Hiding Ezra- the almost-a-movie

After I tell them the plot of my novel HIDING EZRA, many people say, "That sounds like it should be a movie." Oh, if they only knew the long frustrating tale....

You see, HIDING EZRA was a screenplay first-before it was a novel. A filmmaker optioned the story when it was just in the outline stage, spent two years working with me via email and in person to flesh out a screenplay, got an agent in LA to represent it,& got lots of "big-time" Hollywood producers, directors, and acclaimed technical people to read it and write enthusiastic letters expressing their interest in working on the film.

He came tantalizingly close with a couple of high-profile people interested in it, but the folks who had the money (or at least the clout to get it) said "no.". Neither I nor the filmmaker was someone they were willing to take that much of a risk for.

So.... even though I agree that HIDING EZRA would be a great movie, I'm not holding my breath.... I'm just thankful to finally have this amazing historical story out there, and I hope that the hard work has paid off in the form of a book that plays as vividly in your mind as a movie does on the big screen!