Books

When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.

– Jewish Proverb

Mikey Wright is a normal 13-year-old. With normal problems. Until the day he finds out his dad has cancer. Getaway Day chronicles Mikey’s journey to save his father’s life and learn the meaning of his own. His journey to help his father takes him...

Every day, I encounter people and places, sights and sounds, memories and mementos that are or symbolize the then, now, and yet to be of my life. It is a chronicle of the immediate past, present, and future.

At each stage of life, we journey down roads that are familiar and well-traveled, having driven them our entire life. They are the roads...

“Forever is composed of nows.”

- Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Jessica Rivers believes that no matter what is happening in her life, she can always count on Christmas to make her happy. As the owner of the Bedford Falls Shop, and with the assistance of her older sister, Melissa, she tries every day to bring Christmas to life through her songs,...

“History may not repeat itself, but it certainly rhymes.”

– Paraphrased from a Quote Attributed to Mark Twain, American writer, humorist, and lecturer

Brighter Day is a fictional memoir that takes place in 1969, the year everything changed. A year that defined a decade, it witnessed Woodstock and Altamont, Nixon and the Silent Majority, the moon...

That Happiness Thing: A Hometown Fable is a children’s book that poses the age-old question, “What is happiness?” Which is what a 10-year-old boy from a small California town wants to know. It’s 1958. Christmas is just around the corner. His family isn’t happy and he doesn’t know why. So he sets out to explore his home town and find out. With a...

This children’s picture book retells the traditional Christmas carol from a uniquely California point-of-view. The Central Valley provides the settings, creatures, and characters in this reimagining of the familiar holiday song. The vivid and colorful illustrations capture the distinctive features of the Valley in a fun, festive, and educational...

Nights on the Point is the story of three friends who light out for the territories because life is in the doing. Out on the road, Jack, Nikki, and Weston find power and magic they had never dreamed of. And gliding alongside unseen is the Bear – the first of their companions from the “other side.”

As the journey continues, the computer-generated...

The following are summaries of the stories I've told.

SCREENPLAYS:

Lions of Florence

Logline: Master manipulator Machiavelli stages a painting competition between a roughshod Michelangelo and a refined Leonardo at the height of the Renaissance in their native Florence. This is a true story.

Tagline: Fame is a lonely business.

A Fire in the Mind

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