Justin Sloan ➡️SDCC

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  • Electronic Arts (EA)

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Volunteer Experience

  • Austin Film Festival Graphic

    Panelist and Presenter

    Austin Film Festival

    - Present 8 years 10 months

    Panelist and presenter at the 2015 and 2022-2024 years of the Austin Film Festival, sharing experience on how to break into the video game industry and what it is like to write for top IP games.

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    Panelist and Guest Speaker

    Comic-Con International

    - Present 4 years 11 months

    Panelist at the 2019 LA Comic-Con, where I joined other military veterans to discuss comics, video games, and film.

  • Speaker on Multimedia Writing

    Author Nation

    - Present 1 year 1 month

    Speaker at the first Author Nation writers conference in 2024, and spoke at the predecessor conference, 20BooksVegas.

  • San Francisco Writers Conference Graphic

    Speaker and Moderator

    San Francisco Writers Conference

    - 2 years 8 months

    I moderated a panel on self publishing and presented on writing for games.

  • Gen Con LLC Graphic

    Speaker on Game and Novel Writing

    Gen Con LLC

    - 1 year 1 month

  • Creative Writing Life Podcast Graphic

    Cohost

    Creative Writing Life Podcast

    A podcast for writers of fiction, be it for film, television, plays, novels, or videogames. Discussion topics include AI writing tools, the Austin Film Festival, and self publishing, and we have interviewed such exceptional individuals as B Earl (Marvel comics), Antony Johnston (Dead Space, Atomic Blonde), and more!

    Video: https://www.youtube.com/@CreativeWritingLife/videos

    Audio: https://anchor.fm/creativewritinglife

  • Screenwriting Mentor

    Veterans Writing Project (D.C.)

    Arts and Culture

    Per the request of the Veterans Writing Project (D.C.), I served as a volunteer mentor to a veteran dealing with PTSD. This included providing script notes, guidance in the script development process, and providing further insight into the industry.

  • Mentor

    Hiring Our Heroes - eMentor Program

    Arts and Culture

    I was a mentor in the Hiring Our Heroes eMentor program, where I provided career guidance to veterans interested in pursuing jobs in the entertainment sector.

Publications

  • Shades of Light

    LMBPN Publishing

    ★★★★★ 900 reviews and winner of the Independent Audiobook Awards, best male narrator for audiobook thanks to Tim Gerard Reynold's amazing work!

    Rhona and her paladin brother, Alastar, belong to a holy people who have waged war on witches and warlocks and their clans from the highlands. But when she uses magic to save his life, their world is thrown upside down. On the run, having left all they knew behind, they have to rely on those who hate paladins. All magic is evil, the high paladin…

    ★★★★★ 900 reviews and winner of the Independent Audiobook Awards, best male narrator for audiobook thanks to Tim Gerard Reynold's amazing work!

    Rhona and her paladin brother, Alastar, belong to a holy people who have waged war on witches and warlocks and their clans from the highlands. But when she uses magic to save his life, their world is thrown upside down. On the run, having left all they knew behind, they have to rely on those who hate paladins. All magic is evil, the high paladin taught.... But Alastar starts to understand that he might have been misled.

    If his sister uses magic, and she isn't evil...what does that mean for his beliefs?

    Brother and sister soon find themselves aligned with magic users and thrown in with the clans in a war against sorcerers and paladins alike, with only one hope of uniting the land - the legendary Sword of Light.

    It was lost years ago, and quest after quest by the holy paladins could not retrieve it. When you know the truth about magic...anything is possible.

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  • The Reclaiming Honor series

    ILMBPN Publishing

    ★★★★★ 1k+ reviews!

    From Book 1: The History of the World wasn't what Valerie was taught.

    The daughter of a vampire and sister of a devil walking, Valerie finds out she has something neither her brother nor her father possess:

    She has Honor.

    Now, she needs to flee a brother who leaves her for dead. Because, if there is one thing Valerie understands?

    It's that Justice Doesn't Turn the Other Cheek.

    150 years after a near apocalypse, the world is…

    ★★★★★ 1k+ reviews!

    From Book 1: The History of the World wasn't what Valerie was taught.

    The daughter of a vampire and sister of a devil walking, Valerie finds out she has something neither her brother nor her father possess:

    She has Honor.

    Now, she needs to flee a brother who leaves her for dead. Because, if there is one thing Valerie understands?

    It's that Justice Doesn't Turn the Other Cheek.

    150 years after a near apocalypse, the world is rebuilding. Survival has become the only rule, and justice is in short supply. Now, Justice has come calling.

    Justice Is Calling is part of The Kurtherian Gambit Universe.

    Other authors
    • Michael Anderle
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  • Allie Strom and the Ring of Solomon

    Elder Tree Press

    Allie thinks she's a normal kid with normal problems on her first day of seventh grade. She hopes for a fresh start despite her mom being overseas with the Army, again. But none of that matters when she discovers that her mom has gone missing.

    On the same day of her mom’s disappearance, Allie finds the necklace her mom was never without. When the necklace magically teleports her new friend Daniel and her to Central Asia, she learns her necklace contains an ancient magic; the power of…

    Allie thinks she's a normal kid with normal problems on her first day of seventh grade. She hopes for a fresh start despite her mom being overseas with the Army, again. But none of that matters when she discovers that her mom has gone missing.

    On the same day of her mom’s disappearance, Allie finds the necklace her mom was never without. When the necklace magically teleports her new friend Daniel and her to Central Asia, she learns her necklace contains an ancient magic; the power of the ring of Solomon, which she must use to fight off an army of darkness and a giant with eyes of fire.

    Most important of all, the necklace appears to be the key to finding her mom.

    (Find book 2 and 3 in the series also available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and iBooks)

  • Creative Writing Life

    Elder Tree Press

    In this sequel to Creative Writing Career: Becoming a Writer of Movies, Video Games, and Books, Stephan and Justin continue to bring you industry advice as well as interviews with screenwriters, video game writers, and authors of books and comics. These writers’ credits include such amazing titles as:

    • Big Fish
    • Batman
    • Game of Thrones
    • The Crow
    • Divergent
    • John Carter
    • Brave
    • Yesterday’s Gone
    • Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
    • Sandman Slim
    •…

    In this sequel to Creative Writing Career: Becoming a Writer of Movies, Video Games, and Books, Stephan and Justin continue to bring you industry advice as well as interviews with screenwriters, video game writers, and authors of books and comics. These writers’ credits include such amazing titles as:

    • Big Fish
    • Batman
    • Game of Thrones
    • The Crow
    • Divergent
    • John Carter
    • Brave
    • Yesterday’s Gone
    • Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
    • Sandman Slim
    • Jurassic World

    (And many more!)

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  • Military Veterans in Creative Careers

    Elder Tree Press

    Many of our nation's men and women exit the military without a clue of what to do next. Others pursue their passions, doing everything they can to break into the life they've always dreamed of.

    This book provides guidance on how to follow your passions, and includes interviews with MILITARY VETERANS who have gone on to creative careers, to include:
    - Novelists
    - Screenwriters
    - Actors
    - Producers
    - Directors
    - Video Games (writers, producers, and more)…

    Many of our nation's men and women exit the military without a clue of what to do next. Others pursue their passions, doing everything they can to break into the life they've always dreamed of.

    This book provides guidance on how to follow your passions, and includes interviews with MILITARY VETERANS who have gone on to creative careers, to include:
    - Novelists
    - Screenwriters
    - Actors
    - Producers
    - Directors
    - Video Games (writers, producers, and more)

    Brought to you from the author of Creative Writing Career, this book will serve as your mentor and guide as you too pursue your passions. Even if you aren't a veteran and are interested in acting, writing, directing, and any of the other creative careers covered in this book, you will learn from the experience of these military veterans.

    Veterans interviewed have been involved in the following projects (and more):

    - Battlefield Hardline
    - Wargaming.Net
    - Marvel Games
    - Jurassic World
    - Hawaii 5-O
    - Game of Thrones (Game)
    - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
    - 90210
    - Desperate Housewives
    - Enlisted
    - Days of Our Lives
    - Twitch.tv

    The book also includes sections on the Veterans Writing Project (with Ron Capps) and the Writers Guild Foundation's Veterans Writing Retreat (with Kevin Ott).

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  • Creative Writing Career: Becoming a Writer of Movies, Video Games, and Books

    A guide to positioning yourself for a career as a creative writer.

    Including author interviews with the following:
    * Stephan Bugaj (Pixar and beyond)
    * Anthony Burch (Borderlands 2)
    * Joshua Rubin (Assassins Creed 2)
    * Will Wight (the Traveler's Gate trilogy)
    And many more!

    Audiobook on Audible.com - http://www.audible.com/pd/Self-Development/Creative-Writing-Career-Audiobook/B00TRDNDXW/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1425007854&sr=1-1

    See publication

Courses

  • Acting Workshop

    The Actor's Center, DC

  • Advanced Revision Techniques for Fiction

    Johns Hopkins

  • Berkeley Screenwriting Workshop

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  • Contemporary American Authors

    Johns Hopkins

  • Fiction Techniques

    Johns Hopkins

  • Fiction Workshop

    Johns Hopkins

  • Fiction Workshop (The Writers Center, Bethesda)

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  • Filmmakers Bootcamp (Disposable Film Festival)

    Disposable Film Festival

  • History of Animation

    CalArts - Coursera

  • Introduction to Theater

    Cyntia Stokes

  • Learn to Storyboard: The First Steps of Visual Storytelling

    Skillshare

  • Life Drawing

    Mira Costa Comm. College

  • Poetry Workshop

    Johns Hopkins

  • San Francisco Fiction Workshop

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  • Screenwriting

    Johns Hopkins

  • Screenwriting with Marc Lapadula

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  • Secrets of Screen Acting

    Terry Ross

  • Sitcom Writing

    UCLA Professional Program

  • Storyboarding at the Animation Collaborative (Intermediate to Advanced)

    Animation Collaborative

  • Terrel Seltzer: Screenwriting: The Five Essentials of Writing any Screenplay

    The Writers Salon

  • Veteran's Writing Project

    Writers Guild Foundation

  • Writing Comedy with Brent Forester

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  • Writing the Novel with Tom Barbash

    The Grotto

Projects

Honors & Awards

  • Best Male Narrator, Independent Audibook Awards

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    Audiobook award for Tim Gerard Reynolds' amazing narration of my fantasy novel SHADES OF LIGHT.

  • Golden Joystick Awards, Nominated

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    Game of Thrones

  • IGN Best Adventure Game

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    Tales from the Borderlands

  • Finalist

    Creative World Awards

    My script "Hounds of God" was a finalist in the Creative World Awards screenplay contest.

  • Grand Prize

    The-Greenlight Screenplay Contest

    My script "Back by Sunrise" won the grand prize in The-Greenlight's May 2012 contest.

    http://www.moviebytes.com/ContestDetail.cfm?tab=tab3&ContestNumber=2357&StoryID=4376

  • Finalist

    Screnplay Search Contest

    My script "Back by Sunrise" was a finalist in the Screenplay Search contest.

  • Third Place

    The-Greenlight Screenplay Contest

    My script "Hounds of God" placed third in the annual The-Greenlight feature screenplay contest.

  • Grand Prize

    Script Vamp Screenplay contest

    My script "Back by Sunrise" was chosen as the Grand Prize winner of the December 2011 Script Vamp attention grabber screenplay contest.

    https://scriptvamp.com/dqftp_winners.html#W

  • Presidential Management Fellow

    U.S. Government

    I was a Presidential Management Fellow at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

  • Critical Language Scholar, 2007

    U.S. State Department

    I was a U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholar in Korean, where I studied Korean language and culture at Kyung Hee University in Suwon, South Korea.

  • David L. Boren National Security Education Program Scholar, JAPAN

    U.S. Government

    I was a David L. Boren NSEP fellow at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, from 2005-2006.

  • Navy Achievement Medal

    I Marine Expeditionary Force

  • Joint Service Achievement Medal

    Central Command

  • Joint Service Achievement Medal

    Joint Reserve Intelligence Connectivity Program

Languages

  • Japanese

    Limited working proficiency

  • Korean

    Elementary proficiency

Organizations

  • Veterans in Media and Entertainment (VME)

    Member

    - Present

    I am a member of the Veterans in Media and Entertainment, a great group of military veterans involved in the entertainment industry. http://www.vftla.org/

  • Bay Area Screenwriters

    Coordinator

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    I coordinated the Bay Area Screenwriters, a bi-weekly screenwriting workshop, critique group, and associated blog at www.BayAreaScreenwriters.com (now transitioned to www.CreativeWritingCareer.com).

  • North Bay Filmmakers

    Contributor

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    I was a member of the North Bay Filmmakers, a group based out of Petaluma that is dedicated to making films.

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