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 [...]
Lynn Ferguson is a Scottish actress and writer who currently pens for her brother Craig’s Late Late Show. She also voiced Mac, the Scottish Chicken, in Chicken Run. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Ferguson was a fixture in the UK comedy community, performing stand-up, as well as writing and performing for BBC television and [...]
Author Kate Mathis, Living Lies, describes her book as a great “beach read.” Part romance, part spy thriller, Living Lies follows Melanie Ward, a secret agent who leaves the world of espionage and deceit when she is passed up for a promotion. After almost a decade in banking, Mathis left the fluorescent lights to pursue [...]
William M. Akers is the author of Your Screenplay Sucks!: 100 Ways to Make it Great. An autographed copy of Akers’ book is 2nd prize in the 2nd Annual Write On! Query Contest, Part 2: Screenplays & Teleplays. Contest deadline is tomorrow, June 30. A Lifetime Member of the WGA, Akers has had three feature [...]
Writer/director Hilda Hidalgo’s film—Of Love and Other Demons, based on the novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez—is in narrative competition this year at the Los Angeles Film Festival. A Costa Rican/Columbian production, the film had its North American premiere last Friday at the Festival—a late show received by a packed audience. “It tells the story of [...]
Bitter Feast had its world premiere last weekend at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The dark comedic thriller is about a disgraced TV Chef who blames his downfall on a food blogger’s bad review, and then kidnaps aforementioned food blogger to exact revenge. In this LA Film Fest Write On! Q&A, we speak with writer/director [...]
Sports is in the air! Write On! speaks with Sam Hendricks, the award-winning author of the Fantasy Football Guidebook, Fantasy Football Tips, Fantasy Football Basics, and Fantasy Football Almanac 2010. An avid player for the last 20 years, Hendricks has won numerous league championships and participated in the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF), National [...]
Novelist Gary William Murning lives in the northeast of England. His work, largely mainstream fiction, focuses on themes such as love, death, loss and aspiration, but always with an eye to finding an unusual angle or viewpoint.Hist first novel—If I Never, which centers on the growing love between two “social misfits”—is now available. Murning shares [...]
Carmen Elena Mitchell is executive producer/writer of award-winning web series: The Real Girl’s Guide to Everything Else. Mitchell made her filmmaking debut with Evidence, and co-wrote the Jury Level Filmaka Short “Who Could Ask for More?” with Craig Ouellette. Playwriting credits include Beyond the Dinner Table: The Unintentional Poetry of Howie Small and Off-Chance Production’s [...]
Producer Marvin V Acuna is the co-founder of The Business of Show Institute and president of Rainmakers and AE, Inc. At the moment he is working on his new series, Hitmakers, for Bravo which he co-developed and serves as the executive producer. Other credits include The Great Buck Howard, starring John Malkovich, Emily Blunt, and [...]
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.
