Every day, in varied fields such as music, theatre, feature films and Youtube videos, the word IMPROV is being heard as the 'NEXT BIG THING.' But up until now, though, there has been NO BOOK that aptly describes the actual day-to-day IMPROV FILMMAKING process, where a writer/director must rely on actors to move a story ahead through the minefield of an improv production. THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CAKE - PRODUCTION SECRETS OF A $15,000 IMPROV SUNDANCE FEATURE explains this REAL-LIFE approach, as writer/director Rick Schmidt recounts each of his nine shooting days for his festival hit, MORGAN'S...

COLD, THE 1918-19 SIBERIAN ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN EWALD LOEFFLER, follows a young WWI German soldier, Ewald Loeffler, as he battles wolves, tribal enemies and sub-zero weather, to finally reach home.

KENNEDY'S TWINS, the second novel in a trilogy, follows the American Presidency of Jackson Little who, along with his brother John, were secretly fathered by President John F. Kennedy in 1961.

"PRODUCTION SECRETS" introduces FULL-IMPROV feature-length moviemaking, demonstrating a NO-FEAR environment for world-wide NO-BUDGET indie WRITER/DIRECTORS/ACTORS/PRODUCERS.

BLACKMALE, the 3rd and final novel of the 'KENNEDY'S TWINS' trilogy, pits the secret twin black son of JFK -President John Little -against the Military Industrial Complex and coming One World Order.

No-budget feature filmmaker Rick Schmidt has written a fascinating memoir, TWELVE DEAD FROGS AND OTHER STORIES, which, he hopes, will "fill in the blanks" on how he developed his special approach.