Lots: reading, writing, getting published, helping other writers get published, producing plays, owning and operating my comic book/gaming stores, collaborating (I learn something new every time I do it), LARPing (www.alliancelarp.com), the Theatre (nearing having worked on 200 productions as an actor, scenic designer, stage manager, and/or whatever), the Cinema (has acted in films, too, such as in "North Country" and others), "Coast to Coast," epic poetry, mythological studies (Norse, Finnish, and various North American pantheons, especially), stage directing (70 productions and counting), stage combat, stage makeup, stage damn-near-practically-anything, taking plays on tour, comic books, comic books, comic books, medieval weaponry (and proper use of same), hiking, camping, exploring, baseball (Twins), football (Vikings), judo, and raising my three wonderful boys!
You Are Grape
You are bold and a true individual. You are very different and very okay with that.
People know you as a straight shooter. You're very honest, even when the truth hurts.
You are also very grounded and practical. No one is going to sneak anything by you.
People enjoy your fresh approach to life. And it's this honesty that makes you a very innovative person.
WRITING:
* Alliance LARP Minnesota
* The American Film Institute
* American Stage
* American Theatre
* ARAN Press (Captain Future vs. the Game Show, The Confession, The Elevator, and "Hello? Crisis Center Hotline?")
* The Beloit Journal
* The Bemidji Pioneer
* Blizzard Press (Canada)
* Bloodletting Press ("TERMINAL: THE PLAY" and "TERMINAL: THE PLAY -- The Handlettered Edition)
* The Brainerd Daily Dispatch
* Busted
* The Comic Buyers Guide
* Comics Review
* Dark Muse
* G-FAN (Canada)
* The Grand Rapids Herald-Review
* The Grand Rapids Players
* HaveScripts (THE LOVELY RED FLOWER and PRINCE HEDGEHOG)
* Head Shot!
* Heuer Publishing, LLC (THE GLOVER'S MANGE CURE CAPER, GRANDPA JIM IS DEAD, THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER, RODRIGO GETS THE POSTMODERN BLUES, SHITA-KIRI-SUZUME, THE UNMASKING OF SHERLOCK HOLMES)
* The Hibbing Daily Tribune
* Inside Zeal
* International Readers Theatre (Canada -- THE COAT,THE CUT-TONGUE SPARROW, HOW THE JELLYFISH LOST ITS BONES, PHIL 'N' DRILL, RATOPOLIS, THE RELUCTANT DUELIST, TWO WIVES AND A DEAD GUY, VICIOUS CIRCLE, and THE WOLF OF CHUNGSHAN.)
* KAWE Radio
* KBSU Radio
* KBSU TV
* KLIZ Radio
* KQBR Radio
* KVBR Radio
* Late Night with David Letterman
* LookSmart
* MacRostie Arts Center
* MCCSA
* Media Zone
* Modern Haiku
* Necrotic Tissue
* NERO Alliance
* NERO Alliance Minnesota
* New Theatre Productions (UK)
* Northern Arts News
* The Northern Student
* Original Works Publishing (CAFE A LA IONESCO and PAIRING ENERGY)
* Read Herrings Literary Journal
* Readers Theatre Digest
* RKK Productions
* RPSIG
* Samuel French (USA, Canada, & UK -- BEANIE AND THE BAMBOOZLING ADVENTURE MACHINE, BEANIE ANDTHE BAMBOOZLING BOOK MACHINE, BEANIE AND THE BAMBOOZLING HORROR MACHINE, and TWO WIVES AND A DEAD GUY)
* Silverhawke, LLC (THE BASTARD and RATOPOLIS)
* Skullvines Press (ROY C. BOOTH'S THEATRE OF THE MACABRE)
* Stage Review
* The Talking Stick
* Tangledwood Press
* Theatre Unlimited
* TSR
* Universal Pictures
* Viking! Theatre
* Warner Bros.
* WBCC Radio
* WCCO TV
* The Westbank Journal
* Word Weavers -- Mystery Anthology
* Word Weavers -- Poetry Anthology
* ZEAL
Music
Classic rock, Jazz, some country -- let's say it is kind of eclectic, and just leave it at that. No, really... let's.
Look! It's Roy and Riordan as werewolves in the Lo-Fi Sugar "Come On" music video!
I am a huge fan of film noir, Universal Monsters, Akira Kurisawa, Humphrey Bogart, Fritz Lang, David Lean, William Goldman -- I could go all day here if I had to, so here's one extreme of the spectrum, kaiju:
Go Go Godzilla!
I rarely, if ever, watch television any more, but if I do I like to watch classic science fiction shows, whatever happens to be on the Sci-Fi Channel at the time, the History Channel, Mystery, Biography, the news, and sporting events (mostly the Twins and the Vikings). My DVD and VHS collections, however, have grown to epic proportions.
Hey, go see a play already, dammit!!! :)
Just like Sisko, you have a very cool, collected manner. People depend on you everyday for good advice. Sometimes, you know something's coming when everyone else doesn't. You must love baseball, or a sport of some kind!!! You are the one who'll jump into the battle and fight hand-to-hand, proving that you are the ultimate Warrior Captain!
Benjamin Sisko // Avery Brooks
85%
James T. Kirk // William Shatner
70%
Jean-Luc Picard // Patrick Stewart
70%
Kathryn Janeway // Kate Mulgrew
65%
Jonathon Archer // Scott Bakula
60%
Books
Hm. Let's change this to "Authors" or else we'll be here all day. In no particular order: William Shakespeare, Carl Barks, Cyrano de Bergerac, Harold Pinter, Vaclav Havel, Sam Shepard, Herodotus, Chuck Jones, Edward Albee (in controlled doses), Robert E. Howard, H. G. Wells, H. P. Lovecraft, J. R. R. Tolkien, D. H. Lawrence, Snorri Sturlusson, Sprauge de Camp, Anglian Anonymous of "Beowulf" fame, Harlan Ellison, Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Phillip K. Dick, Ostrovsky, Tolstoy (either), Bertolt Brecht (for the Expressionism, NOT his politics), Michael Moorcook, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, E. R. Eddison, C. S. Lewis, Benjamin Thorpe, Lee M. Hollander, H. R. Ellis Davidson, Evangeline Walton, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Roger Stern, Warren Ellis, Tim Kelly, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Homer, Miyamoto Musashi, Victor Hugo, Herman Hesse, Cynthia Booth, Walter Gropius (tech notes), Charles Dickens, Monty Python, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Bradbury, Maxim Gorky, Chekov, Woody Allen (in controlled, small doses), Steve Martin, Sue Grafton, Eric Bogosian, August Wilson, Louise Eldrich, Henrik Ibsen, Mark Twain, Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, Jack Williamson, Theodore Sturgeon, August Dereleth, Denny O'Neil, Mark Waid, Lord Dunsany, Sax Rohmer, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Parker, James Robinson, Frank Robinson, Milton Caniff, "Sparky" Schulz, Po Chu-i, Thomas Mann, Sherwood Anderson, Lois McMaster Bujold, Will Eisner, Bram Stoker, Terry Brooks, Isaac Asimov, Timothy Zahn, Octavia Butler, Brian Keene, Arthur Miller, Frank Miller, Eugene O'Neill, Eugene Ionesco, George Clayton Johnson, William Goldman, Neil Gaimen, Sun Tsu, et al.
Heroes
Quite a few, Cynthia, especially, for putting up with me for all of these years. And a SPECIAL shout out to anyone and everyone who has ever worked on or been involved with any of my plays and publications -- THANK YOU!!
Roy C.'s Details
Status:
Married
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Bemidji, MN
Body type:
6' 1" / Average
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Christian - other
Zodiac Sign:
Virgo
Children:
Proud parent
Education:
Grad / professional school
Occupation:
Writer/Businessman
Roy C.'s Schools
Bemidji State University
Bemidji,Minnesota
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Clubs: Theatre Unlimited, NERO, and F.I.D.O.
Central Lakes College-Brainerd
Brainerd,Minnesota
Graduated: 1986
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Associate's Degree
Clubs: BCC Theatre, The Westbank Journal (reporter, later editor), WBCC Radio (dj/programmer), Work Study (computer lab/theatre shop), Intramural Sports (football and softball), Student Senate (senator, later Senate President)
1983 to 1986
Pillager Sec.
Pillager,Minnesota
Graduated: 1983
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Varsity Sports (track) & Theatre.
42 x published internationally award-winning playwright with 600+ productions worldwide on every continent save Antarctica. Collaborates and seeks more international productions.
I have been optioned (nothing filmed, alas). Interested in collaboration, serious inquiries only, please. (Wouldn't mind adding on a few more acting roles to the resume, either.)
About me:
Published novelist, short story writer, poet, comedian, journalist, essayist, game designer, scriptwriter/doctor (film/radio/TV), and internationally award winning playwright -- 48 plays published, 640+ known productions worldwide in Aruba, Australia (Perth, Melbourne, et al), Bangladesh (Dhaka), Bermuda (Hamilton), Brazil (Brasilia), Canada (Winnipeg, Montreal, et al), China (Tianjin), France (Paris & Nice), Germany (Aachen), Finland, India (Mumbai, Dehra Dun, New Delhi, Bangalore, et al), Indonesia (Kelapa Gading), Iran (Tehran), Ireland, Italy (Milan), Japan (Tokyo), New Zealand (Wellington), Nigeria (Engugu), Phillipines (Quezon City), Poland (Gdansk, Warsaw, Cracow, et al), South Africa (Durban), Switzerland (Bern), Thailand (Bangkok), United Kingdom (Edinburgh, Manchester, Groomshire, London, et al), and, of course, the United States of America (LA, NYC, et al).
Bats right, throws right.
Owns over 105,000 comic books, and has READ (nearly) every one of them.
Still pulls out his D&D books, dice, and miniatures, and gives his players a good old what for from time to time, although, darn it, he'd rather be out LARPing. Wishes V&V would have caught on bigger.
Married, three children. And his greatest days are still far ahead of him.
Your Birthdate: August 26
You lucked out the the skills to succeed in almost any arena.
Put you in almost any business or classroom, and you'll rise to the top.
You're driven and intense, but you also know when to kick back and cooperate.
Your ability to adapt to almost any situation is part of what's going to make you a success.
Your strength: Your attention to detail
Your weakness: You can be a little too proud of your successes
Who I'd like to meet: Fellow authors, film and stage producers, editors and publishers, comic book professionals, pencil and paper game designers, LARPers (see www.alliancelarp.com), et al... Specifically Dan Ackroyd, Brian Blessing, Patrick Stewart, Ian Holm, William Shatner, William Goldman, and Christopher Lee -- that's the short list, in no particular order.
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