Pamela Jaye Smith is a writer, mythologist, international consultant and speaker, and award-winning producer and director. Her latest book—Symbols.Images.Codes – The Secret Language of Meaning in Film, TV, Games, and Visual Media—was recent released by Michael Wiese Productions. The founder of MYTHWORKS and co-founder of the Alpha Babe Academy, Smith is also the author of [...]
Paula Bruno is the author of Come Hell or High Water, the first book in the Kirkland family saga. Come Hell or High Water is set in 1958, and the western/family series revolves around a feud between the Kirkland Ranch and the fictional Logan family of Burkburnett. “The Kirkland Family Saga reflects many of the [...]
Brandon Stauber co-founded The Wine Spies with long-time business colleague and friend Jason Seeber in 2007. The site, which introduces readers to new wines through reviews, articles, and interviews, is proof of the necessity of content in any online business. Stauber—aka “Agent White”—is a pilot, kick-boxer, an avid foodie, and wineaux, and enjoys traveling the [...]
Pilar Alessandra is director of the Los Angeles writing program “On the Page” and author of the newly released The Coffee Break Screenwriter, published by Michael Wiese Productions. She has worked as Senior Story Analyst for DreamWorks and Radar Pictures and has trained writers at ABC/Disney, MTV/Nickelodeon, the National Screen Institute, the Los Angeles Film [...]
Coldspring, written by Cheri Mancuso and her partner John Scarano, came to life after nearly a decade of research. The literary non-fiction book is a story of karmic redemption, chronicling the lives of three hapless individuals—Bernice, Harry, and Freddy—as they reincarnate together over and over again. The story begins 12,000 years ago, culminates in 1935, [...]
Ron Hogan helped create the literary Internet by launching Beatrice.com in 1995. In 2010, after writing about the business side of publishing as a senior editor for GalleyCat for several years, he briefly served as the director of e-marketing strategy for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. His most recent book is Getting Right with Tao, a print [...]
Television Critic Mary McNamara has written for the Los Angeles Times for nearly two decades, writing extensively about the inner workings of Hollywood. She recently released her second novel—The Starlet—which is the sequel to Oscar Season. McNamara discusses the joys and challenges of writing fiction and non-fiction, reveals her writing processes, and more. What led [...]
Julie Spira is the author of the bestseller, The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online. Julie is a frequent guest in the media, and has been quoted in/on ABC News, CBS News, FOX News, Smart Money, Woman’s Day, Men’s Health, Cosmo Radio, Los Angeles Times, and The New York [...]
Christopher Riley, the author of The Hollywood Standard: The Complete and Authoritative Guide to Script Format and Style, is a veteran of the Warner Bros. script department. He has written feature films, notably After the Truth, an award-winning German language courtroom thriller, as well as screenplays for Touchstone, Paramount, Mandalay, and Sean Connery’s Fountainbridge Films. [...]
First-time author Mitchel James Kaplan, By Fire, By Water, has lived and worked in Paris and Los Angeles as a translator, screenwriter, and script consultant. A graduate of Yale, he has served as adjunct professor of Literature Currently he resides in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Kaplan spent six years working on this historical fiction novel, which [...]
Debra Eckerling is a professional writer and coach with expertise in feature articles, corporate communications, and public speaking, as well as social media and live networking.
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The leader of Write On!, Debra has been a professional writer for more than 10 years. She has expertise in feature articles, corporate communications, and public speaking. Write On! is a virtual - and live - writers support group, which helps writers of all abilities, mediums, and specialties take their projects to the next level.
