Will Dresser
Will has had an eclectic
career, which included: Lifeguarding in the summer from 1964-'67; men's clothing
sales with Epstein's in Elgin, IL in '66-'67; Defense Intelligence work in
Pakistan in '68/'69 (which included advanced training at the NSA in '68 before
heading to Peshawar) and Southeast Asian Defense Analysis, '69-'71 at SAC
Headquarters in Omaha, NE; work as an Alcohol/Drug Counselor in the late '70s;
Field Office Director for Employment Training Programs in the early '80s;
various audio and video endeavors in the mid-'80s (which included being
instrumental in helping CBS make its first-ever stereo broadcast of the 1985
Grammy Awards in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Dallas); a
long career in Silicon Valley with Philips Semiconductors from the late '80s to
2003; and a five-year stint as a paralegal in a patent law office specializing
in chemistry and biogenetic patents in Palo Alto,
CA from 2005-2010. From 1999-2004, Will also had an audio/video production company
(URS Digital Productions) in
Santa Clara, CA. He is now enjoying semi-retirement in Las Vegas, while
pursuing his passion for writing, as well as doing some music and video recording projects
in his ProTools/Final Cut Pro home studio. As he puts it, "I had to retire just to keep
up with my workload!"
Will's creative expression
in writing over the years was primarily applied to writing music and lyrics,
a passion which he has enjoyed since about 1965. The instrumental "Persian
Dreams - Aryana's Theme", used on the home page of this site, was written in
the early '90s, and the instrumental portion of "Nefertari", the second
selection on the home page, was written in 1999, and featuries the electric
lead guitar of Marc Brendan Judson.
Will and Ron Turouske (see
below), best friends since 1962, actually began their artistic
collaborations way back in 1963, when they helped each other learn to play
guitars, subsequently forming various folk singing groups during that time.
Will had always intended to be a novelist, though, and in 2003 turned his
attention to that genre with the work "Sacrament of Fear," his first 'Wes
Franklin' novel. Since then he has written "The Methuselah Man", "Terminal
Rock", and "The Billionaires Club", and is currently working on the next two
Wes Franklin novels, "The Chronicles of
Cain" (for 2017) and "The Privacy Pirates" (for 2018).
Ron Turouske
After 30+ years in national and international
marketing, Ron retired in Las Vegas. His degrees in marketing and film made him
the ideal partner to help his lifelong friend, Will Dresser, bring his Wes
Franklin international thrillers to the big screen. Aside from working with Will
on screenplays, Ron spends his time on travel and performance art as a Wizard.
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