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Hi, I'm Justin Murphy, a writer who's almost 23 years old, originally from Dothan, Alabama now living in the Orlando, Florida area. I've written a couple novelettes entitled Everyone Loves A Scandal and Dothan along with a collection of short stories entitled The Young South. I also won a writing contest with my first full length novel entitled The Truth About Murder which is now about to enter its third draft. I've also been a development prospect for the Santa Monica based Fastlane Entertainment for the last three years for which I've written numerous screenplay and teleplay samples. One of my screenplays, The Human Condition got some good reviews from Francis Ford Coppola's production company Zoetrope Studios. I've also written a five part miniseries based on the second draft of The Truth About Murder entitled The Gray Area. I have a 30 page press kit/portfolio which has reviews of my material, a few early interviews, and a summary of my career accomplishments.

Monday, October 17, 2005

My novel is halfway completed

The family saga I'm writing is half done, and I'm really enjoying it, it has a different theme for each era of the story. The carnie/radio era in the 1930's-1940's focuses on a romace between two young lovers -- one is a sleazy carnie worker and the other is a prim and proper girl who works for a soap manufacturer. The television era of the 1950's focuses on the dysfunctional family they created together as professional wrestling and soap operas emerged on their own.

I'm now writing the story set in the very turbulent period of the 1960's-1970's, and it focuses on how the next generation steps up to the plate. Some family sagas/historical novels that span the decades usually don't bother having a different theme for each era, some of those writers merely rehash the same story in each time period.

I will post the novel on an upcoming blog in chapter by chapter installments in the near future.

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