Biography
REBECA SEITZ is the owner of The 1C Story Network, consisting of 1C Productions (audio and visual productions) and Rebeca Books (romance and business books written by and featuring women 40 and over). She is also a bestselling writer and entertainment industry veteran who served as President and CEO of SON Studios in Naples, Florida, for six years.
At SON, Seitz brought production, distribution, and/or promotional assistance to a variety of film projects both independent and studio-driven. Under her leadership, the SONDay Monday program was created in partnership with Paragon Theaters and featured a variety of projects and people, including writer and executive producer Brian Bird. She brought SON into feature film and documentary projects alongside Chad Gundersen (Out of Order Studios), Rich Iott (Braeburn Entertainment) and Kyle Saylors (Saylors Brothers Entertainment), and created and managed promotional events and screenings with special appearances by the late Fred Thompson, Howie Klausner, Micheal Flaherty, Steve Feldman and Brent McCorkle .
Prior to SON Studios, Seitz founded Glass Road Public Relations, a literary firm committed to promoting story-driven works. It was a pioneer in its field, securing coverage for novelists on The Today Show, USA Today, Southern Living, The 700 Club, National Public Radio, Good Housekeeping, BookPage, Moody Radio, and numerous newspapers and radio shows. At the request of its clients, Glass Road expanded to offer publishing and agenting services to writers, changing its name to Glass Road Media & Management. The first book published under the GR imprint, Nancy Zieman's Seams Unlikely, won Book of the Year from Book Fun Magazine.
In its 9 years, Glass Road worked with Tyndale, Zondervan, Waterbrook-Multnomah, David C Cook, Charisma, Barbour Books, Baker Books, Howard/Simon & Schuster, Hachette Books, Moody Publishing, Guideposts Books, AMG Publishers, B&H Publishing, NavPress, Worthy Books and others. Its writer clients populated bestseller lists from the New York Times to USA Today. In January 2014, Seitz donated Glass Road to the nonprofit SON.
Rebeca began her career by serving as the first dedicated publicist for the fiction division of Thomas Nelson Publishers, one of the Top Ten Publishers in the World and now a division of HarperCollins Publishers.
She is a published novelist and memoirist: Prints Charming (Thomas Nelson), Sisters, Ink; Coming Unglued, Scrapping Plans, Perfect Piece (all B&H Publishing Group/LifeWay), First Blush and Second Glance (independent) and Lights Out (with Travis Freeman, BelieversPress). Rebeca has been interviewed or featured on NPR, CNN, Huffington Post Live, The Glenn Beck Show, The Blaze, The Washington Times, WorldNetDaily, FOX News, Townhall.com, and others.
