I wanted to take some time to answer a few more questions that you AWESOME fans send me :) I love talking to fans it's very cool that you reach out to me and I love giving my thoughts and answering questions from you .
what is your daily routine when you're writing ?
Before I answer this question keep in mind that this is what I do and it's not for ever writer out there. I wake up at 7:45 and get my youngest two kids off to school, then eat breakfast then it's into the office to answer e-mail, calls, fulfill orders etc then I start writing for the day, break about 12:30 for lunch then back to the office for writing til 3:00 get my kids off the bus and start the daddy work after dinner and bath time I settle in and watch TV / movie with the wife then around 10ish I write again until around 2 or 2:30 am then it's bed time and I start allover again the next day.
That's the schedule for just starting a project if I'm in the middle I spend alot more time writing and if I'm nearing a deadline I write around the clock and lock myself in my office.
That's the schedule for just starting a project if I'm in the middle I spend alot more time writing and if I'm nearing a deadline I write around the clock and lock myself in my office.
Do you use special pens, pencils note pads when you write ?
Not really because I don't hand write alot of things for me its a waste of time. I have my phone with me 99% of the time and will usually write a quick note if I have an idea when out with my wife. I always type my notes, outlines, character details etc because honestly I have really bad hand writing, if you have got an autograph from me you know this LOL. So no I don't use alot of stationary or special pens when I write now but when I first started writing I had pens and notebooks that were specifically made for each genre that I was writing or a notebook for every project I was working on, I stopped doing things like that in an effort to cut cost on office supplies late last year .
Would you ever consider writing a sports movie ?
I have learned to never say never in this game because I said I didn't want to use CGI in SoM but I did because I like the practical effects of classic horror but we ended up using the CGI to make the movie better in the long run. While I don't know for sure if I will make a sports movie I can say if the right idea came along or if someone had a script that I really liked I would consider it, as I have stated before Wicked Carnival Productions plans to make more then just slasher films at some point we will branch out but for now we are working on horror films.
Where did wicked carnival productions come from ?
Wicked Carnival Productions came from the title of the first horror script I wrote Wicked Carnival, I worked on the script for 4 months with about a dozen rewrites and when I finished it and people who were allowed to read it said I should make it into a movie I started looking into costs etc. and realized quickly that it would take about $100,000 dollars make this movie (it involves alot of time at an amusement park) I knew that no one in their right mind will give a first time film maker $100,000 dollars to make a movie so I shelved the script and started working on Sins of Man and once my script readers came back and said "Make this movie" ! I started working on turning Sins of Man : Rise of Mortis into a movie someone said "Who's going to release the movie"? I said" I'm going to self release it" and the replied "You need a production company to release a movie" so I said "okay" and Wicked Carnival Productions was born. on a side note we plan on releasing a rewritten version of Wicked Carnival in a few years after we complete the Sins of Man Trilogy .
what is your favorite part of being a film maker ?
As corny as it sounds I really enjoy meeting fans, signing autographs and taking pictures with them. it's so cool to me that someone enjoys my work so much that they want me to sign something for them or take a picture with them. I was at McDonalds with my wife the other day and a girl and her boyfriend walked up to me and asked me to sign a napkin for them I pulled out a sharpie and my business cards and I signed one for each of them. I also enjoy having an outlet for my creativity in my writing and then seeing my script come to life on set, at the first table read when they cast was reading the script out loud I thought I was going to cry because I was actually living my dreams and I love being the person that gives someone their break in acting in movies the is nothing like helping someone else realize their dream of being in a movie those are my favorite parts of being a film maker.
Keep the questions coming and I will answer as many as I can in the future :) THANK YOU for your support :) you fans are the reason we make movies !!