Dawn Ireland

Dawn Ireland is the CEO of Artistic Origins Inc, a 100% woman-owned publishing and technical writing service company that has been doing business since 1995. She’s an award winning independent publisher and author of The Puppy Baby Book , Mastering Your Money, and Amazon Best Seller Hot Chocolate (the first in the series, and her fifth novel).

Her family feature film screenplay A Girl and Her Dog was awarded a Kids First! Endorsement by the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media in October 2012 and optioned by Shadow Cave Productions in February 2013.

Dawn is the co-author of the animated screenplay Memoirs of a Dog which won the Spirit Award of the Moondance Film Festival (children’s category) September 2011.

Her dark comedy Plan B was a finalist in the Table Read My Screenplay script competition in 2010 and years before that, Standing Dead won the Women in Film and Television (Houston Chapter) screenplay award.

So many people have asked what she did to win the awards that she took action: like a good technical writer she wrote a set of instructions. Using PowerPoint, she created 177 narrated slides and created her webinar How to Publish A Book. This is every writer’s personal guide for creating the best book or report without overlooking critical details.


AWARDS / CREDITS

Books:

. Hot Chocolate ~ wickedly funny cozy mystery novel (print, eBook, audio book) ~ Amazon Best Seller
. Mastering Your Money (print and eBook) - Winner ~ New England Book Festival (12/2008) eBook category
. The Puppy Baby Book - Finalist ~ Independent Publisher Book Awards 2001

Screenplays:

* A Girl and Her Dog
— Optioned by Shadow Cave Pictures 2/2013
— Awarded Kids First! Endorsement ~ Coalition For Quality Children’s Media 10/2012
— Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005
— Semi-finalist ~ The Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, 12/2003
— Second Round ~ Austin Film Festival, (1998)

* Memoirs of a Dog (family animation script)
— Winner ~ Moondance International Film Festival ~ Feature Screenplays for Kids Spirit award 9/2011
— Advanced to 2nd Round of the 2011 International Screenwriting Page Awards 7/8/2011
— Official Selection List ~ Kids First Film Festival 3/21/2011
— Official Selection List ~ International Family Film Festival 2/8/2011
— Selected for the Heart of England International Film Festival 2011
— Family Film Runner-Up / Woods Hole Film Festival 2010 Screenwriting Contest
— Top 50 Screenplays in the Underground Exposure competition 5/2010

* Plan B (Formerly titled Renegade Family) (dark comedy script)
— Finalist ~ Table Read My Screenplay competition 4/2010
— Semi-Finalist ~ Chesterfield Film Co. Competition
— 3rd Runner Up ~ Greenlight Entertainment, 12/2003

* Block Captain Action Comedy - OPTIONED 9/2009 - now available

* Melody (drama script)
— Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005
— Semi-finalist ~ The Writers Network Screenplay & Fiction Competition, 12/2003

* Passage (Science Fiction script)
— Finalist ~ Worldfest Int’l Film Festival Script Competition 2005

* Standing Dead (drama/tradegy)
— Winner ~ WIFT/Houston Reel Dialogues Screenwriting Competition 12/99
— Second Round ~ Austin Film Festival, (1998)

* Breezy Meadows (drama script) Guilded Quill Award

* The Dishwasher (comedy script) Guilded Quill Award

BODY OF WORKS

Non-fiction

* The Puppy Baby Book Award-winning hard cover gift book (published)
* Mastering Your Money Award-winning Self Help (eBook & print)

Novels

* Hot Chocolate Cozy mystery - Amazon Best Seller 2012-13
* Bitter Chocolate Book #2 in Hot Chocolate mystery series (3/2014)
* The Last Dog Futuristic dystopian novel
*Passage Sci-fi/fantasy
* Forced Dreams Sci-fi
* The Glow Sci-fi

Screenplays

* Passage Sci-fi/fantasy
* Forced Dreams Sci-fi
* Breezy Meadows Drama
* The Dishwasher Comedy/farce
* Deadly Traits (The Rose Vendetta) Crime/drama
* Deception and Desire Drama - Work for Hire/unproduced
* Plan B (Renegade Family) Dark comedy
* Rivals Romantic Comedy
* Block Captain Action Comedy - OPTIONED 9/2009 - available
* Melody Drama
* A Girl and Her Dog Family comedy - OPTIONED 2/2013
* Standing Dead Drama
* The Crowd Horror
* 40 Days Sci-fi/animation short
* The Challenge Sci-fi/animation short
* Wasted Time Spoof - short

AFFILIATIONS
* Dawn Ireland’s Critique Group - celebrating 20 years!!
* Women in Film & Television, Houston - Benefactor, member
* Lajoda LLC / Lajoda Entertainment - Partner
* Artistic Origins Inc - Head Dog