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Facing Reality: A Love Story
In Hollywood, you go big, or you go home. But how do you know when it's time to face reality?
Then
Paul landed in LA fresh out of film school with a hot new script and bright sunny future. Studio doors were opening, and when he spoke, people listened.
He was poised to be an overnight sensation, Hollywood's newest wunderkind. But Tinseltown is a fickle place...
Now
Paul is drowning in debt, mooching off his girlfriend Maggie, and screening his creditors' phone calls. The money ran out on his movie masterpiece, and he's writing a screenplay no one wants to read.
Desperate, he applies for a job on a reality TV movie.
Hours before his interview, Paul crashes his car in a mad dash to escape the repo man. Undeterred, he limps into the interview, bleeding all over the movie producer's expensive leather couch.
He's hired on the spot.
After so much struggle, Paul finally gets his break. He’s already charting his path to the top.
But this new project is not the brass ring Paul imagined. There is a dark side to the glitz and glamour. As both Paul and Maggie get sucked deeper into La-La-Land's underbelly, they will have to learn the real price of fame.
Ian Bull is the author of the thriller series The Quintana Adventures, about Army Ranger photographer Steven Quintana and movie actress Julia Travers. The Picture Kills and Six Passengers, Five Parachutes are the first two books in the series, and The Danger Game is third book and is out now. He also wrote the romantic crime thriller Liars in Love, and several books of nonfiction. Email him at ianbullauthor@gmail.com, and we'll send you something.
He grew up in San Francisco and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
Then
Paul landed in LA fresh out of film school with a hot new script and bright sunny future. Studio doors were opening, and when he spoke, people listened.
He was poised to be an overnight sensation, Hollywood's newest wunderkind. But Tinseltown is a fickle place...
Now
Paul is drowning in debt, mooching off his girlfriend Maggie, and screening his creditors' phone calls. The money ran out on his movie masterpiece, and he's writing a screenplay no one wants to read.
Desperate, he applies for a job on a reality TV movie.
Hours before his interview, Paul crashes his car in a mad dash to escape the repo man. Undeterred, he limps into the interview, bleeding all over the movie producer's expensive leather couch.
He's hired on the spot.
After so much struggle, Paul finally gets his break. He’s already charting his path to the top.
But this new project is not the brass ring Paul imagined. There is a dark side to the glitz and glamour. As both Paul and Maggie get sucked deeper into La-La-Land's underbelly, they will have to learn the real price of fame.
Ian Bull is the author of the thriller series The Quintana Adventures, about Army Ranger photographer Steven Quintana and movie actress Julia Travers. The Picture Kills and Six Passengers, Five Parachutes are the first two books in the series, and The Danger Game is third book and is out now. He also wrote the romantic crime thriller Liars in Love, and several books of nonfiction. Email him at ianbullauthor@gmail.com, and we'll send you something.
He grew up in San Francisco and lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 29, 2018
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About the author
Ian Bull
22 books8 followersIan Bull is the pen name of Donald Ian Bull, a TV producer and director turned thriller novelist.
THE PICTURE KILLS is his first novel of a trilogy featuring Steven Quintana. The second book is SIX PASSENGERS, FIVE PARACHUTES, and THE DANGER GAME is out now.
He has also written the romantic thrillers LIARS IN LOVE, set in San Francisco and FACING REALITY, set in Los Angeles. MURDER AT TOURMALINE, set in San Diego, is being written now.
He has two books of essays under his full name, Donald Ian Bull: WATER MARKERS, and CALIFORNIABULL, BEST OF THE BLOG.
His TV credits include The Real World, The Osbournes, and Dr.90210.
He grew up in San Francisco, attended UC Berkeley and then UCLA, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
THE PICTURE KILLS is his first novel of a trilogy featuring Steven Quintana. The second book is SIX PASSENGERS, FIVE PARACHUTES, and THE DANGER GAME is out now.
He has also written the romantic thrillers LIARS IN LOVE, set in San Francisco and FACING REALITY, set in Los Angeles. MURDER AT TOURMALINE, set in San Diego, is being written now.
He has two books of essays under his full name, Donald Ian Bull: WATER MARKERS, and CALIFORNIABULL, BEST OF THE BLOG.
His TV credits include The Real World, The Osbournes, and Dr.90210.
He grew up in San Francisco, attended UC Berkeley and then UCLA, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
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