureTalk (January 2013) · Schizophrenia Poetry — “The Thought Thieves” (January 2013)