Thank you for this opportunity.
I
attend school at St Phillips Academy of Performing Arts in Cradle Creek. I
major in Performance Art specifically musical theatre. My best friends are
Francesca Dubois and Mackenzie Hollister. Most of the time we go to the same
classes and hang around together at lunch break. I love those girls, sometimes
I think that’s to my detriment. I enjoy our banter; they both have bubbly
personalities. I respect Mackenzie’s work ethic and her positive approach to
life. Francesca exudes the kind of confidence that we all secretly admire. I
miss the days when all we had to worry about was what to wear this season, where
to meet at lunch break for a little chit-chat, what movie was on circuit, what
grades we were awarded in the last test or what size hat mrs so and so wore in
church on Sunday. We had big dreams of making names for ourselves in the
entertainment world. However these days nothing is the same since that
dastardly video game that Bianca introduced us to. Nothing is as it should be.
We are skipping school, fibbing to our parents, hurrying at night for clandestine
rendezvous and our grades are dropping. Our very lives and those of our loved
once are threatened. How does one dial back the clock and undo such a mistake?
If we had not gone to the Diner that fateful evening, none of this would have
happened. We were tricked into playing a video game which transferred magical
abilities to us, which we do not want, let alone know how to use. We need help,
but where does one turn to in a situation like this. If we tell our parents,
they will never understand nor trust us ever again. This is a battle for
survival that we have to fight on our own.
For
more on my story, purchase The Witch Port
Video Game at: www.leonardbassed.com
About the Book:
Title: THE WITCH PORT VIDEO GAME
Author: Leonard Bassed
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 108
Genre: YA
Author: Leonard Bassed
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 108
Genre: YA
BOOK BLURB:
Leonard
Bassed had no plan to write a novel titled THE WITCH PORT VIDEO GAME when he
set out to create a movie script with a similar name. “I had written the pilot script first and I
kept the same ending for the novel…everything from the script I wrote found its
way into the finished book version of ‘The Witch Port Video Game,’ said
writer-singer-actor Leonard Bassed. “I
was able to spend more time developing the characters and their world…the whole
thing was just such an organic experience and extremely enjoyable, creative for
me.”
THE WITCH
PORT VIDEO GAME tells the story through the lives of three ordinary teens who
live in the fictional town of Cradle Creek, USA – a small town they hope to one
day escape, attracted by the bright lights and promise of the Big City. All three are students at a prestigious
performing art school with hopes of one day making names for themselves in the
entertainment world.
Mr. Bassed
continued about his story, “A chance encounter the three have with a girl named
Bianca Morris threatens to derail their plans. Bianca introduces them to an
enticing video game, ‘The Witch Port Video Game’. This encounter, coupled with the arrival of
the MacQuoid brothers sets in motion a series of bizarre events that spins
their lives into chaos and disarray as the three head into a world of sorcery
with an ultimate fight for survival.”
As a young
boy growing up in South Africa, Leonard dreamed one day of working in the
arts. He wanted to write, to act, to
sing. While drawn to acting and song
writing, he was also a good story teller.
“The auditions I would go out for as an actor were never reflective of
the kinds of roles I was after to play. It was this realization that led me to
writing the pilot script which I planned to pitch to TV and movie
producers. But, once I finished the
script I’d grown too attached to the characters and the wonders of their world
that ultimately led the script into the shape of a full novel,” he went on to
say.
PRAISE
“While the book’s final moments leave us with a
rather sudden, enigmatic ending, an end note does indicate a sequel Witch Port Igniting the Coven on the
horizon. For those who enjoy the entertaining literary chemistry that results
from inquisitive teens and their foray into the mysterious world of sorcery,
Bassed’s venture should prove an intriguing reveal.”
--Pacific Book Review
“Filled with cheeky references to famous
pop-culture stories of sorcery and mixed with some classic teenage angst, this
book is a fast-paced, suspenseful story. The novel’s premise that some
teenagers gain special powers through a video game is an updated, modern take
on magic and suits the story quite well for a 21st-century setting. The author
sets up the story mechanisms so that everything that happens through the
students’ video game play also happens in real life. The author states that
this novel was originally a screenplay, and those elements shine through, from
the descriptive settings to the fast pace in which the action occurs on the
page. It will be interesting to see how the protagonists grow with their powers
in the sequel.”
--The U.S.
Review of Books
Book can be purchased at the
author’s web site at www.leonardbassed.com
About the Author
Writer-actor-singer
Leonard Bassed was born in the town of Middleburg, Mpumalanga and raised in
Johannesburg. He started taking vocal
lessons at age eight and studied drama throughout his high school years. A mentor encouraged him to pursue an acting
career. Leonard went on to complete
acting classes in both South Africa and later Los Angeles. Currently, when not writing or singing,
Leonard continues to study acting techniques with the renowned Margie Haber
Studio in Hollywood. In his free time, he enjoys travel, reading and movie
going. His latest book is The Witch Port Video Game.
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