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Exile Circus is where I showcase original fiction, share my journey as a screenwriter, filmmaker, novelist, and expatriate, and provide advice and insights on selling screenplays and novels.

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Latest Issues

The Dark Origin of The Last Manchurian

About two years ago, I was offered a contract for my screenplay Fu Manchu by a studio company that wanted to make a $60 million film from it.

I knew immediately the deal was bad and that they didn’t expect me to have strong representation....

3 days ago
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Cinematically Formatting Your Novel Media Kit

Some authors and creators zealously guard their methods of success in building a book-buying audience.

I’m not.

If this information helps anyone here on Substack achieve success, I will applaud more loudly than anyone. I’m for the littl...

6 days ago
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Marketing Your Novel Doesn't Have to Suck the Life Out of You

I’ll let you in on a little secret. I hate querying. Despise it.

I hated querying agents and publishers. Which is why I created my own imprint.

I hated querying bloggers, book reviewers, and authors to read my books. So I stopped sending...

8 days ago
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What the Hell Does My Modern Day YA Novel Have to Do with a WWII Robot?

It’s amazing how something can become timely after being a relic of history for so long.

Many years ago, when I wrote the first draft of my novel, Diary of a Girl at the End of the World, as a screenplay, it was a very different story (wit...

24 days ago
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Welcome to the World of Mindbender

Historical Cold War intrigue, speculative fiction, and espionage.

A network of psychic spies from different countries going up against one another in a dark game of treachery, sex, and patriotism.

That’s the retro world I offer with a vin...

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    The strange and disturbing worlds of Carlton Kenneth Holder: screenwriter, author, filmmaker, exile. After years in Hollywood, I am now creating on my terms. And you're invited to share my exploits on the road less travelled.

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