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Principal Writing Projects/Assignments

- Constitutionalism and Imperialism in Meiji Japan: Why did Japan go to war?  A study of Japanese politics from 1851 to 1931 (University of Texas at Austin Plan II Honors Thesis, 1992; grade: A)

- Going Walkabout: Bushwalking in the the Australian Outback (travel article published in the Longview News Journal, 1993)

- Diving Down Under: Scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef (travel article published in the Longview News Journal, 1996)

- Living History: Longview native rediscovers price of freedom (WWII airshow article with interviews from former B-29 crewmen who spent time in Japanese POW camps; published in the Longview News Journal, 2001)

- A Strange Kind of Paradise: an original spec screenplay

Aug.12^th 1945: The pilot and radio operator are the only survivors when their B-29 crash lands on a remote island in the Pacific. When they are captured and interned in a Japanese POW camp the secret of their mission is discovered. Now the outcome of WWII hangs in the balance.

current status of project: on the market

A Strange Kind of Paradise reached the second round (top 5%) of Final Draft's 2002 Big Break Screenplay Competition

A Strange Kind of Paradise reached the semi-final round of the 2002 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting competition (top 2.4% of  6,044 submitted entries)

A Strange Kind of Paradise reached the semi-finals of the 2003 Carl Sautter Memorial Scriptwriting Competition (UCLA).

-The Price: an original screenplay work-in-progress

An adventure/drama set in the dangerous world of modern day pirates in the South China Sea...