James Collins

For a major part of his writing career, James has been involved in educational program development. One of his most notable projects was co-writing and producing an audio portion of "The Bill of Rights" which was nationally distributed to every school. James taught creative writing in the public schools for 5 years as an Artist-in-Education. He had his own writing business, producing brochures, commercials and other materials for new businesses. He also worked in advertising as a copywriter. He has been a cultural Arts Director, a member of the New York Dramatist Guild, worked in TV, and an educational director for several theaters. He also developed the content for the "Peace Movement," a non-violent school curriculum sponsored by Girbaud, used in North Carolina. With the success of this, James project manged the design, development and production of all supporting audio/visual materials.