https://www.fosterpaul.com/home daily 1.0 2025-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6010ce4dc22aa108f68bad73/1617480865688-NTGMEHZQUWJ84HV866NO/Day343.jpg Home - BIO Paul Foster was born and raised in rural New Hampshire and is a dual Canadian-American citizen. As a result, he is well-versed in both the poetry of Robert Frost * and the finer points of crokinole. He received a degree in cinema from Ithaca College and has worked as a script reader, apple orchard laborer, television cameraperson, standardized test scorer, film projectionist, technical support rep, copywriter, barista, and in various roles at an amusement park. That last one will never be topped. He has volunteered as an audio transcriptionist for “The Oral History of Homelessness” project, a judge for the Portland Children’s Film Festival, and as a columnist for a community newspaper. Eagle-eyed viewers may have spotted him working as an extra in film and TV, or seen one of his short films. A selection of his writing appears below, and of his photography HERE. Occasionally, he messes around with glue sticks. Give him a cloudy day, a handwritten letter, and a coffee and he’s happy. * His favorite is “The Onset.” What’s yours? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6010ce4dc22aa108f68bad73/1620266540738-KW4FAOBBCT0KIHBOKO4P/PocketGrayMatter.jpg Home - WORK The Haunting Sounds of Christmas a holiday rom-com script New Clothes from Pencil Revolution, Issue 20 Letters to a Young Poet: An Addendum from Revolver Off to Nowhere a commissioned short film script A Christmas Idle from The Bollard “Yes, This is Ray. Bradbury.” from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency The Eleventh Summer of Theo Loudermilk from Paper Darts Dear Click & Clack as read on NPR’s Car Talk https://www.fosterpaul.com/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2021-05-09 https://www.fosterpaul.com/car-talk daily 0.75 2021-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6010ce4dc22aa108f68bad73/1620182302617-T1O3QUZI15PDXGQPWW8G/image-asset.png Car Talk https://www.fosterpaul.com/the-haunting-sounds-of-christmas daily 0.75 2026-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6010ce4dc22aa108f68bad73/3ce75303-79bf-4c5b-b43a-bb62d878ad9b/IMG_7553.jpg The Haunting Sounds of Christmas - The Haunting Sounds of Christmas I love Hallmark Christmas movies. But when they begin airing each October, I find myself wishing the channel would release more stories set in the fall and, especially, on Halloween. So, I wrote the movie I wished I could see. Hallmark scripts have nine acts, to allow for commercial breaks, so I’ll be releasing an act every Friday in September and October — with the final act being released on Halloween itself. What’s it about? An international sales rep at a Christmas wholesaler is pulled from the safety of her cubicle and tasked with creating their very first product for Halloween: a retro sound effects cassette. Working with the owner of a recording studio, who is himself struggling with a mercurial new wave band, she must embrace her creative spirit and lean into the feelings that truly scare her in order to finish the project before falling leaves become falling snow. I hope you enjoy it. 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