Write and Enhance What You Know

R.L. Carpentier is a 18 year law enforcement professional who uses his experience in the writing of his small town mystery and crime procedural fiction.  His debut novel, Our Lady of the Overlook, the first of a trilogy is out now.

R.L. has a fascination for the mountains and finds a solace in the rural mountain communities in the Catskill Mountains of New York.  He and his wife have traversed a number of the mountains including completing the Catkskill 3500s and completing the 24-mile escarpment trail in one long day. 

This beautiful world is the setting for his fictional crime stories.

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Books: Our Lady of the Overlook, Quiet Whispers of the Overlook. Third book coming soon.

Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Bastards (2009)

Killer Nashville Writing Conference

Cloud Atlas (2012)

Save The Cat! Writes a Novel, Jessica Brody

Robert McGee, Author 

The Hero’s Journey, Joseph Campbell

The Hunger Games series

The Story Circle Worksheets, Meraki Kreo

Rick and Morty, Community, Dan Harmon, Creator

Prolific Writers Life

Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Patreon for Creators

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Agatha Christie 

Laura (1944)

The Monster Squad (1987)

Michael Connelly, Author

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Classic Cinema With the Sage Sisters

Stories are a huge part of the way humans communicate with each other. Celeste and I think all stories are allegories where we can learn all kinds of important things, not the least of which is how to understand ourselves and others better. The best stories can be told over and over from one generation to the next and still teach great lessons. Emotional Intelligence and critical thinking are two of those lessons. Celeste and I think there are many classic movies that show us the progression of where humanity is today and we want to share them with you.

Shakespeare was right, “All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players.” The stories we tell and consume are us trying to figure out who we are, why we’re here, and the kind of world we want to live in.

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I grew up in the West, the descendant of people traveling by wagon train to a new life. Some of their determination and wanderlust became a part of me. I imagine them sitting around the campfire telling stories, which is why I became first a theatre artist, then a teacher and now a writer. They are all ways of telling stories.

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