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Matt hails from the far away land of Minnesota where the home office of Silver Stream Publishing, LLC is located. He met Eugene when he hired him as a delivery driver for his pizza restaurant. After earning his Bachelors of Science degree he started concentrating on his writing and poetry. His first complete work, Balance on the Fold, was put to the side so that he could concentrate all his efforts on Blood of the Dragon. |
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A vocal instructor by trade. Amanda lives in sunny Mesa, Arizona with her husband Matt. She met Eugene through his association with The Spider Hole. Ever busy, when Amanda is not singing, she is working towards her PhD in Forensic Psychology. |
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Dave lives in San Diego, CA, where he stays busy making independent films. Dave met Eugene through Mind Side Out many moons ago while they were both attending school in Arizona. In addition to much of the music, Dave also contributed a lot of concept artwork that would be used to help the writers. Always the ever energetic type, Dave helped Eugene start work on the Mutant project. |
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Over the past nine years, Kevin has written, co-written, edited, and contributed to over thirty books, both fiction and non-fiction. He has also co-written one produced feature-length screenplay, dozens of articles and reviews for magazines, newspapers, and web sites. Kevin has seen writing translated into French, Russian, Spanish, Mandarin, and Hindi. He has even been interviewed on CBC radio--twice! Check out www.KevinWrites.com for more... |
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Matt approached Eugene to work on a soundtrack for his book, Balance on the Fold. After the initial Balance sessions, work on Blood of the Dragon followed. As Blood of the Dragon took over, Balance on the Fold was but on the backburner. In addition composition, Eugene also co-wrote the book. You can find more information on Eugene at www.producerQ.com, his uber-cool music persona. |
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Ken is a professional illustrator where many Star Trek fans have seen his talents published by DC comics. |
Some history and background information...
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Blood of the
Dragon was once a screen play called Condor: First Flight. It was
written by Matt Lawver. While Matt was working on this, he was at the same
time completing a project with Eugene (Producer
Q) called Balance
on the Fold out in
Los Angeles. Dave Fahy was also there laying down bass guitar and vocal
tracks. Matt's original idea was to finish the screen play and try to
pitch it for a movie. Knowing the odds were against him, he decided to
create his own luck and develop the story as a novel.
To the left is an early concept cover by Ken Save. |
| As time went on with Matt developing the novel back in Minnesota, Eugene was at
work on the music in Arizona. Rough music tracks were sent to Matt for
lyrics. Dave, who was in California, was also sent tracks to develop
musical ideas. Although creating the soundtrack from three different
states was a challenge, it was also liberating for each involved.
To the right is an another early concept cover by Ken Save. |
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While the music and words were coming together, a very stretched out Dave was working up artwork to facilitate better communication among the creators
about what was going on in the story. These drawings, while not used in
the final version of the book are a great insight to how things were developed.
Some day, we may put them up for you to see.
To the left is yet another early concept cover by Ken Save. |
| With the novel completed, Eugene came in to assist editing. Because
of his background in fantasy literature and playing way too many role playing
games from middle school past college, he was given creative freedom to flesh out the story further. He
ended up writing enough new material to warrant a co-author credit. First Flight was
intended to be the first in a series of books, thus the first flight, but the
title was eventually changed to Blood
of the Dragon, because Eugene
is good at nagging.
To the right you can see the original cover in high-speed concept action! |
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| As Blood of the Dragon neared its final revisions, Ken Save was brought on board for final interior illustrations and cover design. His new perspective into the material gave the writers yet another reason to rethink how the book was written. Ah...rewrites. There's nothing better! Which is good, because they never seem to end. |
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Written by |
Matt Lawver |
| Eugene Canady | |
| Kevin Miller | |
| Additional edits | Dave Fahy |
| Final Illustrations | Ken Save |
| Concept Art | Dave Fahy |
| Instrument Performance | Eugene Canady |
| Dave Fahey | |
| Female Vocals | Amanda Nelson |
| Soundtrack Lyrics | Matt Lawver |
| Eugene Canady | |
| Dave Fahey | |
| Soundtrack Production | Eugene Canady |
| Web page design | Eugene Canady |
