Imagineering & Entertaining Real Estate
Posted on: February 4, 20101 comment so far
2008-2009 were great years of change for me: I published my first book, retained an agent, my resume was even sent to Disney HR from the hands of one of the directors of Disney Imagineering: Mr. Bruce Vaughn. Unfortunately everything also coincided with the whirlwind effects of a full-blown global economic crisis. Freelance projects dried up, my book sales started to cripple, and I was forced to turn my real estate hobby into a whole new career.
Questions began to surface: who am I really, a journalist? A real estate agent? What am I doing, who do I want to be? Beyond writing, my end goal always seemed to be Imagineering, and the Disney HR freeze seemed to be yet another blow in an already depressing year.
Until I realized something phenomenal.
I didn’t need to get hired by Disney to be an Imagineer. I was already an “imagineer” by the sheer definition of the word: people who “imagine” anything from theme park rides, patented products, stories and yes, even entire neighborhoods.
Though I’m certain the word must be copyrighted by Disney, I set out in 2010 to give myself the title which I’d had unofficially all my career. The minute I did, things started to fall into place: January 2010 started with the sale of my first “imagineered” product to a local school, and the creation of a real estate web show, soon to premiere on Rexcheck.com - contracts are being spun and edited, as I write this.
Did God send a deadly blow to my journalism and writing career to get me going in the right direction? I’m beginning to think so. Because no matter what happens from now on, G.R. de los Reyes is officially…
An Imagineer.
Press Release 2 / Comunicado de Prensa 2
Posted on: August 25, 20091 comment so far
In addition, Langtons International Agency has been a consultant to the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York since 2001, one of the most distinguished art galleries of modern art in the world today.
Miami, Florida (PORTFOLIO51) 25 de julio, 2009 – Linda Langton, agente literario y fundadora de la agencia Langtons International Agency, y Gloria Rodriguez de los Reyes, autora del libro religioso 12 Valores Clave, han firmado un acuerdo que le concede a la Sra. Langton completa representación de los próximos libros de la autora.
Entre los clientes de la agencia se encuentran exitosos y premiados autores tales como Yossi Melman, Dan Rottenberg, Dan Brown, el profesor John Gerassi (biógrafo oficial del escritor y filósofo, Jean-Paul Sartre); escritores infantiles como Libby Pataki, la Primera Dama de Nueva York, y Charlotte Kandel; doble ganadora del Premio Tony, Desmond Heeley; y los fotógrafos de renombre internacional: Frank Capri, Clay Perry, Woutter Deruytter y Jonathan Chester.
Desde el 2001 la agencia Langtons International Agency también representa al Museo de Arte Moderno de Nueva York (MOMA, por sus siglas en inglés), el cual se considera hoy en día como uno de los museos de arte moderno más distinguidos en el mundo.
En estos momentos, Linda se prepara para trabajar en uno de los libros de no ficción de Gloria titulado Cartas de Cuba: la historia de amor que cambió la Guerra de Independencia Cubana.
Para más información sobre los libros de Gloria, por favor llamar a su representante:
Forgiveness / El Perdón
Posted on: July 26, 2009No comments yet
Excerpt from Chapter 3 of my book, “12 Key Values”. Edited and set to pictures from freefoto.com. I was also the Assistant Audio Producer for this second edition of the CD’s.
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Una sección editada del capítulo 3 de mi libro, “12 Valores Clave”, corriendo contra las fotos de freefoto.com. Para esta segunda edición de los 4 CD’s, también asistí como Productora de Audio.
BMW Radio - Espacio Personal
Posted on: November 20, 2008No comments yet
Between 2005 and 2007, same as the television commercials, a good number of the BMW radio spots in Spanish that aired were my transcreations. In this case, the word “transcreation” best fits these spots, since Spanish is always a lot more verbose than English, and with a very limited time space, the translator takes up the role of copywriter and rewrites the spots. In addition, I also Audio Produced at least 5 of the radio spots within the series.
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Entre el 2005 y 2007, al igual que los comerciales en televisión, un gran número de los comerciales de BMW en Español para la radio fueron traducidos por mi. En este caso, la palabra “transcreación” le va como anillo al dedo, ya que al tratar de reducir la verbosidad que resulta al pasarlo al español, el traductor se ve en la obligación de reescribir el guión. Inclusive, también le hice la producción en audio a unos 5 comerciales de radio dentro de esta serie.
Disney :30 commercial
Posted on: November 3, 20081 comment so far
A 30 second Disney commercial, “transcreated” for the Leo Burnett production.
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Un comercial de Disney de 30 segundos, traducido o “transcreado” para la producción original de Leo Burnett.
At last, it’s finally here!
Posted on: October 18, 2008No comments yet
After weeks of tweets, it’s finally here! My new website… ta-ta-ta-tum….!
Of course, many might remember that my old website was still pretty good. Even handsome, I might add.
True, but it didn’t capture the new eRenaissance, the Jacks of all Trades that my Generation X has become. Or should I call them, JaX of all Trades?
To me, css style sheets represent the present. The ease of changing between skins both literally and intellectually. Of changing identities and careers at a drop of a hat, or a push of a button.
We are the new polymaths of the future. Don’t box us into square little descriptions of one category or industry. We can jump in and out of them, at our wills contempt.
That is the gift of a new Renaissance caused by the phenomenon of a flat world.
The JaX are out of the Box.
We’re ruling the cyber age, and we’ve never been happier
G.
