About DreamEngine
The website dreamengine.co.uk was first registered on 12 September 2004, as the home for Dr David Baboulene's work on story theory. Twenty years on, that work has grown into the multifaceted business that DreamEngine is today.
David started as a scholar, diving deep into the mysterious realm of story theory. His doctoral thesis wasn't just academic research; it was a map to understanding the hidden mechanics of narrative power. While others saw books as commodities, David saw them as living, breathing entities with transformative potential.
September 2020: DreamEngine Publishing is founded alongside Edward J Marsh, bringing publishing expertise and story theory to fiction and non-fiction publishing.
July 2025: DreamEngine Moving Stories is founded alongside Craig Hinde, bringing the latest film production techniques and story theory, to the screen.
DreamEngine Publishing
DreamEngine Publishing is a UK-based publishing house for serious fiction authors, with non-fiction published through our HelpLoveSupport imprint.
Every author works directly with Edward J Marsh from first conversation to published book, no committees, no account managers, no handoffs to junior staff.
Every manuscript begins with a free assessment, so you know what your book needs before committing to anything. From there we handle editing, cover design, and interior layout, and guide you towards the route that suits your book, branded publishing options, self-publishing under your own account, or a route into traditional publishing.
DreamEngine Moving Stories
At DreamEngine we are using our USPs in Story Power and AI driven production innovation to create a world leading film studio system, generating Hollywood level productions at a tenth of the traditional cost.
DreamEngine is founded by David Baboulene Ph.D., a scriptwriter and story consultant recognised as a world expert in story theory, and Craig Hinde, a scriptwriter, director and AI expert with a proven track record in delivering top quality productions at low cost. Together they develop original scripts, leading with real human beings - writers, actors and artists - and following up with AI as a tool of their unique hybrid production method.
David Baboulene's Storytelling Masterclass for Writers
Story theory in screenwriting, scriptwriting, creative writing and fiction writing for authors and screenwriters.
Deep dive into story in twenty video lectures and use clips and short films and book extracts to give you a complete understanding of how stories work.
Contains six and a half hours of on-demand video, study material and more...
"Everyone who works with story needs to know what David knows."
Alex Marx - Writer/Director: The Queen of Fashion
DreamEngine Publishing
Your Book, Made Properly, Published Under Your Own Name
Publishing with DreamEngine is professional book production for a flat fee. We edit it, design the cover, and lay out the interior. Choose to publish under the DreamEngine imprint as your credited publisher, or self-publish under your own name. Either way, your book lives in your own Amazon account and you keep everything it earns.
Build the Author Identity Agents and Publishers Take Seriously
Literary agents and readers have this in common: they both search your name before they take a chance on you. Author Mythology is DreamEngine's proprietary process for building a complete author identity: biography, public narrative, content pillars, and voice. Be the author they find.
How the DreamEngine process works
Submit Your Manuscript
Send us your manuscript for initial review. We review everything submitted to us and respond within seven working days with a written assessment and quote.
Receive Your Quote
Your quote covers editing, cover design, and interior layout for your specific manuscript. If you want to publish under the DreamEngine name, we also tell you honestly whether your book is right for the imprint.
Confirm Your Quote and Costs
Once you're happy with the quote, you confirm by email and the costs are agreed in writing. Your place in the schedule is secured and the work is booked in.
30-Minute Call with Edward
A free video call with Edward J Marsh to walk through your plan and how the process runs from here. No automated systems, no sales pipeline.
What makes DreamEngine different
For authors self-publishing under their own name:
Direct access to Edward, start to finish
Every author works directly with Edward J Marsh throughout production, not an assistant, not an account manager, no handoff to junior staff. If you have a question, you ask Edward.
No gatekeeping on production
We don't select which self-published books we produce. If you want professional editing, cover design, and layout delivered to a fixed price and schedule, we do the work.
For authors publishing under the DreamEngine name, or building towards a traditional deal:
A publisher, not a service provider
DreamEngine is selective about which books carry our name. The imprint carries weight we protect carefully, so acceptance isn't automatic.
Story science with Dr David Baboulene
Dr David Baboulene, whose story consultancy has included Bob Gale, Lee Child, and Willy Russell, works directly with these authors on manuscript development and platform positioning.
The Author Mythology Framework
Before we publish under our name, we build your Author Mythology, the strategic identity and positioning that makes you findable, credible, and compelling to readers, agents, and the media.
Three ways we publish
DreamEngine Publishing
Our fiction imprint. Literary thriller, historical fiction, psychological thriller, political fiction, literary crime, and more. Selective. Professional. Built on story science.
Meet our fiction authors here: DreamEngine Authors
HelpLoveSupport
Our non-fiction imprint, for health, wellbeing, and how-to. Publishing authors with genuine expertise in personal development, wellbeing, and practical life guidance. The same editorial standards and direct publisher access that define everything we do.
Meet our non-fiction authors here: HelpLoveSupport Authors
DreamEngine Productions
A separate company under the same leadership. Our film production arm, led by Dr David Baboulene and Craig Hinde, applies the same story science to screen: DreamEngine Moving Stories
Our position on AI
The Story in every fiction book, published under the DreamEngine imprint, is the creation of the author's imagination.
We vet all fiction authors to ensure author's have not used AI in the creation of the story.
DreamEngine uses AI for book design and production, market and audience analysis and for social media content creation.