Meet Sean Bridges

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Sean Bridges a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Sean, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?

I would try and fail and try again. Some things in life interested me and some I came back to over the years. But writing has been a constant in my life. My father is a painter and I can’t draw anything so I think I paint with words. I started out as a screenwriter and had enough success to win various writing competitions and generate some Hollywood interest on a number of screenplays.

I pursued writing novels to see if I could. I self-published but managed to find a home with a publisher on my 4th novel. I know I’ll continue to write forever. It’s fun to craft material and I’m always curious to see where the story takes me.

I’ve also created a few audio stories and productions under Audible Parade Productions. It s a throwback to old-time radio stories but using modern tools to bring them to life and distribute to a global audience.

I’m also in pre-production on a feature-film now. We’ve created a Proof-Of-Concept short film and I’m working with a Line Producer on a business plan. Telling stories and trying to find a variety of ways to bring them to an audience still holds an endless fascination with me.

There are some things I write that create an endless road ahead. There are other things I write that go from my desk to my shelf and the journey is complete. You never know where things will go. But I’m always curious to find out.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?

I’m not from anywhere but I was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and have lived all over. I’m an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl award-winning screenwriter and author.

I’m a Stephen King Dollar Baby with the festival winning audio production of his short-story, ‘One for the Road’.

I created Audible Parade Productions where we make ‘movies for your mind’. We created a serial audio thriller “Triple Six’ and just released our next horror/suspense audio thriller on Audible, ‘Parasite Zero – Part One’

My suspense/thriller novel, ‘Gunbarrel Highway’ is published by The Wild Rose Press and is out now on paperback, e-book and audio book. My next novel, ‘On the Bayou’ will be published by TWRP in 2026.

Currently I’m creating a spaghetti western/werewolf feature film, “High Moon’.

I live and work as a bartender at a whiskey distillery in the Texas Hill Country.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

Persistence. Patience. And luck.

Persistence. You just gotta keep at it. If it’s important to you, you will constantly chip away at whatever you’re trying to accomplish. You are only in competition with yourself. Try to cut out all the noise and focus on your goals as best you can. Any forward momentum is good.

I used to worry about what others thought or waited for other people to act. The truth is, nobody really cares what you do. So it should free you up to do what you want. If it’s important to you, it may draw other people into your orbit. Work for you; create for you. Those are the things that generate heat and catch fire.

Be pro-active. Nobody is coming to save you. You’ve gotta save yourself. You have to push your work forward. Others might join in. But if you’re waiting for others to help you figure it out or help you get started, you’re in for a long wait. Do it yourself. And you’ll be amazed at how that brings people and interest along for the journey.

You are not on a clock. Work at your own speed. Work with whatever time you have. Make it work for you. If you’re early in your journey, don’t worry about the end of the trip. Worry about the steps in front of you. You can climb mountains that way. If you’re at the bottom and focused on the top, it may look so daunting you may not even want to start.

Every step you take is a step closer to your goals. That’s your only focus.

Luck. It comes and goes. The key is to be ready for luck when it arrives. Your work should be in the best shape you can get it. A first draft is just that. A first attempt. Edit and hone your work. If you get a chance to show it to others, make it the best version you can deliver. You may only get one chance, so make it your best attempt. Don’t tell me what it’s gonna be. Show me. Your work should be a representation of you. Take you time to make it right.

Alright, so before we go we want to ask you to take a moment to reflect and share what you think you would do if you somehow knew you only had a decade of life left?

I want to live. Travel still excites me. I’m always up for a new adventure. I want to go to rural Pennsylvania and see this old drive-in. This year I booked a suite at ‘The Shining’ hotel on top of the Rocky Mountains and caught an amazing show at Red Rocks in Colorado. Last year I went to the West End theater district in London to see “Dr. Strangelove’ and then took a train to Brussels and then into Germany to see family and friends. I’ll continue spirit-filling adventures like that. It’s the spice of life.

I’d like to fall in love again, but I wouldn’t push it. I miss that deep connection with a special person.

I’d spend as much time with my family as I can. I love my parents and sisters and nephews and nieces. It’s a comfortable fun full of warmth and love. I love my best-est friend Finn more than anything. Border Collies and Australian Shepherds are a fascinating and fun breed of dog. They’ve always been special to me throughout my life. I’d spend time with him, or basically he would tell me what to do.

I wouldn’t focus on the clock so much as I would enjoy the days and nights that I have. I’m 56 but I’d still be a kid at heart. I don’t think I’ll ever shake that way of being.

I’d visit with friends all around the world.. There’s this amazing Brazilian woman in Spain that life is too short to not go see her. I’d enjoy good food and good coffee. And a few sea salt & lime beers from Shiner and Real Ale.

I’d sit under the stars out in the middle of nowhere. And go track down one of the best beaches in the world and jump in the waves. I’d drive a convertible along the length of Route 66, all the way from Chicago to the Santa Monica Pier.

I’d chop wood and build a lot of fires. I’d spend a chunk of one year writing and editing a book. Just in a cabin in the woods somewhere. I miss the fall so somewhere on the map with all four seasons.

I’d take a train around Ireland and stop wherever I want and get a room and go to the local pub and see what’s up.

I’d sail on a boat where I actually have to work on it. A small craft. I don’t know anything about boats so that would be an amazing learning adventure.

I’d try and do everything I’d want to. So when I got to the end of the line I could say, I know I don’t have any more time, but I used what I had the best ways I could.

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