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An artist, Brit, turns 50. It terrifies her. She sets out to see if indeed her love/sex life is truly over. Her ex, lawyer Grant is a recovering alcoholic. They're brought together by their malelovent, rapist, psychopathic son, Saunders.

Drama,Family,Funny,Romance

Britannia Rhodes wakes on her 50th birthday terrified she'll no longer enjoy love and sex. She launches a quest to test the truth of this. Her ex-husband, attorney Grant Griffin, alcoholic, is middle-aged crazy. Through his dangerous psychopathic son, whom Brit loves, can they be re-united?

1990's New Orleans and the horse-country north of Lake Pontchartrain, but could easily be set NOW.

No

Quest,Internal Journey/Rebirth

Meaningful Message,Happy Ending

Extreme Violence,Nudity,Incest,Sexual Abuse, Language/Profanity,Substance Abuse

Name: Britannia Rhodes

Age: 50

Gender: Female

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Complex,Sexy,Desperate,Empathetic,Educated,Funny,Romantic

Name: Grant Griffin

Age: 46

Gender: Male

Role: Antagonist

Key Traits: Masculine,Clumsy,Educated,Honorable,Insecure,Naive,Romantic,Funny,Engaging

Name: Saunders

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Role: antagonist

Key Traits: Aggressive,Crazy,Villainous,Narcisstic,Criminal

Name: Lee

Age: 30's

Gender: Female

Role: sidekick

Key Traits: Complex,Empathetic,Selfless,Funny

Bio—Jacqueline D’Acré Cellphone: 807-356-2443 email: norleans@tbaytel.net website: jacquelinedacre.com blog: besideamountain.blogspot.com YouTube-Video Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en-jW5sWKqY Twitter: @DAcreJacqueline Facebook: Jacqueline D Acre I was a precocious kid: at age ten I'd read every book in the children's library: I was sent upstairs to the adult section. I successfully showed, bred, and marketed Weimaraner dogs (as Silversmoke Kennel) at age twelve, then had to get away from my father’s molestations so I joined the RCAF—the Royal Canadian Air Force. (While there, at age 18, I won an audition to recite The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which I did in a single spotlight, the national RCAF orchestra backing me, before an audience of 3000. I got a standing ovation. As early as age three, I rode the horses pulling milk wagons, in a sleepy Canadian town. Eventually, my horse-craziness led to my herd of exotic Egyptian Arabian horses on my stud farm just outside New Orleans in Louisiana—Silver Apple Arabians. Before that, I lived and worked in Winnipeg, San Francisco, Alaska, Spokane, New Orleans, Mississippi, back to New Orleans and finally, in 2004, to Canada. I trained as an air traffic controller in the RCAF, was a cocktail waitress, phone psychic, commercial artist, scholarship student at Lone Mountain College--an alumnus is Nicholas Cage. (This college is affiliated with the University of San Francisco). Here, as a Drama major, I auditioned along with 200 others for a year’s free training at the San Francisco Repertory Theater: ACT. I won the audition. Then I went to Alaska as a media buyer and copywriter. (From there, I was hired at the New York office of my ad agency as a copywriter.) Next came Spokane, where I worked as a Creative Director and horse trainer. In Louisiana, I had my own newspaper column and I hosted (and produced) a live talk radio show. Throughout, I met and married three men—I'm now a widow, but happily in a new relationship. I had my daughter—who was developmentally delayed and I also adopted my stepson. In New Orleans, I opened a Film/video production company and produced, wrote, and directed over 100 titles—most shot offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. One show won the national “Take Pride in America” award. Further, I was voted “Horsewoman of the Year—1990.” My first novel, Between Extremities, now tentatively re- titled "In the Midst of a Lifetime," was published to 4 and 5 star reviews. Plus, for it, I was named “A Louisiana Author of Note.” My second published novel, "Hot Blooded Murder, A Bryn Wiley Mystery" was also published to excellent reviews. (This book was is submitted to Taleflick.com as a potential TV series.) During this period, I wrote a teleplay titled "Flying on Christmas Eve." I submitted it to Steven Spielberg at Universal Studios. I received a call from Mr. Spielberg’s office that they were seriously interested. After a time of back and forth, they stopped calling. Then I sae that my teleplay was used as the framework for the successful film, "Earnest Saves Christmas" (the opening scene is word-for-word replicated.) That was my first serious Hollywood interest. There was a second from a noted producer (a producer of "What the Bleep Do We Know?") who was keenly interested in "Between Extremities," now experimentally re-titled "In the Midst of a Lifetime." From these I deduce my writing is definitely Hollywood material. That’s two strikes. I believe the third strike, this submission, will be my home run.

Age: 18-34,35-54,55+

Target Gender: Universal

Alcoholics Anonymous, Art, New Orleans, the Northshore of New Orleans-—horse country.

Status: Yes: with a Publisher

Publisher: Pontalba Press, New Orleans, now defunct

Year Published: 1998

Yes

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