current projects

That Boy from Channel 4 (novel) - Querying

The Bones of the Bard Trilogy (novels) - Researching

AWARDS

Best Writing - Narrative Short Film; The 54 Day Creep; Prison City Film Festival, 2023

FILM

Travis authored the screenplay for all 33 of the Hedges Pictures films, and those movies (which range from shorts to features) have picked up up 15 awards at film festivals. They include: Dance World Revelations (Best of the Fest), The Lady Is A Doll (Best of the Fest), Darth Apprentice (Best Comedy), Ballet For Children-Unauthorized 3 (Best Comedy), and Must Love Board Games (Best Gaming Film).

His writing and vision for Roar into Action won the first film in the series the award for "Best Children's Short" at the 2007 New York Independent Film Festival. 

NON-FICTION

Lights, Camera, Archives!; co-authored with Daniel J. Linke (Princeton); Appearing in Engagement in the Digital Era, Society of American Archivists, 2020

A Guide to Opening Your Social Media Chakras; LOUIS Lagniappe, vol. 4, issue 4, April 2018

Don't Give Up: Case Studies in Navigating the Academic Library Job Market; co-authored with Jeremiah Paschke-Wood, Allison F. Gallaspy, and Katie Jones; Louisiana Libraries, vol. 79, no. 1, Summer 2016

Acting Archivist; Performance! (Newsletter of the SAA Performing Arts Roundtable), Summer 2015

What's So Special About That Special Collection?: A New Life for the LSU Law Library Archives; AALL Spectrum, vol. 19, no. 5, March 2015

Theatravical (monthly column on local theatre); Town Favorites Magazine, October 2004-April 2005

STAGE (all of which have been performed by non-profit arts groups in Texas and Louisiana)

When the Walls Come Down, 10 minute play

Dancing Into Neverland, 45 minute children's dance-education play 

The Rescue of Sleeping Beauty, 45 minute children's dance-education play 

In Search of Coppelia, 45 minute children's dance-education play 

Narration to accompany Cinderella, the full-length ballet

IN-PERSON READINGS

Personal Narrative; Finding Aid to My Soul storytelling series; Society of American Archivists Annual Conference, 2019