frikkinspillane's WEbook Profile

frikkinspillane

Join Date: 7/7/2008

Biography of Hall of Fame motorcycle athlete Steve Wise.
My own biography of life in the telephone company.
My screenplays
Poems, spur of the emotional moments.

About me:
My claim to fame: Started off wanting to write children's books. Stacks of rejection letters later I realized I wasn't going to make it. An article in Writer's Digest suggest I "write what you know." After long pondering I remembered the crazy, funny stories of my days as an amateur motocross racer and put pen to paper. A buddy had just started a district level paper about the local racing scene and I submitted it, it printed and the guy asked for more. After 3 articles I realized it must be good and requested to get paid for them. It took another 2 months before I cornered him and got my 75 dollar check for the 3 pieces. Long story short, I got an article in a program for a monster truck event, that led to another article in the program for the USGP motocross race in Buds Creek Maryland and meeting Davey Coombs. He printed an article in his paper Racer X Illustrated and the paper went on to become the most read magazine in motocross history. I then secured a column in MX Southern Style which became MX East and then MX America. Gained a fan base and realized I wanted to reach more people, I decided screenwriting was the ticket. From the beginning it has taken 7 years to go from journalist to screenwriter (they are polar opposites). 8 drafts to get Hollywood's attention and now draft 9 is in place with high hopes of a nice check and career change to follow. Stay tuned...