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by Darryl J. Keck

ISBN: 0-9762041-3-4 (200 pages)
Retail: $10.95 Fiction: Horror/Suspense
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Dream Theater is an original screenplay that is not only suspenseful, but contains unique elements of horror that are missing in today’s motion pictures. Following no trends, Dream Theater stands apart from the pack by taking the reader back to the way great suspenseful horror movies used to be written.

Spending his summer in a small Iowa town wasn't Tommy’s idea of a fun vacation. Upon making a few friends, the boys decide to trespass into a condemned theater unaware of it’s ill-fated past. Looking for adventure in the abandoned structure, the boys stumble onto a portal between their world and one that offers each their largest hope in life.

When one of the boys is introduced to a menacing alternate universe, the others are all put to the test. Dream Theater takes you back to being a 12-year-old when everything still seemed possible before you realized a price went with it!

Also included in this book is a bonus screenplay, “Be Careful What You Wish For”, from an upcoming screenplay series also by Darryl J. Keck.

"Dream Theater took me back to the type of horror script I've been waiting to read that
was more suspense than gore. It's a mixture of 'The Good Son' and 'Stand By Me',
but with many different twists and turns."

Dorian Portzen—Screenplay Quarterly

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Autopage 6: Automating the Pagination Process instructs you on becoming more efficient using Autopage 6, Xtags, and other programs while building a better workflow. Step-by-step examples and exercises allow you to learn in a real world environment. Screen shots and images offer a visual reference to guide you through the learning process. Written by an automation specialist/pager who has utilized Autopage and Xtags in over 500 titles and has worked in the programs for ten years.

Xtags Maximized

by Darryl J. Keck

ISBN: 0-9762041-2-6 (240 pages)
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Xtags Maximized is the first book on Xtags™, which is widely known as the tagging tool of choice for QuarkXPress™ users. This book explores Xtags showing step-by-step examples on writing code for floating and anchored art, creating simple and complicated boxes, using relative placement, creating translation tables, overriding paragraph settings, working with databases in combination with Xtags, and so much more. The detailed examples will teach you to automate things you never thought were possible.

Written by an automation/pagination specialist who has been involved in the production of over 500 college text books. This book will help you gain higher profitability through new techniques that will automate your workflow. The book has screen shots and images to offer a visual reference to guide you through the learning process. Covers versions from Xtags 4.2 through Xtags 7+. To see samples of the pages, click here.

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