I was hired by a producer who was pitching a TV pilot to come up with possible titles to the show. The show was a drama about suicide hotline operators. The show never got made, but my favorites were Last Call and Desperate? Hotline Last Call Life Line Helpline Direct Line Line Open Dead Ringers Call Center Cold Call You’ve …
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Summary Writing and Research – A highly skilled creative writing professional and author with experience in marketing strategy, copy writing, and designing and executing qualitative methodologies for design research. Business Identity and Story Strategy – Experienced in designing core business identities and advertising and marketing campaigns for print, audio and video. Performance and Live Events – Seasoned at coordinating live …
Book – Often Go Awry
University of Hell Press (2015) Often Go Awry is a collection of poems upturned. The book works its way from the center outward, while the poems themselves examine the meaning of unraveling. The styles vary greatly, but all of the pieces in this collection insist upon attacking determinism in one form or another. This is the fourth book of poetry …
Book – American Dust Revisited
University of Hell Press (2013) American Dust Revisited was nine thousand miles in the making. Author Brian S. Ellis traveled to and through nearly every physical and mental state in America, breathing in the dusty experience and coughing up his unique perspective. Ellis shared his life and words with people of all walks along the way, each step a contribution …
Poem – Since We Moved to the Moon
“Since We Moved to the Moon,” from Yesterday Won’t Goodbye (Write Bloody Press)
Project – Tawny Portland
This is a wine review blog that I used to be more methodical about, and update from time to time. The focus of the blog is to review cheap wines only. Here’s perhaps my harshest review, that turned out to be one of my favorite writing. Two Vines 2012 One of my high-school best friends worked at the Recycling Center …
Client – Viking River Cruises
The client was looking for informative, authoritative articles on the cities they visited on their cruises. It allowed me to spend a lot of time with European history, and through this research became fascinated by the Dancing Plague of 1518, Heidelberg Castle and the 9 Year War. This article about Seville is representative of the larger work. About Seville A …
Poem – The God of Gift Certificates
“The God of Gift Certificates,” from American Dust Revisited (University of Hell Press)
Book – Uncontrolled Experiments in Freedom
Write Bloody Press (2008) Uncontrolled Experiments In Freedom is a poetically manic and shimmering account of the life of Brian Stephen Ellis. His words shiver, rant and constantly threaten to fall apart under the weight of their own gravity. His narratives come from and carry the images of a world where many believe no poetry to exist. His voice is …
Client – Homes.com
Through Novel Creative, I worked for Homes.com writing blog posts and title generation. I also built out buyers’ and sellers’ journey templates for a blog schedule, and did internal site analytics to find buying, interest and language trends. Because of homes.com I learned more than I had ever wanted to about mortgages. Homes.com
Book – Yesterday Won’t Goodbye
Write Bloody Press (2011) “Brian S. Ellis’ second book, Yesterday Won’t Goodbye, explores the author’s wild origins and punk rock Americana in powerful poetic form. Brian Stephen Ellis is borne of Gelfling and gutter punk. Unwashable stain …His poems speak with an unbridled urgency yet come to you patient, coy, brimming with wisdom-and acutely aware of their own necessity. Read …