Story-Telling

Writing

My Writing Resume, which lists my clips and writing experience.

My Building Skills books:

Building Skills in Python and Building Skills in Object-Oriented Design.

I’ve managed to publish two articles in Dr. Dobb’s Journal

• Normalization To Improve Performance
• Processing Rows in Batches

Other Writing Samples

• Capsize
• My First Wheels
• Sin and Redemption in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
• Further Conversations on J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
  • Evil vs. Corruption
  • Good Paired Against Evil
  • Re: Good paired against Evil
• Sonnet 1 - How Can The Air Be Taught?

Hack Productions

I express myself through Hack Productions: Digital Video Production, Digital Sound, Custom Music, Screenwriting.

“It may be a hack, but it works.”

Here’s something stupid I did. For background, go to UndeadArt, and look at that. My submission in on Archive.org, I call it The Zombie Waltz. A streaming version is available at my .MAC site: The Zombie Waltz movie.

Information on iMovie.

Screenwriting

Some lines I treasure.

• Quote from 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Quote from Fight Club
• Quote from Ocean’s Eleven
• Quote from The Wizard of Oz

The Writer’s Guild of America, East, has the Script Registration service I use.

Some useful links on locating screen plays and reading about screenwriting.

• Drew’s Script-o-Rama
• Script Supplies with basic covers, brads, washers, links and advice
• NY Screenwriter, also Screenwriter Magazine
• Screen Style store
• Screenwriters Online, which offers all kinds of contact and master classes for aspiring writers
• Writers Computer

Religious Drama

Contact Hack Productions for the playkit for A Civil Christmas (Old Style), the funniest most outrageous Christmas story ever.

Resources

Upstage Drama has some Christian Drama Resources that provide very handy links.

Also, Drama 4 Church has a list of drama resources.

The Prairie Bible Institute Fine Arts Department Drama Resources list.

The Christians In Theatre Arts (CITA) web ring.

Drama Vendors

• Baker’s Plays; Baker’s submission information.
• Contemporary Drama Service, part of Meriwether Publishing, ltd.; Contemporary submission information.
• Lillenas Publishing, part of Nazarene Publishing House; Lillenas submission information.
• Eldridge Publishing, also histage.com; Eldridge submission information.
• Pioneer Drama; Pioneer submission information.

Publishers who examine the submission lists of The Writer’s Edge and First Edition (I’m author #6836).

• Intervarsity Press, a book publisher.
• Willow Creek Drama, associated with (part of?) Zondervan Church Source.

Widely referenced, but no web presence: Plastow Publications: P.O. Box 276024, Sacramento, CA 95827-6024, (800) 888-1330.

Too big for me

• Broadway Play Publishing
• Samuel French, Inc.

Self-publishing groups or individuals

• Church Ideas, exclusive distributor for Creative Resource Group.
• Friends of the Groom
• Drama *Share*.
• Acts of Light.
• His Company.
• Righteous Insanity.
• Wordspring Creative Ministry.

Resellers with drama resources

• LifeWay Christian Stores, reselling products from large publishers.
• LifeWay resources, with links to selected drama products.
• Communication Resources.
• Group Publishing.
• Judson Press.
• Good News Music Service, who primarily resell from Lillenas Publishing.
• Youth Specialities.

The Religious Drama of Powell’s Bookstore.

History

Playing Dungeons and Dragons and the Hero Game System for years made me something of a story-teller.

While I could say a lot on this subject, I hope to self-publish a huge, rambling novel based on a long-running game.

A link on the Hero Game System: Hero Games

See Office Space and Boiler Room to see how I bracket my life against fiction.

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