Skye Ronelle Ferkingstad Stracke: Actor in New York City, New York.

I would love to be involved in composing the sound for a horror film!

For being a site that caters predominately to actors, I find it frustrating that almost no one on this site responds to any casting calls I have posted. I have gotten more responses to one casting call on another site for models than all of my castings on Stage 32 combined. So why is this? For the past year I have requested actors for paid jobs on the job boards here. No results. Before that I posted a few and only got a couple of inquiries. Actors, what do I need to do to get actors to want to do some acting??? I am in the San Francisco Bay Area. Granted, not as many as Los Angeles but I have been willing to pay. Not union jobs, I get that, but not all aspiring actors are in the union. Surely there must be some people in The Bay Area that want to do more. By the way, I currently have none posted because I am in-between projects. So tell me, what's the secret?

Hey hey! My name is Skye Stracke. I am a actor/model. Acting is my main focus, and has been for about a year now. Check out my IMDb. I figured i'd introduce myself being a new member. I'm originally from Australia, and have been living in NYC for almost 11 years now. Being A caring driven hustling magnetic person, you'll be happy you connected with me! Lets collaborate!

Hi Skye. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

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Hello Skye -

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I've been hanging out here for about a month now, but haven't done an intro, so this seems like a good time. I'm Julie, and I'm a novelist. (I write as both Julie and as J. but am better known as J.). I'm published primarily in women's fiction, everything from super-sexy romance to rom coms to female-driven urban fantasy to what I call paranormal mommy lit, but I'm also published in short horror that's not female driven. I've been published by most of the big NY publishers and some smaller publishers. I've authored over a hundred published novels and novellas, some of which have done exceptionally well (#2 NYT, multiple weeks and lists, foreign translations, awards, etc) and some that didn't make a splash at all, even though I loved them dearly (sniff, sniff).

Before I quit to write full time, I was an attorney (entertainment, first amendment, and general civil litigation) in LA and Austin. Before that, I was a film school grad (UT Austin) and had a blast working as a production assistant a zillion years ago on Future Kill (which has great Giger art!). I was also an extra, which was a hoot. And while practicing law, I moonlighted as a production executive at a small LA production company, primarily reviewing properties, taking meetings, and negotiating options.

I've got a few of my books under option and/or in development, and I've gotten some traction on some screenplays, including a TV pilot I co-wrote based on one of my series (currently with a producer attached) and a feature I co-wrote. I've finaled in few contests on screenplays I've written solo, but haven't really pursued that, primarily because there aren't enough hours in the day.

I love telling stories, and while my focus has always been on novels, some of my umpty-bazillion ideas lend themselves more toward a film than a book, and I've made a commitment to myself to pursue those projects. Hopefully I can get traction, but even if nothing comes to screen, I'll have honed my storytelling skills.

The one thing I want more than anything is Hermione's time-turner, because I need more hours to do all the things I want to do. If anyone has one hanging around, let me know.

I've recently gotten back into cycling and my current non-writing goal is to complete a century (100 miles in under 12 hours) by the end of next summer. Putting that out there to the universe, so now I have to do it! Ha!