About Fred

"No ideas but in things." - William Carlos Williams

Fred has been writing stories since his childhood in Downeast and Central Maine, where the rural landscape fed dreams of distant lands with knights, dragons, and monsters. His determination to leave his home town got him as far as the University of Southern Maine, and two years later he took a university-sponsored exchange to the University of New Orleans where he studied film, photography, and drinking.

After taking another year for an independent project studying the street culture of New Orleans, he headed back to Maine to graduate USM with a BA in Media Studies with University Honors. His senior thesis was the radio drama Day of the Dead, a story about a young man's search for a missing lover in New Orleans--a celebration of his adopted and beloved city.

Having found his calling in radio drama, Fred decided to continue adapting his stories for audio and founded FinalRune Productions, following a moniker he'd been using for years. A few months later, and a few stories under his belt, Fred saw a 30-minute slot open up at Portland, Maine community radio station WMPG. He jumped on the opportunity to add an audio theater show to the roster, and the open-minded programmers at WMPG felt the same. Radio Drama Revival, a showcase of modern audio theater, was born.

Fred continues to push FinalRune with more and more ambitious stories -- each time writing something that he wonders if he'll be able to produce. His pursuit to learn more brought him the National Audio Theater Festivals' week-long workshop in 2007, where in a week he-gained a graduate level crash-course in mic placement, directing, sound effects creation and other nuts and bolts learning of how GREAT audio theater was made.

Non-stop listening of Crazy Dog Audio Theater, ZBS and other radio greats hasn't hurt, either.

While the long-term outlook of audio theater remains direly non-commercial, Fred has the pleasure of managing internet marketing and copywriting at Hall Web Services, a growing Maine web development and internet marketing firm.

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• Miscellaneous Writing and Poetry
• Fred's photography
• Some Road through the Desert (short story)
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