Kids Acting For Brain Surgeons

Readers will read about the basic tools they will need to get their kids started in the entertainment industry, a bunch of tips and tricks along the way, and find out how a so-called "talent agency" scams unsuspecting families out of thousands of dollars. Get informed so you don't get ripped off. This second edition is completely revised and loaded with useful advice to help parents and children navigate their way through the entertainment industry. Just a few of the subjects covered in this book:getting professional photos on a budget; creating a resume even if you have no credits; marketing your children effectively; audition do's and dont's; practice scenes and monologues; complete listings of casting companies and talent agencies working with kids; direct advice from agents, stage moms, and a working child actor; and a reference section of pay rates, financial advice, industry terms, studio addresses, and industry phone numbers and Internet links

A comprehensive handbook that helps you get started in the entertainment industry. It includes how to join the unions and avoid the scams, legitimate casting companies, photo and resume tips, how to get started as an extra, how to get your kids started, and tips on finding principal work.

Our heroine, a moderately successful TV writer in L.A., wants her life to be as sunny and perfect as a Hollywood rom-com: a cool job, a wacky best friend, and lots of age-appropriate hot guys just dying to date her. Instead, she’s a self-described spinster who is swimming in anxiety and just might have a tiny little brain tumor. So she turns to an unlikely source for inspiration: the eighteenth-century novelist and diarist Frances Burney, who pretty much invented the chick-lit novel. A semi-autobiographical unromantic comedy, The Spinster Diaries is a laugh-out-loud satire of both the TV business and the well-worn conventions of chick lit—as well as the true tale of the forgotten writer who inspired Jane Austen to greatness. It's an endearing and refreshingly honest testament to how one person’s life can reach out across the centuries to touch another’s.

Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he was Freddy, a nineteen-year-old undocumented migrant worker toiling in the tomato fields of central California. In this gripping memoir, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa tells his amazing life story—from his impoverished childhood in the tiny village of Palaco, Mexico, to his harrowing border crossing and his transformation from illegal immigrant to American citizen and gifted student at the University of California at Berkeley and at Harvard Medical School. Packed with adventure and adversity—including a few terrifying brushes with death—Becoming Dr. Q is a testament to persistence, hard work, the power of hope and imagination, and the pursuit of excellence. It’s also a story about the importance of family, of mentors, and of giving people a chance.

The South Pacific island of Volavo holds the key to unlimited energy for the entire world. Only two men know about the power waiting to be unleashed on Volavo--and they want the mineral rights! They hire a washed up actor to pretend to be the islander's god John Frum. "John" receives a warm welcome but the clock is ticking and the whole world is watching. Follow John on an uplifting, lighthearted adventure full of love, surprise, and fun while you learn about the real life world of "Cargo Cults".

Make familiar Bible stories new again for preteens with this collection of 30 fill-in stories that will allow kids to create a crazy new story with the same powerful point. Enjoy this library of favorite Bible stories and storytelling techniques developed by award-winning author and professional storyteller Steven James. Each book includes creative storytelling techniques especially suited to help teachers tell God’s story and involve children in the Bible story.