March 2024
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About Barry
I’m a former television journalist with a major Canadian network and have been writing professionally (in print, radio, and TV) since my teens. I've covered crime, breaking news, politics, high tech, amateur and professional sports, and just about every subject under the sun. I became something of a specialist in covering forest fires and estimate I've covered more than 200 (major) wildfires. My news career gave me me a lot of life experiences I can draw from while writing fiction. I also spent some time in government and corporate communications.
I’ve had several Y/A novels released by a traditional publisher. I’ve optioned two scripts to a small independent film studio, without benefit of an agent. I now have the time to get serious about writing and marketing scripts and I'm primarily interested in finding free beta readers I can swap scripts with. I’ve done a lot of beta reading for new and established novelists, but would like to do something similar for screenwriters. I read and critique one of your scripts (for free) and you do the same for me.
I also work as a background actor in movies, get the occasional line, and do some voiceover work.
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French Leave Budget: $1M - $5M | Historical ⋄ Crime In the chaos of newly liberated Paris, a black female jazz singer and deserters from 4 different armies band together and launch a spectacular WW2 crime wave.
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Witch's Song Budget: $1M - $5M | Comedy Two young women romp through 1600’s England with a minstrel show that attracts legions of fans, accidentally inventing the modern music industry, but their success is blamed on witchcraft and they face being burned at the stake.
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Devil's Town Budget: $1M - $5M | Western ⋄ Crime As the California gold rush winds down a retired lawman and failed prospector tries to solve a series of grisly murders and prevent a race war in a lawless mining camp, aided by the son he hardly knows.
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