Soren Nielsen, writing as  Sean Warner, spent three decades in newspaper jobs – from low-paid reporter to high-stress executive – and early in his four-state career discovered the therapeutic value of fiction writing.

After being mentored in the 1980s by a professional, whose credits included scripts for a prime-time television show, Warner enjoyed some attention from two agents and a Broadway producer.  An award-winning

screenplay was pitched to the major TV networks, but his big breakthrough was elusive and he accepted two more journalism gigs before deciding that a full-time effort was needed to write and to market his work.  Since giving away all of his neckties and unstrapping his wristwatch in August 2001, Warner has completed two novels (Circle of Wholes and Mackenzie’s Universe) and four feature-length screenplays (John Again, The Pumpkin Seeds, My Sister’s Gift and another with the working title A Really Good Script).  He has also updated and revised an earlier novel (Yours, Forever) and, since 2004, he has continued to flex his diversity by writing feature articles for Delaware Beach Life magazine.

Earlier manuscripts scheduled to be dusted off, reviewed, and revised include three screenplays (Dove Creek, Fourth Quarter, and True Soldier) and two novels (Hotel Texas and Fort Mackenzie). 

Warner’s metamorphosis from suits to shorts included some major down-sizing – from a  three-bedroom house to a 33-foot RV motor home, from two closets to 15 hangers, from shoe tree to two pairs of  Minnetonka loafers, from three walls of books to one cupboard shelf, and from an over-crowded computer desk to carry-along laptop.  The RV’s navigator has been married to Warner for 42 years and continues to provide him inspiration for adaptability, perseverance, and love scenes.

Over cocktail chatter, Warner might be goaded into admitting his fondness for a few of life's necessities:  Football.  Beachcombing.  Fiction writing.  Grilled salmon filets. Tanqueray and tonics on the rocks, stirred.  Hammocks. Newspapers with two crossword puzzles.  Jeopardy.  Actresses named Hepburn. Celine Dion or Shania Twain.  Mark Twain or Elmer Kelton.  New-age gurus Dyer, Chopra, and Wilde.