Author
 
  Written by Christine Carmines
 
  Thank you for your interest in me.  Rather than retell what's in my bio., I'll share with you
  what's not - namely, where writing "Celluloid Warrior" has led me.  Truthfully, it sent me
  on an odyssey I had no intention of taking, nor even any particular dream of doing.  Yet
  that is the power of magickal things, they ever seem to take us to places we never
  thought to go.
 
  It was upon a most singular course that I was set.  I've been travelling it for as long as          
  Odysseus took to return to Ithaca (just over twenty years).  Yet I'm hoping, like he did, I'll
  eventually arrive.
 
  Writing about magick in film lead me into the serious study of film, both from its artistic and
  business perspectives.  Then it pushed me further, into production work and study.  Finally, it
  shoved me (I did try resisting), into creating my own, unique development company,
  Raven's Wolf Films, founded for the production of commercially competitive dramatic films
  with original magickal themes.  We have three at present, ranging from feature to epic length,
  all with completed screenplays in various stages of development.
 
  Our epic is historical (late medieval/early Renaissance) and set in Europe.  Written,
  researched, and registered over a decade before the latest vampire craze began it tells the
  only complete, accurate and coherent story of Prince Vlad III (Vlad the Impaler) ever
  presented - it also has unique magical elements, quite unlike the hokey vampire fluff
  always associated with this character.  The truth is far deeper and more powerful, though
  no less vampiric.
 
  Because creating that screenplay was a massive undertaking, involving everything from
  shamanic experience, to political intrigue, to global travel I realized relating my journey
  would make a unique "behind the making of..." story.  I detest books on films, and truly
  believe that they are separate media, with different communicative gifts. What I chose to
  do was tell the story of how the screenplay developed, where the inspiration came from.
  where it led me, what I found and what I encountered in the film industry.  I did not want
  to merely rehash a screenplay.  "The Vlad Chronicles" does much more.
 
  Such a work has never been presented to the public.  They usually see the final product
  of a creative development.  They never see the years, the intrigues, the triumphs, the
  setbacks, the persistence or the initial dream behind what appears was a brilliant idea that
  popped like a genie full blown one day onto a movie set.  There somebody just filmed it and
  lots of others made lots of money.  Not at all.  That's what the industry, the agents and
  the purveyors of the American Dream want us to believe.  The truth is that we have to fight
  every inch, for every dream we have, regardless of what industry we are in.  Hard work won't
  do it; a good product won't do it; talent won't do it.
 
  I believe that what will do it, what does do it; what has done it (short of a famous surname),
  is persistance, audacity and an army of supporters.  This can not be done alone; creation
  is a private act; manifestation is a communal event.  I invite you to join my community; to
  help me achieve this manifestation. 
 
  Naturally I expect you to want you to see what I have done, judge the quality of my work
  and be given the option to become involved or not.  To that end I may soon make the entire
  manuscript  of "The Vlad Chronicles" (which is registered and copyrighted in my name),
  available to interested project donors.  I only ask that my copyright be respected.  Pehaps
  together we will move forward on this bold and uncharted adventure.  In the meantime,
  to learn more about my background, please visit my  FREE STUFF   page.
 
  Our other two projects are in the mystery/coming of middle age and political thriller/horror genres. 
  Both are set in the U.S. and abroad.  We do not disclose plot lines and scripts are confidential,
  except to participants with a 'need to know'.  You can read a bit more about them by visiting
  our   PROJECTS   page.
 
  Mercury's Marvels is kindly donating all profits from book sales to Raven's Wolf.  So if you'd
   like to help me put more first quality magickal films into the world, but certainly aren't rich,
   I thank you none the less for buying our books!
 
   May you have many blessings indeed!
 
 
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