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:

American university. Washington DC. Master of Arts Studies, College of Film and Video. Screenwriting, Analysis, and Criticism.

LAKE ERIE COLLEGE. Painesville OH. Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree [Music (Harmony and Performance), Theater (Arts Management, Stage Management—3yrs, Production—Construction/Lights/Audio, and Performance), Dance, 35mm Photography, Painting).

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (NEA). Washington DC. Funding Program Intern. Compiled three different budget price range-based funding books for that year’s huge nonprofit giving program.

VIENNA HOCHSCHULKURSE. University of Vienna, Austria. Independent Cultural/German Language Studies.

CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Cleveland OH. Office Administration and Music Theory, History, Performance (Single Voice, Chorus, French Horn, Piano).

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.

·        Clients in USA, Canada, Poland, Toronto, Australia, England, Germany, Sweden—i.e.:

o       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

§        Heartwild Solitaire: Book Two (2010, Beta Testing)

1.       Branched game story segments writer (characters, story, narrative design)

2.      beta tester

§        Heartwild Solitaire: Quiz (2009)

§        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

o       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/;

§        “Margrave Manor 2: The Lost Ship” (2009) [hidden object, puzzle]

1.       “game story segments and cutscenes writer

§        “The Secret of Margrave Manor” (2008) [hidden object, puzzle]

1.       game story segments and cutscenes writer


o        website fiction content writer for 3 Australian websites (romance, honeymoon, scifi/fantasy) www.weddingnight.com/ and www.romantic4ever.com/romantic-fiction/index.html;

o        research and game story writing of latest edition of historical RPG [“Berlin ‘61”] horror, spy, mystery game for PK Games, Germany (Army client);

§        Berlin ’61: The Wall” (2007) [GORE RPG]

1.       research and game story writing of latest edition RPG cthulhu horror, spy, mystery game

o        special forces military action thriller novel(s), sample chapter(s), assignment started, UK Army client;

o        screenplay rewriting editor (overhauled: dialog, visual descriptions, emotional levels and stakes)—for a Toronto scriptwriter, about Heaven and Hell spiritual power in the everyday;

o        horror software database compilation research and article for Swedish client new scriptwriter’s source product, www.ConstructingHorror.com;

o        translation of educational 17th Century Sir Francis Bacon philosophy text to contemporary American English for an American in London;

o        sales script writer for an American business sales training team;

o        article writer (relationship, opinion, semi-fiction) for Texas client’s net site;

o        fiction short shorts—California/Asian Indian;

o        dog and puppy training manual ebook rewrite for an Australian client.

·        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

o        Seduce Her Like Keanu Reeves3 Articles: Seduce, 10 Seduction Secrets, List of Bad Lovers. www.ProjectKeanu.com

o        Neale Sourna’s CuntSinger—cunnilingus lovemaking manual; featuring fiction excerpts. www.cuntsinger.com/

o        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

o        “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

o        “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

o        “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

o        “QUANTUM LEAP,” “X-Files,” “PRIMAL,” and morewww.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, Los Angeles. 1994 – 2001.

NATIONAL WRITERS WORKSHOP. Script Coverage Reader/Critic/Judge, Los Angeles CA. 5 yrs. Screenplay Coverage; PreJudge. 2 yrs. Minority Screenwriters Contests.

NATIONWIDE ADVERTISING SERVICE (NAS). Cleveland OH. 5 yrs. Part-Time, concurrent with Full-Time. Proofing and editing display employment ads (especially medical and tech) for national placements.

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. Cleveland OH.

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. Cleveland OH.

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. Cleveland OH.

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.

*  NATIONAL CTR FOR MICROGRAVITY RESEARCH at NASA'S J. GLENN RESEARCH CTR. 2000. Brook Park OH.

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. Cleveland OH.

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.

*  CLEVELAND SCIENCE CENTER. 1999. Cleveland OH.

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. Cleveland OH.

Reorganized, proofed membership damaged database; collected, credited, and deposited member fees. ACCESS.

*  ERNST & YOUNG. 1997 – 1998, and 2000. Cleveland OH.

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. Cleveland OH.

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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