Dear Daniel,
Funny what a difference four days
make. Ah the agony and the ecstasy. Just as January second had me down for the
count I dragged my ass up off the ground and got back up on my feet again. You
see, my best friend (and screenwriting and producing partner of 18 years) and I
had just opened up a small press featuring 4 authors who we feel passionately
about creatively.
We opened our doors January 1st.
To much acclaim and fanfare. We have our editors and cover artists in place. Yes,
as of January 1, 2018 3 Bitches Press is open for business. Then January 2nd
I have the negative experience at the drugstore where my medication is
concerned.
So I wrote the blog to raise awareness
and to release the powerlessness that I felt at the situation. As much as I
wanted to lay down and die I got up and started working on a new screenplay,
Gemini Rising. And on January 4th I spied a pitching opportunity.
I’ve always dreamed of being a
mental health advocate on a larger scale. When the opportunity presented itself
to pitch a cable network development VP mine and Missy’s mental health advocacy
reality tv series I went in and jumped on it.
January 6th was a crazy
day. I got my hair cut and styled so that I would look great on Skype for my
pitch. And then Skype wouldn’t work on their end leading me to believe I had
missed the pitch altogether on my end. However, they called me and I put my
best foot forward and this network executive called my project amazing and then
reiterated that note by calling ME amazing.
If you’ve been in this business for
any extended amount of time you know network executives just say stuff like
that at all really. It was a positive experience with a positive result. I have
to say the mimosas tasted especially sweet that night as we toasted this part
of the process. And it made watching the Golden Globes especially fun.
Finally, just when I thought
January couldn’t get better this weekend I got word that my documentary “All In
the Family” that me and Missy co-produced with my cousin Rebekah about mine and
Rebekah’s families struggle with the genetic nature of bipolar disorder won for
Best Writing In A Documentary 3rd Quarter at the Enginuity Film
Festival. Not only that but me and Missy are pitching Bounty Hunter to a well
known L.A. based production company on the 26th.
January took a U-turn of the
greatest kind. It’s okay to feel angry or sad. It is not a crime or your fault
when your disease gets a hold of you when triggered by experiences you get
caught off guard by. Or sometime when your disease has got you by the tail. But
please know, there are moments like these to be had and to be joyous about on
the other side of it. Getting into a one day at a time recovery is possible.
January is off to an amazing start.
Here’s hoping your recovery is on an upswing and your dreams are starting to
come true.
Sincerely,
Amy Leigh McCorkle
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