Neale
Sourna
Writer ns
at writing-naked.com
www.Writing-Naked.com
MAIN PORTFOLIO LINKS
(client projects, personal biz projects,
websites of script excerpts, novel excerpts, stories, game links):
www.Writing-Naked.com, Elance.com http://nealesourna.elance.com/,
Guru.com http://profile.guru.com/667152.
What you may want to know FIRST:
FORMAL EDUCATION:
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE
ARTS (NEA).
LINKEDIN BUSINESS/NETWORKING MEMBERSHIPS:
Game Writer Exchange (creator, manager); Game
Design Professionals, Authors of Fiction, Screenwriting, etc.
OTHER RECENT WRITING EXPERIENCE:
dba
NEALE SOURNA’S WRITING-NAKED.COM / PIE: PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING. 2001 –
present.
Self-employed,
author publishing and writing business. Registered with Elance.com and Guru.com
www.PIE-Percept.com,
www.Neale-Sourna.com;
www.Writing-Naked.com.
Owner, fiction and nonfiction Author, Editor, Publisher, Layout Artist (book interiors), Cover Designer; also Webmaster, Web Content/SEO Copywriter:
internet websites; SEO word and phrase research, optimization, and copywriting
for websites’ content; contracts; proposals; graphics; online
research; and professional
wholesale publications and documents for retail publishing sale [printed
novels, ebooks, online catalog stores] for online/PDA and print.
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Clients in USA, Canada,
Poland, Toronto, Australia, England, Germany, Sweden—i.e.:
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game story segments writer,
beta tester, promotion quiz writer for Poland-based Orchid Games (and Sandlot Games), their women’s
romance PC solitaire game, www.Heartwild.com/?ref=2
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Heartwild Solitaire: Book
Two (2010, Beta Testing)
1.
Branched game story
segments writer (characters, story, narrative design)
2.
beta tester
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Heartwild Solitaire: Quiz
(2009)
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Heartwild Solitaire: Author’s
Edition / Heartwild Solitaire [E for Everyone Edition] (2007, PC and Mac)
1.
game story segments writer
(characters, story)
2.
beta tester
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research and writing
archeologist’s and family diary/journal story entries for mystery puzzle/hidden object
search PC game, www.MargraveManor.com by Inertia Software www.inertiasoftware.com/;
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“Margrave Manor 2: The Lost
Ship” (2009) [hidden object, puzzle]
1.
“game story segments and
cutscenes writer
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“The Secret of Margrave
Manor” (2008) [hidden object, puzzle]
1.
game story segments and
cutscenes writer
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website fiction content
writer for
3 Australian websites (romance,
honeymoon, scifi/fantasy) www.weddingnight.com/ and www.romantic4ever.com/romantic-fiction/index.html;
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research and game story writing
of latest edition of historical RPG [“
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research and game story
writing of latest edition RPG cthulhu horror, spy, mystery game
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special forces military
action thriller novel(s), sample chapter(s), assignment started, UK Army client;
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screenplay rewriting editor
(overhauled: dialog, visual descriptions,
emotional levels and stakes)—for a
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horror software database
compilation research and article for Swedish client new
scriptwriter’s source product, www.ConstructingHorror.com;
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translation of educational
17th Century Sir Francis Bacon philosophy text to contemporary
American English
for an American in
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sales script writer for an American business
sales training team;
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article writer (relationship, opinion, semi-fiction) for
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fiction short shorts—California/Asian Indian;
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dog and puppy training
manual ebook rewrite
for an Australian client.
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Author Neale Sourna’s
Books/Ebooks (full novels, novella,
short stories, screenplays) written, edited, layout,
published, and marketed by this award-winner through PIE: Perception Is Everything Pub, available
online at most major and minor electronic bookstores and for order at all local
brick and mortar stores. www.PIE-Percept.com
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“Seduce Her Like Keanu Reeves”—3
Articles: Seduce, 10 Seduction Secrets,
List of Bad Lovers. www.ProjectKeanu.com
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“Neale Sourna’s CuntSinger”—cunnilingus lovemaking manual; featuring
fiction excerpts. www.cuntsinger.com/
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“All Along the Watchtower: Submerged”—Amazon Shorts. An ancient
half Egyptian warrior’s rage may be his downfall when he breaks a sacred
alliance. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author-exact=Neale%20Sourna/ref=dp_shrt_auth
http://watchtower.neale-sourna.com
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“NEALE SOURNA’S NORTH COAST ACADEMIES’
DIARY/JOURNAL”—An
Adult Fiction Newsletter. ISSN 1553-8656. Publishing twice year since 2006.
Author, Editor, Publisher, Marketer. NCAD is usually one short story per issue,
under the theme of sexual fetish diary/journal entries of an academic
community. http://north.neale-sourna.com
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“STEVE’S MONKEY’S PAW & MORE”—An envious man uses a wish
device against his friend’s girl, for lust. Trade Paperback/Ebook. Author, Editor,
Publisher. http://libidinous.neale-sourna.com/libidinous1.html
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“HOBBLE”—An Adult Novel. Author, Layout, Editor, Publisher, Marketer.
First published 2002, second publishing 2007. Half Native American medical
professional’s “off track” life dangerously spirals, as his compulsive sexual
entanglement with a “knife-happy innocent”, and her overbearing, elderly
“guardian” threatens to cost Benn more than his life.
Winner of www.BlackRefer.com’s
Best Sensual Novel Award 2004. Trade Paperback and Ebook. www.hobble.neale-sourna.com/hobble--excerpt1.html
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“QUANTUM LEAP,” “X-Files,” “PRIMAL,” and more—www.neale-sourna.com/scriptgateway.html
Product sales branding and packaging at all
levels, all company web content development, design and management, sales and
purchases, all web design—text, graphics, photos, e-marketing, e-commerce,
press release writing/placement, internet/web radio interviews and promotional
character voice recordings [MP3, WAV, Sitepal.com], develop/coordinate
artist merchandise [books, ebooks, brochures, posters, post cards, caps,
more], blogs, etc.
Writing, editing, proofing of grammar and
formatting [MS WORD, EXCEL, HTML (usually by hand), DREAMWEAVER,
large and small document published ebooks (ADOBE
ACROBAT for PDF and ACROBAT READER, ACROBAT DISTILLER, MICROSOFT
READER, MOBIPOCKET), work in INDESIGN CS4/PAGEMAKER, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR, POWERPOINT,
various proprietary softwares; FTP, ZIP FILES. PC/Mac. Scanner, copier, fax,
modem, etcetera.
“CREATIVE SCREENWRITING MAGAZINE.” Founding Advisory Board
Member,
NATIONAL WRITERS WORKSHOP. Script Coverage
Reader/Critic/Judge,
NATIONWIDE ADVERTISING
SERVICE (NAS).
What you should ALSO know:
OTHER RELATED EMPLOYMENT and EXPERIENCE:
DONBY SHIPPERS’ SUPPLY. 2007.
Sales Administrative
Assistant. Creation of presentation sales order/quote database
form docs for client companies.
ADECCO/OLSTEN’S PERSONNEL. 1995 – 2007.
Professional Contingency Staffer—permanent, long-term and temporary,
short-term professional assignments assisting significant
client managers and executives with specialized projects, mail merges,
presentations, contracts, travel reservations, expense reports, daily business,
research, and system maintenance in finance, banking, health insurance,
marketing, accounting, engineering, HR-human resources, IT, general business,
cinema, theatre, and more. WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, ACCESS, etc. Some companies
I worked for include:
* LJ
Minor/Nestlé Factory. 2005.
Original assignment 2 days,
stayed 5 months. References.
HR Assistant. Learned various system software while
consolidating, transporting, proofing, and coding of critical, detailed payroll
data to new KRONOS system database. Made updates to PEOPLESOFT. Used EXCEL
spreadsheets for system check of info. Wrote formulas to triple check
confirmations. Researched and reordered materials and foods MSD Sheets.
* JPMorgan Chase, N.A., Middle
Market Financial Sales Group. 2001 – 2004.
3+ years assignment. References
available.
Executive Administrative Assistant/Office
Manager for two Sales Vice Presidents (VP) and
one Director (Commercial Banking, Aircraft Finance/Leasing, and Business
Credit, respectively); and Annual Golf Regional Invitation
Coordinator.
Maintained office and executive contact and database while my guys in
office or out on client visits, executive expense reports, travel arrangements (flight,
hotel, car) by web/phone, internet/public library research, financial
market company research, order supplies, coordinated mail/FedEx, kept receipts,
log receivables/financials/car mileage, phones, faxes, copying, binding. WORD, EXCEL,
LOTUSNOTES, EXPLORER, NETSCAPE, OUTLOOK.
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NATIONAL CTR FOR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH at NASA'S J. GLENN RESEARCH CTR.
2000.
Division Secretary/Reception to
Staff Scientists & Engineers. PDF published science docs, procured and maintained
office supply orders; scheduling maintenance of all office machines and
facility; complicated legal access badges for US/foreign visitors, employees,
students; keeping meeting schedules; interoffice communications of training and
important info; generating and maintaining personnel files; and memos, letters,
PDF formatting; reviews, and trade show conference assistance; online research,
etc. ADOBE ACROBAT DISTILLER, PROPRIETARY DATABASE.
* CHARTER ONE BANK, DIRECT BANKING
UNIT—Mortgage Sales & Consumer Loans. 2000.
Executive Secretary/Project Specialist to Office Manager, Sales Director,
Unit VP, & Department. Daily invitations/thank you cards to new clients
from data entered, ran and checked daily reports of new and old clients leads,
sales flyers, updated & proofed/edited training extensive manuals (offline
print) for new companywide publishing. Proprietary
database, POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS with animated transitions.
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Membership/Customer Service
Assistant. Reconciliation of individual and
family membership fees; processing of member materials; assembled print ads (copy
& graphic images) for printer; database analysis, clean up, and mail
distribution; quickly learned software—to use and to instruct Membership
Director and train new Assistant. BLACKBAUD'S RAISER'S EDGE, PAGEMAKER.
* WOMEN’S JUNIOR LEAGUE—Membership Database Assistant. 1999.
Reorganized, proofed membership damaged database; collected, credited, and
deposited member fees. ACCESS.
* ERNST & YOUNG. 1997 – 1998,
and 2000.
PowerPoint Associate. Sales and marketing presentations for various
divisions (A/R, Sales) spread out over two years, worked as needed by
company. POWERPOINT, EXCEL, MSWORD.
* KEYBANK N.A.—Wealth Management Investment. 1996 - 1997.
Wealth Management Sales Publications & Presentations
Coordinator/Administrative Assistant.
Reorganized, reedited, proofed (grammar and style) of sales presentation
project booklets and slides, travel arrangements, charts, tables, binding,
printer orders and proofing, misc. for investment clients in $5 million assets
and up level. POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS.
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