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Saturday, March 5, 2011

MOVIE UPDATE--HIGHER THAN EAGLES

My Producer, Steve Ecclesine, has given me permission to post an update on movie prospects for my book, “Higher Than Eagles.” He says it’s okay to release the news that he is in preliminary discussions with Brook McNamara Entertainment regarding the movie version.

This would be a follow-up to the film “Soul Surfer” that BME produced for Sony/Mandalay Pictures—about the young woman surfer whose arm was bitten off by a shark. The movie will be released April 8 in 2500 theaters.

A few weeks ago, BME productions purchased 10 copies of my book, and Steve Ecclesine furnished 10 copies of the screen play to go out to potential investors.

Some of you will remember that it was Steve who persuaded me to write the screen play for my own project. Though I protested I didn’t have the expertise, he said, “I’ll mentor you,” and he did—gently coaching me for several months. As is the case with all writing, it was never as easy as one would imagine--though I found the reliving of old events at times exhilarating . . . and at other times heart wrenching. The good news is, I kept remembering moments of family drama that had never reached the book.

By the end I’d re-written it at least 8 times. And I felt huge gratitude to Steve, who was kind enough during the first mile not to mention that we still had 26 miles to go.

As is still the case, I can’t say this will actually happen until it actually happens. But I’m letting myself celebrate each baby step as it occurs. And I will definitely keep all of you posted when there’s something new to say.

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