Burning the Midnight Oil

Letters to Daniel Set
Me, Megan Jones

Dear Daniel Craig,

I had an interesting conversation with one of my mentors, Del Weston today. He said I had such a brilliant concept going, I shouldn't meet you. That it would benefit me more to keep unrequited. And I have to admit over the last six years I've managed to build you up inside my head as some kind of hero/confidant/friend/mentor through this blog.

Yes, I realize you don't know me at all and that actually frees me up to do what I do so well on this blog. And that's process what everyday with bipolar disorder looks like for me. I had laid down in hopes of sleeping. And then I saw a post from Queen of AOF Megafest Anabelle Munro putting out a marketing SOS for her book the Skeleton Key. Her memoir and recovery workbook for those suffering from an eating disorder.

Locally I'm basically known for two things, Letters to Daniel (blog, book, documentary, and narrative feature film) and marketing. I'm way more than just those two things. Letters to Daniel's legacy is a mental health advocacy talk show, Recovery Unplugged.

Del has this way of making you feel like an A-Lister when you really just another hungry artist out there hustling to make your dreams come true. I'm hustling. I don't presume to know what people think of me. And some would say it's none of my business.

I got my start through a small Canadian e-press. That published five of my titles initially. Locally Hydra Publications has published 4 with the 5th one due out soon. I started at small comic-con with bookmarks, trading cards, and a mailing list to sign up for a newsletter. I have since published a total of 26 books with the 27th one rolling out this weekend. I have written a total of 33 books. Am working on 34th. I have co-written 37 screenplays.

Filmwise, 23 total. That's short narratives, micro narratives, proof of concept trailers, an official trailer, documentaries and my first feature film.

My first publication contract came in February of 2011. Next year I will have a decade professionally pursuing my dreams. This last fall, thanks to Letters to Daniel, I netted a talent manager.

I tell you this Daniel because when I saw you in Casino Royale I was smitten with your performance. You have become a kind muse that allowed me to build my career around. Your face told 1000 stories and I wanted to tell them all. And the Letters to Daniel blog and this one where I have continued the tradition in writing to you about my life it's scary to think I could meet you, and the fact you are human means, quite possibly you couldn't measure up the hero and muse in my head that I imagine you to be when I sit down to work.

That being said if we were to meet, and you were to see Letters to Daniel, I hope it would the experience of a lifetime. Because you being that muse has been one in and of itself.

Sincerely,

Amy McCorkle