Writing & Publishing

Allen R. Kates, MFAW

Background

   My background as a professional writer, journalist, coach and editor spans 30 years. Here are some highlights.

        Experience

• Wrote television documentaries, dramas and current affairs, film scripts, short stories, newspaper and magazine articles and books
• Produced hundreds of television programs
• Story development executive at Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in Hollywood for several years. My job was to find and collaborate with writers. 
  
• Author of the internationally acclaimed book CopShock, which was the basis for an A&E Television Network documentary
  
  
  Education
  
  
• Studied creative writing at Goddard College and earned a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing degree (MFAW)
  
• Film, television and journalism at Ryerson Institute 
  
• English and Drama at the University of Windsor 
  
• Publishing with renowned expert Dan Poynter 
  
• Trained in crisis intervention
  
  
  Trauma Expert
  
  
• As a trauma expert, I'm Board Certified In Emergency Crisis Response (BCECR) by the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
  
• And I earned certificates in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder studies, Critical Incident Stress, and crisis and suicide intervention from the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), and the Pima County Attorney's Office
  
  
  Animal Lover
  
  
• If you include animals in your stories, then you've really come to the right place. I have 3 cats, 2 dogs, and 3 lovebirds—all rescued animals.
• I used to have 2 pet cows and I would hug and kiss them and take them for walks. They lived out their lives in freedom on an Arizona cattle ranch where I lived for nearly 5 years. 





Recent Books


• For recent books I've written, co-authored or ghostwritten, please go to www.holbrookstreetpress.com 
  
     
         CopShock, Second Edition                   Gifts My Father Gave Me                           Just Plain Dorothy
                 by Allen R. Kates                          by Sharon Knutson-Felix                        by Dorothy H. Finley
                                                 Purchase these books at www.holbrookstreetpress.com 
  
  
  More Details
  
• For a more detailed description of why I think I'd be a good writing coach and editor for you, please go to www.ghostwritingmaster.com. Click on "Allen's Background." 
  

"I feel safe, believed and respected in exposing my heart, soul, and mind on paper to Allen. He is astute and honest in his comments and suggestions, filling me with encouragement and belief in my ability to write a horrifying story beautifully."

     —Dawn Rafferty, memoir in progress