I am the Fil-Am Kicking Scribe. Well, I am one of many Fil-Am Kicking Scribes. Haha. Fil-Am means 'Filipino-American.' Kicking refers to my martial arts life and scribe, obviously, because I'm a writer. Catchy, huh? Or, corny? Baduy, as we'd say in The Philippines. Nonetheless, welcome to my website and thanks for stopping by.
At filamkickingscribe.com, you'll learn about me, primarily as a writer, but I'll also share posts about my martial arts life and other things, too. You can also check my blog, Contemplations, by clicking the link in the menu on the left. I hope you like what you see here and do stop by again. There'll be updates on any events I attend - whether I'm hosting them or going as a guest - and there'll be the occasional contest, too. You could win a signed copy of my novel, Back Kicks And Broken Promises, which was released in February 2012 and published by Abbott Press.
I'd also love to hear from you. Just drop me a "hello, how are you?" or let me know what you think of my book or this website. Click on the Contact Me link in the menu or shoot me a direct email at bas@filamkickingscribe.com. You can also follow me on Twitter by clicking on the Twitter button above or search for me while you're in the Twitterverse. My name there is @JuanRaderBas. I'm also a member of The Independent Author Network and Your Authors' Books and I have an author page at Goodreads. There's an official Facebook fan page, too, for my novel. Links to all of these pages can be found below or on the Back Kicks And Broken Promises page of this site.
Anyway, thanks again for stopping by. I hope you enjoy your visit. If you do, spread the word and share this site and my work with your friends and family.
Maraming salamat. Ingat!
At filamkickingscribe.com, you'll learn about me, primarily as a writer, but I'll also share posts about my martial arts life and other things, too. You can also check my blog, Contemplations, by clicking the link in the menu on the left. I hope you like what you see here and do stop by again. There'll be updates on any events I attend - whether I'm hosting them or going as a guest - and there'll be the occasional contest, too. You could win a signed copy of my novel, Back Kicks And Broken Promises, which was released in February 2012 and published by Abbott Press.
I'd also love to hear from you. Just drop me a "hello, how are you?" or let me know what you think of my book or this website. Click on the Contact Me link in the menu or shoot me a direct email at bas@filamkickingscribe.com. You can also follow me on Twitter by clicking on the Twitter button above or search for me while you're in the Twitterverse. My name there is @JuanRaderBas. I'm also a member of The Independent Author Network and Your Authors' Books and I have an author page at Goodreads. There's an official Facebook fan page, too, for my novel. Links to all of these pages can be found below or on the Back Kicks And Broken Promises page of this site.
Anyway, thanks again for stopping by. I hope you enjoy your visit. If you do, spread the word and share this site and my work with your friends and family.
Maraming salamat. Ingat!
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My Writing Credentials
Books:Back Kicks and Broken Promises. (Abbott Press). 2012.
Screenplays:
Aliens Among Us, Part I: Discovery. Reached the quarterfinal round of the 1996 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
Magazine Articles:
Forms versus Sparring. Taekwondo Times Magazine. March 1999.
The Cutting Edge: Defense Against a Knife Thrust Attack, part I. IKF Presents Secrets of the Masters. March 1996.
The First Forms vs Sparring Debate. Inside Taekwondo Magazine. April 1995.
Ik-Hwan Kim: A Modern Master in an Ancient Art. Taekwondo Times Magazine. July 1993.
Press Releases:
TKDT Contributor Earns Four Dan. Tae Kwon Do Times Magazine. March 2002.
New Jersey Master Makes Five Weapon Videotape.Tae Kwon Do Times Magazine. January 1992.
Video Narration:
Weapons. Universal Martial Arts Institute. UMI Video Productions. 1991.
Hap Ki Do, volumes 1,2 and 3. (Co-writer). Universal Martial Arts Institute. UMI Video Productions. 1991.
Other Completed Work In Submission and/or Works In Progress:
Sage of Heaven (novel and screenplay)
Mactan (screenplay)
Aliens Among Us, Part II: Reunion (screenplay)
Holy Communion (screenplay)
Jenny (screenplay)
Workshops/Seminars/Conferences:
Writer’s Digest Conference. January 2011.
Book Expo America. May 2010, 2009, 2007.
Gotham Writer’s Workshop. Novel II (Fall 2007 and 2008). Fiction I (Spring 2007). Advanced Screenwriting (Spring 1999).
Robert McKee’s Screenwriting Seminar. Spring 1996
Here's a list of some of my favourite books and some of my recent reads.
Legend by Marie Lu
On Chesil lBeach by Ian McEwan
Karate-Do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi
Zen In The Martial Arts by Joe Hyams
Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman
Monkey by Wu Cheng'en
The Art of Happiness by The Dalai Lama
Angry White Pyjamas by Robert Twigger
The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observatkions on Not Fitting In by Paisley Rekdal
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Outlaws of Moonshadow Marsh: The Sign of Qin - Book #1 by L. G. Bass
Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood by Martin Booth
A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
Winkie by Clifford Chase
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Lost Men by Brian Leung
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
A Person of Interest: A Novel by Susan Choi
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8 Lee
Everything Asian by Sung J. Woo
The Three-Cornered Hat by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon
The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids by Tom Hodgkinson
The Hundred-Foot Journey: A Novel by Richard C. Morais
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruli Murakami
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Sallinger
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
We Were Here by Matt de la Pena
Wrack and Ruin by Don Lee
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
Books:Back Kicks and Broken Promises. (Abbott Press). 2012.
Screenplays:
Aliens Among Us, Part I: Discovery. Reached the quarterfinal round of the 1996 Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition.
Magazine Articles:
Forms versus Sparring. Taekwondo Times Magazine. March 1999.
The Cutting Edge: Defense Against a Knife Thrust Attack, part I. IKF Presents Secrets of the Masters. March 1996.
The First Forms vs Sparring Debate. Inside Taekwondo Magazine. April 1995.
Ik-Hwan Kim: A Modern Master in an Ancient Art. Taekwondo Times Magazine. July 1993.
Press Releases:
TKDT Contributor Earns Four Dan. Tae Kwon Do Times Magazine. March 2002.
New Jersey Master Makes Five Weapon Videotape.Tae Kwon Do Times Magazine. January 1992.
Video Narration:
Weapons. Universal Martial Arts Institute. UMI Video Productions. 1991.
Hap Ki Do, volumes 1,2 and 3. (Co-writer). Universal Martial Arts Institute. UMI Video Productions. 1991.
Other Completed Work In Submission and/or Works In Progress:
Sage of Heaven (novel and screenplay)
Mactan (screenplay)
Aliens Among Us, Part II: Reunion (screenplay)
Holy Communion (screenplay)
Jenny (screenplay)
Workshops/Seminars/Conferences:
Writer’s Digest Conference. January 2011.
Book Expo America. May 2010, 2009, 2007.
Gotham Writer’s Workshop. Novel II (Fall 2007 and 2008). Fiction I (Spring 2007). Advanced Screenwriting (Spring 1999).
Robert McKee’s Screenwriting Seminar. Spring 1996
Here's a list of some of my favourite books and some of my recent reads.
Legend by Marie Lu
On Chesil lBeach by Ian McEwan
Karate-Do: My Way of Life by Gichin Funakoshi
Zen In The Martial Arts by Joe Hyams
Iron and Silk by Mark Salzman
Monkey by Wu Cheng'en
The Art of Happiness by The Dalai Lama
Angry White Pyjamas by Robert Twigger
The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observatkions on Not Fitting In by Paisley Rekdal
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
Outlaws of Moonshadow Marsh: The Sign of Qin - Book #1 by L. G. Bass
Golden Boy: Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood by Martin Booth
A Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke
Winkie by Clifford Chase
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
Lost Men by Brian Leung
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
A Person of Interest: A Novel by Susan Choi
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8 Lee
Everything Asian by Sung J. Woo
The Three-Cornered Hat by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon
The Idle Parent: Why Laid-Back Parents Raise Happier and Healthier Kids by Tom Hodgkinson
The Hundred-Foot Journey: A Novel by Richard C. Morais
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruli Murakami
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Sallinger
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
We Were Here by Matt de la Pena
Wrack and Ruin by Don Lee
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz