HAND MADE Stories

A Collection of Fiction and Actual Life Events

Carol Roper

Published playwright, produced screenwriter, proud lifetime member Writers Guild Of America. Blogger and YouTuber.

Before coming to my senses, I worked as a screen and TV writer for all major Hollywood studios and networks. If I’d been a bigger success, I’d still be stuck there ,but as I only achieved middling success, I escaped the dream machine with my mind and body still intact and resumed my first passion: writing plays and short stories

Hand Made Stories are about expatriate living in Baja California, Mexico. Some are amusing, some surprising, some are about coming to terms with life as best we can.

I moved to Baja California in 2011 when I was 71. Best decision I ever made.

“Your story is warm and rich and endlessly enjoyable. You are a beautiful writer” Ellen Furman, screenwriter The Infiltrator (2016), The Postcard Killings (2020) and Bigger (2018

“I like the honesty of your stories.” Frances Madeson, freelance journalist, author Cooperative Village, a satire

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