Late one night back in February I somehow came across Jessica Mae Stover and her film project for Artemis Eternal. Something impressed me about her so I read her story.

She had an idea about raising money online to fund a scfi-fantasy movie called Artemis Eternal. Not only is she fund raising online, but you can also volunteer your services. A unique website shows the timeline from conception through to screenings. There are a lot of steps in between and wingmen appear intermingled with the timeline. When the move is released wingmen will also appear in the credits. I am wingman #91.

So why did I become a wingman? When I see someone trying something new and creative, who is passionate about what they are doing I tend to support them.

I first bought her book "Aidmheil". The best way to explain the book is that it is a collection of independent works that include fiction, poems, non-fiction and personal journal entries.

Here is the opening to Witness to the Awesome, chapter XV

"Adverture-less: How does one find adventure? You can't look for it. Or can you?"

Well this girl is finding her own adventures and that is why I become a wingman.

Some reviews of Aidmheil:

• Magazine Man: "If you dare, you can follow J.Sto into the valley of Death. You can eavesdrop while she acts as a receptionist at the payphone of the Jedi. Or you can read 'Greyfeather' a more traditional fantasy story that I can only hope is a taste of the honking big banana split that is to come."

• Shane Nickerson: "For purely selfish reasons, you should get yourself a copy of [Jessica's] first published work. You don't want to be left out when the rest of us are making hundreds of dollars on ebay..."

• Curt Sawyer: "Truly a great read... A rare gift indeed."

• Askewed Views: "[Jessica] is a gifted storyteller with a vivid imagination and a nearly impeccable eye for detail, and she is destined for great things. Plus, doesn't your bookshelf need a little more awesome?"

• Paul Davidson: "The book is clever in its humor, snarky in its wit, beautiful in its poetic goodness and sweeping in its scale."

• Wynk: "It is the deep breath taken before an incredible journey."

• Kittenagogo: "It is official: Jessica Stover is now on the list of authors that I like. Little does she know what a burden this can be. I am a high maintenance fan and I don't understand why there isn't a new book by each of these writers EVERY SINGLE TIME I GO INTO BORDERS."

• Peter DeWolf: "She's a very talented writer and mediocre ninja."

From Jessica's website:

"Jessica Mae Stover hails from Virginia. Her mother is an artist and her father is an electrical contractor. Both of her parents own small businesses and share a general dislike of suits and ties.

With an audience of five million, Stover garnered recognition for her work inside the entertainment vertical as talent and producer of her own international teen show on AOL. The success of the show brought Stover to Los Angeles, where she studied dramatic acting with Master Teacher Lee Michael Cohn from Atlantic Acting and comedy improv at The Groundlings, and performed at the Coronet Theater, The Historic Lankershim Arts Center and other fine playhouses.

Stover also studied literature, drama, writing, filmmaking and dance at various schools, including St. Catharine's College of The University of Cambridge in England, where she was permitted to study despite being younger than the international admissions requirement.

In addition to her adventures in the arts, Stover is an accomplished athlete and has played for internationally ranked fast pitch softball, girls tournament flag football and other sports teams. In Los Angeles she trains in tumbling and stunt work.

Stover is a member of a professional screenwriting workshop and Film Independent. Alongside developing an original film trilogy (The Silver Legacy), she is currently in pre-production on the film Artemis Eternal. Her first book, Aidmheil, was published in hardback in December 2005 followed by the publication of Greyfeather in December of 2006."

If so, all you have to do is visit the Artemis Eternal site and join the process. You can contribute as little as $1. I actually donated $100 and purchased her book.

When I first bought her book we engaged in some emails back and forth about music and reading. If I had met someone like her in university back in the eighties I would have fallen madly in love. Nothing more interesting than a female nerd

I became a wingman to join the adventure!

(oh yeh, and the thing about the ladies too)

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