Part One: After taking several years off from writing following the death in 2019 of my younger brother, Dave, I began writing again in 2024. I started work on the long-awaited prequel to my five-book "Novum" series. The story is called "Rogue Wave", and it tells the events that led Jake Stone to acquire his girlfriend’s cargo vessel, then called, "Messenger", after her tragic death. This backstory was referenced several times in the original series, but due to a head injury, Jake was left with very few memories of what actually happened. This story finally reveals the truth. However, instead of writing it as a book, I decided to write a screenplay. I’ve always loved the screenplay format, and I needed something to kickstart me out of the creative rut I was in following Dave’s passing. Since the story was already fully outlined, it didn’t take long to complete the 120-page screenplay. With dialogue editing from my sister Lori—an amazingly talented person a...
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