After receiving a BA/BS in Accounting and Political Science as well as an MBA in Marketing, Willem Pain attended the American Film Institute as a Screen Playwright, receiving the first scholarship ever granted by AFI's director, Charleston Heston. His writing credits include several episodes of the TV sitcom WKRP In Cincinnati as well as scripts for Irving Lazar Productions. Mr. Pain attended UC Irvine and studied Creative Writing under Sol Stein after holding writing positions on his school newspapers. His most recent writing endeavors have included media director services for TYCO Corporation and marketing for 3M Corporation as well as having authored several mystery novels and served as copywriter for many online websites.A consummate beach bum, when not sailing and diving the Caribbean or surfing distant shores, he serves in a consultative position for both screenplays and novels, providing collaborative editing, story structure and dialogue expertise as well as SEO/SEM online content, marketing and PR.