The Unleashed Imagination of Lois Buchter

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You can't deny the creatures in front of you!

Dr. David Lane is grappling with the profound loss of his wife, so he looks for a meaningful impact on the world--finding a cure for diabetes by collecting elusive samples of rare bat blood in the uncharted realms of Papua New Guinea.

Assembling a team of scientists, Dr. Lane's journal encounters inexplicable glowing orbs in the dark night. Soon, they are under attack by what the locals call "Ropen" or "Death Eaters".

Can Dr. Lane get his crew back to civilization, or will they meet a bloody end out at Ropen Island?

Daughter of the Mountain

Could the native stories of giants be real?

In a race to document territories in 1899, did explorers find an ancient city, thousands of years old? Could it be the Lost City of Quatria that Sir Francis Drake searched for?

Something is hunting them on the waters and it is larger than their vessel. Now, with the ship crippled, will their sister ship find them in time for a full rescue, or will they become prey as well?

And, what terrors await when an ancient city full of artifacts, and some sort of portal is revealed? Everything goes haywire when the Captain is sucked into the portal. Can he be saved?

Coming 2024

"In Legend of Cinnamon Valley, young Victoria discovers her magical heritage when she meets BellaDonna, a quirky fairy with an oversized nose, and her best friend Mudd, a kind-hearted ogre girl. Together with their band of misfit friends, they must unite their unique talents to save the sacred valley from a dangerous troll invasion, proving that even the most unconventional heroes can achieve greatness." For children 6+

Coming 2024- Audio book and Paperback.

Book 2 - Lane Cryptozoology Adventure Series

The Lane brothers are back, this time chasing the elusive Skunk Ape in the Everglades. They've got funding, a tracker, all the equipment they need, but now reports of children disappearing have come to the surface.

After a devastating hurricane hits the area, stories of creatures and missing children are being reported. Could the creatures be taking the children?

2025 Release

Selected Works - Fiction

Lost City of Quatria

In 1900, it's a race to Antarctica.

Inspired by Ladyhawke. amd set in the beauty of the Everglades, two destined lovers must unravel an ancient curse that traps one of them in the form of a raven, navigating danger, magic, and the bonds of true love to reclaim their shared future.

Can Ojai break the curse, banish the danger, or is she doomed to watch her nightmare become a reality?

Coming 2025

A Touch of Magick

Somewhere inside the Everglades...

River of Grass

Legend of Cinnamon Valley

Monsters and Myths:

A Cryptid Coloring Journey

DRAWING MAGIC - A half-hour television program teaching creativity and drawing

Yes, it’s a big leap, but creativity thrives in challenge. This new project, Drawing Magic, is an ambitious one, with over a hundred action items to address and a funding strategy to master. But I’m not afraid. I’m trusting the process. After all, I’ve done this before. Back in 2018, I created a pilot concept for Drawing Magic to test its potential as a TV show, and the response was incredible. While technical hurdles like lighting kept it from being exactly what I envisioned, the core idea has stayed with me—waiting for the right moment to resurface.

That moment is now.

I can already picture Drawing Magic completed, distributed, and inspiring children everywhere. This isn’t just about drawing—it’s about unlocking creativity, sharpening focus, and fostering the kind of motor skill development that helps young minds grow. This isn’t “busy work” or cookie-cutter copying; it’s an innovative approach to connecting the brain, hand, and heart to create something truly original.

My dream? To see Drawing Magic distributed through PBS Kids and the Ryan Seacrest Foundation, which brings entertainment and education to children in hospitals across the U.S. The magic of creativity is transformative—I’ve seen it firsthand during my years running the largest art education school in Texas. The "ah-ha!" moments, when children realize their potential, are nothing short of extraordinary. Now, I want to bring those moments into homes, classrooms, and hospital rooms everywhere.

If I can produce thirteen episodes, I can pitch to PBS Kids with the professionalism and heart this project deserves. And if the distribution model aligns, I’ll extend the program to hospital networks like those run by the Seacrest Foundation. I’ve already seen the possibilities—like the incredible media set up at Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth. Many major hospitals have internal programming that includes music and creative outlets, providing children with vital joy and expression during their toughest times. I want Drawing Magic to be part of that effort, a beacon of light and creativity for kids who need it most.

Stay tuned...

The Stories....

Where do they come from? After twenty years of constantly feeding the creative beast of writing, I can honestly say, the stories are there, somewhere in the gray matter, competiting to come to life.

Script Projects

A SACRED PLACE- Horror/Short - "A horror producer and her crew hope to capture ghost footage, but stumble into an ancient Indian burial ground with hundreds of armed ghosts coming for them."

DON'T BOTHER KNOCKING - Horror/Short - "Two hunters have a deadly encounter with a roge boar who kills at the behest of a rural woman."

DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAIN - Feature/Sci-Fi "Near a reservation in Nevada, a Native-American woman leads a small team of turquoise hunters to a hidden cavern with mummified giants, but awaken ancient entites determined to keep their existence secret."

CURSE OF RUE ROYALE - Feature/Horror "Are curses real? They are, when cast by Marie LaVeau, the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. When a newlywed couple return to his ancestoral home, Jillianne must find a way to end a family's curse before it affects her unborn child."

VALLEY OF THE MIST - Feature/Horror "When three witch sisters inherit a property, they are shocked when their powers come to a zenith, awakening the attention of a dark warlock and shape shifter. While looking for love, one gets herself tangled with a love spell that goes horribly wrong, testing the bonds of sisterhood.

A CRYSTAL BALL - Feature/Rom-Com "While working to create a fairy-tale charity event, a divorced Grandmother tries and fails to find love online, only to find true love closer to home."

THE MAGI - Feature/Action-Adventure "What if the Three Wise Men had never died, but have been on earth all this time protecting humanity?" SuperHero.

BRIDGEPORT - TV Episodic Sci-Fi/Adventrue "A rip in time forces a Federal Agent, a cryptozoologist and a swamp hunter to contain creatures that are spilling into our world."

STEALING HISTORY - Feature/Action-Adventure "Set in London and inspired by Indiana Jones - A UNESCO Agent infilrates a theft ring with world-wide connections as he tries to return artifacts to their country of origin."

CRUSHED - Contained Faith Family Feature "A happy bi-racial family shatters when the husband and oldest son die in the same week. A judgmental aunt arrives to help at the ranch, and ends up falling for the one she once judged."

THE CAMERA - Feature/Thriller "A woman finds clues to a murder with the help of an old Polaroid camera that revels ghostly images."

Selected Works - Non-Fiction

GERTI'S WAR

The true story of a young German teen swept up in the war machine of the Wehrmacht during WWII, and finding a lost love after the war.

IT ALL STARTED HERE.... A True Story About My Cousin's Life in Germany During WWII

About Me

Once upon a time, in the mystical land of “How the Heck Did I End Up Writing This Stuff?” there lived a humble soul, once a mere reader, who somehow stumbled into the chaotic realm of becoming a writer. After years of desperately searching for a scribe to pen an epic family tale, I reluctantly sat down at a keyboard, ready to dive into the abyss of novel writing.

The catalyst for this plunge into literary madness? A WWII family story so compelling, so knee-buckling intense, that if left unrecorded, it would vanish into the black hole of forgotten tales. Told from the perspective of a fourteen-year-old thrust into the bizarre world of the Hitler Youth and mandatory home health services, Gerti’s War, a chronicle of my cousin’s escapades in wartime Germany and later in Berlin, working for the Wehrmacht, as Berlin fell around her.

Picture this: the sweetest woman I have ever met, turned out to be a Nazi? It was like finding out your grandma had a gig as a secret agent. It made zero sense, even when she insisted she had done nothing extraordinary, but her tale of resistence and the plight of everyday Germans was eye-opening. The revelation hit like a ton of bricks during a visit, leaving my head spinning. After devouring 130 books on the subject (seriously, how do you find the perspective from the other side?), I finally put pen to paper. Years later, I toasted Cousin Gerti when she rekindled a lost wartime love.

But the saga didn’t end there. Oh no, dear reader. This brave scribe ventured into the treacherous territory of re-writes and then did a full swan dive into screenwriting. Because creating interesting characters and worlds had taken ahold like some massive Kraken sitting on my back. Now, I am captivated by tales of reluctant heroes thrust into life-altering circumstances–maybe with a monster or two thrown in for good measure. I blame it on that mind-bending encounter with Patterson-Gimlin in my awkward early teens, discussing Bigfoot like it was neighborhood gossip. Sprinkle in a few confirmations of Bigfoot sightings, hearing the creatures' harrowing screams and even finding some footprints, and I guess that propelled me to sitting in that authors’ chair.

Fast forward to today, and the birth of my Sci-Fi Action-Adventure novel, infused with legendary monsters. ROPEN ISLAND is the inaugural chapter in a series featuring the Lane Brothers, Ph.D. biologists who clash over reviews, career goals, and brotherly love, but they can’t deny the science when prehistoric Pterodactyl look-alike's swoop down on them in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. This saga is filled with sibling rivalry, ancient creatures and probably a few botched scientific experiments that nobody wants to talk about at family gatherings.

But the adventure doesn’t stop there. The next masterpiece, LOST CITY OF QUATRIA, is an icy escape to Antarctica at the dawn of the nineteenth century. Imagine explorers stranded in the driest place on Earth, where survival is measured minute-by-minute. Add to the mix some alien-like artifacts deep in the ice–because why not spice up survival with extraterrestrial mysteries? It’s a herculean task, a frosty odyssey that’s sure to chill your spine while tickling your sense of wonder.

So, dear reader, pack your bags, grab a thermos of hot cocoa, and buckle up for a journey into the uncharted territories of my unleashed imagination. Get ready to explore the wild landscapes of cryptozoology, where monsters roam and the line between reality and fiction blurs like a Yeti caught in a snowstorm. Adventure awaits–will you dare to join the ride?

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Let's Connect!

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