Category: novel festival

2019 Winning Novel & Short Stories (Watch)

Watch the winning readings performed by professional actors. 18 Short Stories Short Story Reading: The Woman In The Room, by Christina Hamlett https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-the-woman-in-the-room-by-christina-hamlett/ Short Story Reading: Tower, by Devin Klos https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-tower-by-devin-klos/ Short Story Reading: The House Of Affliction, by Fadrian Bartley https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-the-house-of-affliction-by-fadrian-bartley/ Short Story Reading: Swamped, by Lionel Walfish https://novelwritingfestival.com/2019/12/19/short-story-reading-swamped-by-lionel-walfish/ Short Story Reading: Cupid and… Continue reading 2019 Winning Novel & Short Stories (Watch)

Novel Transcript Reading: The Disney Dilemma: to thaw or not to thaw?, by Wayne Edmiston

Logline: American icons Walt Disney and Mark Twain take a mad-cap adventure through time and space; it’s a hoot! Narrated by Carina Cojeen — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope… Continue reading Novel Transcript Reading: The Disney Dilemma: to thaw or not to thaw?, by Wayne Edmiston

Novel Excerpt: GO BACK JACK, by Maureen Kellar-Kirby

Buy Book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Go-Back-Jack-Maureen-Kellar-Kirby-ebook/dp/B078N3P4GY Performed by Carina Cojeen “Go Back Jack” is a story about a young woman’s search for her previous life as a black American blues musician who lived during the Great Depression and died tragically before realizing his musical dreams. After a series of psychic illuminations, she travels to the U.S.A.… Continue reading Novel Excerpt: GO BACK JACK, by Maureen Kellar-Kirby

Novel Transcript Reading: Another Way to Die (Sam Leroy Book 4), by Philip Cox

Narrated by Carina Cojeen BUY Novel on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Another-Way-Die-Leroy-Book-ebook/dp/B07PPJ22QY Seven years ago, LAPD Detective Sam Leroy shot and killed Harlan Cordell, and breathed a sigh of relief that the reign of the infamous Pentagram Killer was over. But now, the killings have begun again. The police believe they are dealing with some fanatical copycat, but… Continue reading Novel Transcript Reading: Another Way to Die (Sam Leroy Book 4), by Philip Cox

Novel MOVIE: CANDLEJACK! Book One Cardinal of Fate, by Jeffrey Anthony Campos

Learn more about the novel: http://candlejack.com/index.html Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy Type: Novel LOGLINE: A fictional sci-fi/fantasy in which Cardinal Rigor Mortis, an anthropormorphic hawk from another world in trying to retrieve two magical items across two world realms to rule over finds out his paternal upbringing involves two fathers as well as a spiritual connection he… Continue reading Novel MOVIE: CANDLEJACK! Book One Cardinal of Fate, by Jeffrey Anthony Campos

NOVEL Transcript Reading: RHINO IN THE ROOM, by Jill Hedgecock

BUY on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Rhino-Room-Jill-Hedgecock/dp/1732241503 Performed by Kat Smiley Lost in the bush, surrounded by fire, and pursued by rhino poachers during their South African safari, seventeen year-old fashionista, Claire and her estranged father must mend their broken relationship in order to save the last two black rhinos from extinction. — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival… Continue reading NOVEL Transcript Reading: RHINO IN THE ROOM, by Jill Hedgecock

Novel Transcript Reading: CANDLEJACK! Book One: Cardinal of Fate, by Jeffrey Anthony Campos

Learn more about the novel: http://candlejack.com/index.html Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy Type: Novel LOGLINE: A fictional sci-fi/fantasy in which Cardinal Rigor Mortis, an anthropormorphic hawk from another world in trying to retrieve two magical items across two world realms to rule over finds out his paternal upbringing involves two fathers as well as a spiritual connection he… Continue reading Novel Transcript Reading: CANDLEJACK! Book One: Cardinal of Fate, by Jeffrey Anthony Campos

NOVEL MOVIE: Passing Loop, by Chynna Laird

Voice Over: Val Cole Visual Design and Editor: Kimberly Villarruel Produced by Matthew Toffolo Synopsis – Book Blurb Seventeen-year-old Chrissella Cantenelli thought she had it made in the big city. She was in her last year of high school, she had a job in the barista shop down the street from her apartment building and… Continue reading NOVEL MOVIE: Passing Loop, by Chynna Laird