Brian Wedlake
BRIAN WEDLAKE
DEBUT NOVEL (unpublished)
DEBUT NOVEL (unpublished)
I was born on July 21st, seventy five years to the day, after Ernest Hemingway. Like my literary idol, I grew up on and under and always at the edge of water.
I studied behavior modification and therapy at the University of Florida where I earned a degree in psychology. After a sudden left turn in life, I got the acting bug and traveled we
I was born on July 21st, seventy five years to the day, after Ernest Hemingway. Like my literary idol, I grew up on and under and always at the edge of water.
I studied behavior modification and therapy at the University of Florida where I earned a degree in psychology. After a sudden left turn in life, I got the acting bug and traveled west to Hollywood where I became a tenured member of the Screen Actors Guild and successfully worked in film and television for seventeen years.
Currently, my wife and I live on a 21 acre farm in Florida where we free range chickens, a pair of donkeys, and two of the wildest boys in the universe.
DEBUT NOVEL (unpublished)
DEBUT NOVEL (unpublished)
DEBUT NOVEL (unpublished)
EMERY’S RULE is my debut novel and complete at 75,000 words. The story has all the coming of age elements of CRAWDADS and THIS TENDER LAND with the treasure hunting excitement of OUTER BANKS and GOONIES. Although my story is historically accurate, the novel is literary fiction, written in first person, and spans the course of sixteen year
EMERY’S RULE is my debut novel and complete at 75,000 words. The story has all the coming of age elements of CRAWDADS and THIS TENDER LAND with the treasure hunting excitement of OUTER BANKS and GOONIES. Although my story is historically accurate, the novel is literary fiction, written in first person, and spans the course of sixteen years.
It was recently long listed (top 1% of submissions) in the Master’s Review Novel Excerpt Contest. Sections of my manuscript have been workshopped with New York Times bestselling author, Michael Koryta.
AWARDS
DEBUT NOVEL (unpublished)
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First Place: Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition, Inspirational Category, "One Mourning In Moore Haven"
Finalist: Hemingway Shorts Literary Journal Competition, "When The Sun Sets"
Second Place and Editor's Choice Award: North American Open Poetry Contest, "My Father Swings Again"
Semifinalist: North American Review's Terry Tempest W
First Place: Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition, Inspirational Category, "One Mourning In Moore Haven"
Finalist: Hemingway Shorts Literary Journal Competition, "When The Sun Sets"
Second Place and Editor's Choice Award: North American Open Poetry Contest, "My Father Swings Again"
Semifinalist: North American Review's Terry Tempest Williams Prize in Creative Non Fiction, “Swimming In Circles”
Long Listed (top 1%): Masters Review Novel Excerpt Contest, EMERY'S RULE
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DEBUT NOVEL (unpublished)
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HEMINGWAY SHORTS, Volume Six: A Collection of Short Stories From New And Engaged Writers In The Best Tradition of Ernest Hemingway. All proceeds help preserve the Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park, the birthplace museum of Ernest Hemingway.