Environmental Activist involved in preserving forests from development and saving the land as open space in perpetuity.
Music
Anything from DooWop to Opera
Movies
Soylent Green, Shoes of the Fisherman, Forrest Gump, Rainman, First Wives Club, War of the Worlds, DaVinci Code, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Quiet Man, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Funny Girl, Tarzan, All Clint Eastwood Movies, Peter Sellers' Movies, Private Benjamin, Shirley MacLaine movies (GiGi) etc.
Television
Boston Legal, Deperate Housewives, Sex In the City, The History and Biography channels and Public Broadcasting programs.
Books
Too many to mention because I am an avid reader, but my favorite books were written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Heroes
The Queen of England, Golda Meir, Henry Kissinger, Oprah, Bill Gates, Stephen Spielberg and Heidi Fleiss
Corporate officer, International Interior Design,
New York, N.Y. & Paris, France
Writing Credits:
Novel: If You Really Loved Me, You’d Take Out The Garbage, by Barbara Bixon Aka B.B.Carter
Published by: America House Book Publishers – (2000)
Anthology: Slices Of Life (being considered by publisher)
I have sold comedic material to: Joan Rivers – for public performances.
Short Story, “The Big Date At The Paradise” Published in the Back To the Bronx Magazine (2006)
Anthology: Short story, Starting Over After 60, Published in: Lessons From Above - Women’s Experiences Of Sex & Self
Poem. “Hunger In Concert” Published in the Foliate Oak – (2005)
Poem, “Hunger In Concert” Published in TFAS.
Poem,“Old ” Published in The Red Hills Reader, 2004
Poem, “The Picture” Published in The Village Rambler Magazine, 2004
Fourth Place Prize for Poem, “Old” in the Iliad Press, 2004
Short Story, “Celebration Of Faith” Published in IWWG’s Remember The Magic Book, 2004
Short Story, “Looking For A Female Friend”, Published in anthology called: Two Faced, 2004
Playgirl Magazine: “Never Too Late” Short Story 2004
(Playgirl is also considering my short story series, “The Internet Dates from Hell”)
Poems, “Chains, Merry-Go-Round-Of-Life, Fog, Old,” Published in Wellspring Magazine, 1977
LATEST PUBLICATION, (Jan. 07)
The CB Social Club, a Humorous Contemporary Fiction novel, about three women who open a Bordello/Spa where the men service the women, and make all of their fantasies come true.
The original 2-hour CB screenplay is being reviewed at Stephen Spielberg’s Production Company, Warner Bros. & The Matthau Co, and Producers Gary Marshal and Danny DeVito, World Wide Banking.
A sequel will be written called; The CB Social Club Annex.
Published by: Book Locker – ISBN-10 1-60145-075-3
ISBN-13 978-1-60145-075-3
Available at: aralanbooks.com
HBO Original Programming Department is considering The CB Social Club screenplay for a series.
LATEST PUBLICATION (Jan. 07)
The House Of Cupcakes, a Humorous Contemporary Fiction novel is about three mature women who decide to invigorate their older husbands by feeding them cupcakes laced with sex-enhancing drugs. The novel has adapted into a 2-hour original screenplay. (Being reviewed by agent)
Published by: Book Locker ISBN-1- 1 60145-076-1
ISBN-13 978-1-60145-076-0
Available at: aralanbooks.com
The Mad House On Sutton Place, is a contemporary comedy/mystery novel. (First in a series of mystery/comedy books) This story will be adapted into a screenplay and TV series. (Similar to Murder She Wrote)
(Agent Contract) Unpublished to date.
The Flight Of Snookems, is a contemporary comedy/mystery novel. (Second in the series of mystery/comedy books). This story can also be adapted into a screenplay.
(Agent Review)Unpublished to date.
I Ain’t No Kangaroo, is a comedy/Chic Lit novel.
(Agent Review) Unpublished to date.
Professional Affiliations:
I am currently an active member of:
The International Women’s Writing Guild
The National League Of American Pen Women
Sisters In Crime
Community Activities:
2001-2005 I have given weekly/monthly lectures and book readings at bookstores, private community organizations, and charitable organizations, and have been interviewed on local radio and television for my novel, If You Really Loved Me, You’d Take Out The Garbage, The House of Cupcakes, The CB (Chocolate Brown) Social Club.
2001-2005 I conduct writing workshops at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore in Boynton Beach, Florida - at the Palm Beach County Library System’s Adult Program, in Boynton Beach, Florida – and give an on going Novel Writing workshop in my home. I have received many awards from the library for my volunteer efforts.
In the past I have been a Girl Scout and Boy Scout Leader, Vice President of Bnai Brith, Vice President of Cancer Care, Vice President of Save A Life, active Planning Board Member, Mahwah, N.J., Environmental Member of Bergen County’s Environmental Commission, President of The Taxpayers Assoc. in Mahwah, N.J., and President of Alliance For A National Forest, for which I’m proud to say that I have personally saved hundreds of thousands of acres of Forest land, that is now designated as Open Space in perpetuity.
I am a fearless self-marketer and I’m willing to travel anywhere to promote my work. I enjoy speaking to large groups of people, and I’m also very comfortable being interviewed on television and radio. I’m currently trying to get on the Oprah Show to discuss my CB novel, and why we should legalize Bordello’s that service women.
I would love to hear from anyone who has read my books. Message me here at myspace.com.
Who I'd like to meet: Olivia Goldsmith, Catherine Coulter, Dan Brown, Ken Follett, Janet Ivanovitch, Patricia Caldwell, Dan Brown, Michael Crichton, Janet Weiner, Nora Roberts, Danielle Steel, Mary Higgins Clark, James Patterson, Janet Evanovich, Dean Koontz, Brian Herbert & Kevin Anderson, John Grisham, Tom Clancey.
Ey A.R. Alan and everyone, please go to this web page and see my shortfilm: The name is 10 POUNDS!! Then go and vote for it!! It's in a contest!! The Miami Film Race.
