Since retiring I’ve written 11 screenplays, three stage plays, two novels and a non-fiction book about a Pakistani freedom fighter - a Gunga-din kind of character with a little Jason Bourne thrown in - and another non-fiction title, "Messages of a Grand-father. These writings have place as finalist or better in over 120 theatre, book and screenplay competitions around the world which include novel successes in Norumbego Fiction Award, Dana Awards, Frontiers in Writing, SFWP (Santa Fe), First Coast (Jack’ville), etc. My screenplays (and stage plays) alone have won 19 contests (Woodshole/Garden State /Queens/ Telluride/Spirit Quest Film Festivals, Fade In Magazine, America Movie Awards, London Film Awards, etc.). Also, these scripts came in second place - first runner up - in 16 other competitions (Breckenridge, Pocono and Phoenix Film Festivals, etc). My stage plays won a reading series at Abingdon Theatre in NYC and Ohio State University. Was a adjunct professor at the local community college teaching screenwriting 101, and was Temple University's senior project screenwriting judge for the 'Freese Award'.
