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Title: Dreamdale’s Dark Hearts #1. “Arden Wonder and His Strange Change”
Genre: Horror/Comedy/Fantasy – 114 pages
Synopsis: When a frightening nightmare creature escaped its underworld prison, a brave boy, Arden Wonder, must slay the quirky dream monster, Count Comatose. Before the vampire villain has an opportunity to wake up and feed on the dreams and nightmares of young souls. This will allow Count Comatose to unleash a nightmarish apocalypse that will corrupt reality and every cursed Gifted Soul will eventually change into Nether Gifted Souls. And be Count Comatose’s slaves forever at his lair in the Nether Nod. If Arden and his faithful companions can cure all the sleepy souls of Dreamdale!
High Plains Drifter (That’s for real and I never thought about it until you asked that question. I like the spooky coincidence considering my last answer)
What is your favorite song?
(Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
Thunder Road (Springsteen)
Do you have an all-time favorite novel?
August 1914 by Solzhenitsyn. It’s been a long time since I read it though.
What motivated you to write this story?
Niece and nephew wanted a ghost story with a hint of childish humor.
. If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
Jesus. Of course, I have it every Sunday so no big deal.
Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Freedom
What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?
An email
Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
A German woman married to a Jewish American learns years later that her biological mother whom she is told to meet was forced to copulate with a blond man in the Lebensborn politics during the Nazi era, in order to insure the so-called purity of the aryan race.
What genres would you say this story is in?
mainstream – historical
How would you describe this story in two words?
the discovery of a painful past: the protagonist’s mother was part of a Nazi fertility selection.
What movie have you seen the most in your life?
‘King Solomon’s mines’ – shot not far from where I lived, in the hills of Rwanda-Urundi, at the source of the Nile.
What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
There are so many: La Cumparsita was the first one, for my parents used to dance to it.
Do you have an all-time favorite novel?
‘In search of lost time’, by Marcel Proust (in it’s original French version)
What motivated you to write this story?
The real story that was recounted to me by a relative.
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
Jesus, for I would really want to know what he thought of the atrocious way his people – the Jews – were treated for over 2000 years, in the name of Christianity. I’m sure he would be devastated by the manner in which his followers have distorted his teachings.
Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
Photography, art: classical and modern, reading, the cinema, all kinds of music
What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?
I had already submitted two novels made into films and was very pleased with their result.
Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
Jacq accidentally murders a man, and unwittingly reveals more than the assassin he worked for. His desire to escape poverty is now a flight for his life. His mistakes change the lives of many people, gain him many enemies and lead him in a direction he never thought he would go.
What genres would you say this novel is in?
Fantasy, Adventure
How would you describe this story in two words?
Action, redemption
What movie have you seen the most in your life?
Avatar
What is your favorite song? (Or, what song have you listened to the most times in your life?)
White Wedding by Billy Idol
Do you have an all-time favorite novel?
Freedom’s Landing by Anne McCaffery. A Sci-Fi Trilogy.
What motivated you to write this story?
I have a very vivid imagination. I have always wanted to write a novel and decided, after attending a writer’s conference, that I better just start writing. I didn’t have a plan, it just came out on the page. Eventually the characters drove the story.
If you could have dinner with one person (dead or alive), who would that be?
I am very interested in history. I would like to meet and have dinner with Paul Revere. I went to Boston a few years ago and visited his house. It would be so amazing to sit down with him and talk about the American Revolution.
Apart from writing, what else are you passionate about?
I like to volunteer. I am a Director for a non-profit society called Equitas Disabled Soldiers Funding Society. We raise funds to assist Canadian Veterans. I also am a Director for Tabitha Canada, a non-profit organization, which assists very poor Cambodian people. This year I am taking a team of about 12 people to Cambodia to build houses through Tabitha Cambodia. This organization was started by Janne Ritskies, a very dedicated lady from Ontario, Canada.
What influenced you to enter your story to get performed?
It was time to push myself out of my safety net and share my creation.
Any advice or tips you’d like to pass on to other writers?
Just write, write, write. Be part of a writing group, go to conferences, meet other writers. Don’t be afraid to put your work out there.
NOVEL Transcript – DREAMDALES DARK HEARTS 
SHORT STORY Reading – ARYAN BLOD 
SHORT STORY Reading – THEY DROVE ON STREETS PAVED WITH KINDNESS 
SHORT STORY Reading – FLATULENT FRED 
SHORT Story – BEFORE AND AFTER
SHORT Story – ALWAYS WATCHING
SHORT Story – THERE ARE NO LIGHTS IN NAPLES
NOVEL Transcript Reading – A POOR MAN’S TRUCE