Open Query Letter

As an educator, I've witnessed many life-changing moments for both children and adults. As a writer, I’ve contemplated their struggles off campus. These stories share the real struggles of being a teacher, administrator, professor, and parent. You'll also learn a little about what I imagine was the experience of past generations, and what I think lies ahead for future generations.

I've lifted the curtain just a little on the world of education and the families of educators. None of the characters are real people, and none of the events actually happened, although a few came very close, but they are all based on a combination of people and experience from my life. 

For example, the shocking episode of the forgetful professor: 

Revision, 96 pages, ©PAu 3-676-178, was an Official Finalist of the Hollywood Screenplay Contest, a Quarter-Finalist of the Palm Springs International Screenplay Awards & Pitchdeck-Sizzle Reel-Trailer Festival, and an Official Selection of the Sunscreen Film Festival.

A thriller, romance, and psychological drama. Set in the early 2010s in Santa Barbara, California, we revise the manuscript where love triumphs over trauma until it becomes reality. The denials of Memento, the revelation of Shutter Island, the tenderness of A Beautiful Mind, and the optimism of The Truman Show. Every writer edits their work, what if you could edit your life? One English professor can do just that.

• Pitch deck
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Or, the inspirational parable about a retiring teacher:

Love Letters, 90 pages, WGA# 1728943, was the winner of the 1st Scene Performance at the WildSound Writing and Film Festival, Honorable Mention at the Palm Springs Diversity Screenplay Contest, an Official Selection at the Sacramento International Film Festival, and an Official Selection at the Sunscreen Film Festival.

A story of brothers, fathers, and uncles set in the early 2010’s around the ports of San Pedro and Long Beach. We meet a middle school English teacher close to the end of his career who is plunged back into the parenthood of his troubled grandson as he experiences a revelation about his own father.

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• One Sheet
• Watch the first scene performance
• Read the screenplay

And the tale inspired by my own experience during the 1992 Los Angeles uprising:

 

Get Along, 90 pages, WGA# 1723469, was an Semi Finalist at the Wiki: The World's Fastest Screenplay Competition, an Official Selection at the Oaxaca Film Festival and an Official Selection at the Sunscreen Film Festival.

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A semi-autobiographical epic of a family surviving together. Set in South Central Los Angeles on April 29, 1992, we travel back in history to the Prussian ghetto of 1866, and the wild west of New Mexico, as we experience a family of different cultural backgrounds learn to survive during the best and worst of times. Get Along is the story of family, community, and hope.

 

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Plus, the love story of a recently widowed public school administrator:

 

Now, 101 pages, WGA# 2087548. 

 

A romantic comedy set in the small town of Roswell, New Mexico at rival high schools in the early 2020’s, we learn that love and support can come from the most unlike places and in the most challenges circumstances.

 

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I am seeking representation and I look forward to meeting with you.