The writing life: Just a man, a vision, a keyboard, 8GB of MP3s, and a cup of chai tea...

Writing: he core passion

Writing is my first passion. I've been doing it most of my life. My folks had a manual typewriter that I'd use to write plays on when I was a kid. I used it so much it broke. Then my father bought me an electric typewriter. And I drove that into the ground, too. So we got an Atari computer. And I started playing video games (much to dear ol' dad's chagrin). Seriously, that Atari was less than idea, but I wrote my first "novel" on it.

My writing is eclectic. I've written for newspapers, magazines, screenplays, comic books, an animation pilot, an e-newsletter, a couple web sites...

How often do I write? Often as I can, really. Sometimes hours a day for weeks on end. Sometimes a couple stolen minutes to write before bed. I have a wife, two daughters, and a dog that keep me busy...but there always needs to be time to write.

This is a summary of my writing credits. I don't have the room to include everything I've ever done...if you're interested in tearsheets, contact me.

If you want to read more, check out my blog feed using my homebrewed RSS reader or take a loook at my whole blog over on MySpace.

Print Work

  • Listen magazine: My work with Listen has been eclectic to say the least. I first got involved with them back in 2003 with an article on paintball. Since then I've covered topics like drugs, gangs, skimboarding, and even mountain unicycling.
  • Nashua Telegraph: I cut my teeth writing business profiles for a couple years. These were my first paid assignments.

Online Work

  • Absolute Write: Back when AW had a newsletter I wrote a few articles for them. I covered working a comic book convention and made a go at a technical writing series. (Unfortunately when the economy was humming, geeks are busy working and have little time to talk about writing)

Screenplays

Ah, moving pictures. It's one of my favorite formats and one I've been groomed for. The screenplay is full of challenges you just don't get in other forms of writing. And if you persist, you can go places...

Awards:

  • 2005 - 20/20 Screenwriting Contest, honorable mention
  • 2003 - Shriekfest, honorable mention
  • 2003 - Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute contest, 1st place

You could say I've studied the screenplay...

Course work:

  • Rivier College - master level courses in screenwriting
  • UCLA Extension - summer intensive, master level screenwriting workshop
  • Salem State - every screenwriting course they offered...
  • Hollywood Scriptwriting Institute - intermediate and advanced courses
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