The Evolution of Hunt of the Sea Wolves
"Hunt of the Sea Wolves" is my unproduced screenplay and unpublished novel about pirate-terrorists who hijack two huge ships carrying millions of gallons of liquefied natural gas to use as weapons of mass destruction.
While various literary agents have decided not to get involved in helping me publish the book, I feel both the topic and writing are worthy of consideration by the reading public, so I’ve established this blog to both inform people about the possibility of terrorists hijacking these ships and the danger they present, while shamelessly promoting the book and screenplay.
My professional background includes 20 years in the Navy. I served three tours to Viet Nam from 1965-1968 as a radioman aboard USS Estes (AGC-12). I got into broadcasting as a copywriter and announcer in 1970. In 1973, I reenlisted in the navy, this time as a journalist. For six years, I served at the Atlantic Fleet Audiovisual Command, where I had the good fortune to be a part of Combat Camera Group One and had an opportunity to work on a few projects with the elite SEAL Team Six. Thus my interest in special forces began.
During this time, the Navy sent me to USC to study film production and I was hooked on film. I began writing screenplays, a number of which featured SEALS and other Special Forces units. My first effort was a script called, The Gettysberg Incident, about the hijacking of an Aegis cruiser by South American terrorists (If this sounds familiar, Under Seige with Steven Seagal had many of the same elements and came out after I wrote my script. There’s a whole story behind this Hollywood moment that may be told in a different setting).
Over the years after leaving the Navy in 1989, I’ve written over 20 scripts. Only one has been produced. Needless to say, I’ve not been all that successful at making a living writing scripts. Fortunately, I’ve had more luck as a freelance journalist and copywriter. So, I continue to write copy for advertising and PR agencies, articles for newspapers and magazines while cranking out a script every now and then (you can’t give up the dream). And I've recently joined a Kansas-based newspaper as a reporter on the West Coast.
A couple years ago, I came across information about LNG ships and the danger they present and came up with the screenplay, "Hunt of the Sea Wolves." As a big budget epic that takes place mostly at sea, it’s a hard sell. So, last year I decided to use the script as an outline for my first novel.
Having submitted the book manuscript to numberous agents without success, I decided that a blog just might be my creative outlet, as well as an information conduit about the very real danger of terrorist one day hijacking an LNG ship, sailing it into a port city and blowing it up.
While various literary agents have decided not to get involved in helping me publish the book, I feel both the topic and writing are worthy of consideration by the reading public, so I’ve established this blog to both inform people about the possibility of terrorists hijacking these ships and the danger they present, while shamelessly promoting the book and screenplay.
My professional background includes 20 years in the Navy. I served three tours to Viet Nam from 1965-1968 as a radioman aboard USS Estes (AGC-12). I got into broadcasting as a copywriter and announcer in 1970. In 1973, I reenlisted in the navy, this time as a journalist. For six years, I served at the Atlantic Fleet Audiovisual Command, where I had the good fortune to be a part of Combat Camera Group One and had an opportunity to work on a few projects with the elite SEAL Team Six. Thus my interest in special forces began.
During this time, the Navy sent me to USC to study film production and I was hooked on film. I began writing screenplays, a number of which featured SEALS and other Special Forces units. My first effort was a script called, The Gettysberg Incident, about the hijacking of an Aegis cruiser by South American terrorists (If this sounds familiar, Under Seige with Steven Seagal had many of the same elements and came out after I wrote my script. There’s a whole story behind this Hollywood moment that may be told in a different setting).
Over the years after leaving the Navy in 1989, I’ve written over 20 scripts. Only one has been produced. Needless to say, I’ve not been all that successful at making a living writing scripts. Fortunately, I’ve had more luck as a freelance journalist and copywriter. So, I continue to write copy for advertising and PR agencies, articles for newspapers and magazines while cranking out a script every now and then (you can’t give up the dream). And I've recently joined a Kansas-based newspaper as a reporter on the West Coast.
A couple years ago, I came across information about LNG ships and the danger they present and came up with the screenplay, "Hunt of the Sea Wolves." As a big budget epic that takes place mostly at sea, it’s a hard sell. So, last year I decided to use the script as an outline for my first novel.
Having submitted the book manuscript to numberous agents without success, I decided that a blog just might be my creative outlet, as well as an information conduit about the very real danger of terrorist one day hijacking an LNG ship, sailing it into a port city and blowing it up.
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