AWARDS
JULY 2008
LYNCH LAW, my screenplay based on the
book Lynch Law, written by James Brecher and I, won best period screenplay in
the Action On Film International Film festival in Pasadena, Calilfornia in July
2008.
JULY 2008
MAJOR PAULINE screenplay won The
Hollywood Scriptwriter written word award at the Action On Film International
Film Festival in Pasadena, California in July 2008.
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APRIL 2008
SAND PRAIRE won a Bronze Award in the Worldfest-Houston
International Film Festival in Houston, Texas in April of 2008.
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April 27, 2000
I was notified by J. Hunter Todd, Chairman & Founding Director of the 33 Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival and by the Grand Awards Jury that one of my screenplays - MAJOR PAULINE - had just won the Bronze Award in the Screenplay Biographical Division!
The framed Bronze Award
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The Film Festival was held April 7-16, 2000 and had 4,300
entries from 33 countries!
In the Screenplay Competition - Biographical
Division - there were over 50 entries!
Here's a little
good news. Not long ago I entered Slayer of Innocence in the Writer's Digest 11th
Annual International Self-published Book Awards contest. Although the book
didn't place in the top ten, the judge's evaluation of it was outstanding.
WRITER'S DIGEST
11TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL SELF-PUBLISHED BOOK
AWARDS
EVALUATION SHEET
TITLE: Slayer of Innocence
CATEGORY: non-fiction
″Difficult to read because of the tragic nature of the
subject, but interesting and riveting, this author holds the reader's attention
by this thorough and descriptive portrayal of the tracking of a serial
pedophile killer. Written from the vantage point of the police detective who
was determined to capture the murderer, this author shows an outstanding
ability to tell a story with important details.
One of the exceptional qualities that comes through in
this book is the author's understanding of the mind of the serial killer and of
his passion to bring this horrific individual to justice. Because of his background,
the story has credibility with the reader and encourages the reader to join the
chase. He concludes this book with a warning to parents not to be ignorant of
devices people use to kidnap and harm children. There were very few instances
where I felt that the author slipped away from the consistent story telling
format that interrupted the flow.″