Steven Gamella: Author and screenwriter in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Maybe not make but write! I used to run to the movie house on rainy days. A dime in my pocket. That's all it cost in those days on a Saturday afternoon. The movie that played was "To Sir With Love." I cried when they sang the going away song at the end. I said to myself, " I can write something like that." I became a welder but when I retired, I had the time to write and been doing it ever since. I wish I could go and watch one of my own, but God didn't shine a light on me. I wonder why?

One of my earliest happy/amazed/'I want to do that someday" film memories was watching "10,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Its a Mad, mad, Mad, Mad World" but my parents took us every weekend to the "pictures" and so it was a thing. (Went to the openings of Planet of the Apes, Soylent Green, The Exorcist, Jaws, The Sting, and Star Wars at Graumens Chinese in Hwd) At 6, I stayed up late one night with dad to watch Yul Brynner in "Taras Bulba" and always when "The Great Race" would come on for years....but the one film that started me acting was Kathryn Hepburn in "Philadelphia Story" and wanting to be a director was "Rear Window" and "Cool Hand Luke." "Little Big Man" and "Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" influenced my early writing of Westerns. (When I was the whopping age of 10). Films have been a big part of my life!

This is a great conversation Ashley Renee Smith ! For me, it was Star Wars, and specifically The Empire Strikes Back. There was a lot of BTS content released on TV and that was the first time I saw footage of the making of a movie. It made me want to be both behind and in front of the camera. Plus, with Empire, there was a TV special on the VFX and that definitely sealed it for me!

Wow, Steven, 44 books—that's incredible! :) It's awesome to connect with someone so prolific in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writing. Your experience must offer such a wealth of insights and stories to your readers!. I'd love to check out some of your work—could you share a link or tell me where I can find your books?

Hi Steven, it's great to connect with you! Wow, 44 books is incredibly impressive—congratulations on such a prolific writing career.

Hey Steven, welcome! What are some of your favorite themes to write about in your sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories?