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In the spring of 2011, I was invited, by my publisher to attend a pitchfest in Los Angeles, California in July. It was an exclusive event; only 150 authors were able to attend and it was the first time that a publishing house had brought its authors directly to LA and put them in front of executives from Hollywood.

In July, I attended that event and I was instructed by Robert Kosberg (http://www.moviepitch.com/about_bob.htm) on the finer points of pitching my idea to Hollywood. I then pitched my story to a group of execs that he and actor Marcus Chait (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1483939/) brought along with them. Most of them felt that Vampyre 2000 would best be adapted to an independent film. While two of them thought it would be better served as a studio feature film. One of those production companies requested my books and my information from the publisher. I am still waiting to hear from that production company. In January of 2012, I began a conversation with a Producer/Director from New York. He is interested in V2K because, to him, the first book might be an excellent two hour television pilot. The period between 1804 (Cornelius’ origin) and 2010 (when the book takes place) could represent an unlimited number of television episodes and/or feature films. As flattering as that was and no matter how much this interest from people in the industry has helped to validate that I have some something that is quality and different from the rest, I realize that I need to get this story into more people’s hands. People that will realize the significant potential this story has to become a major motion picture or television series.

Here is the three minute practice pitch that I delivered in Los Angeles last summer. I would love for you to take a few minutes of your time and listen to it, but it comes with a warning. For those of you are reading the book and haven’t finished it yet or those of you who are going to read the book and have not yet, this audio file will reveal its ending.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/65286224/LA_pitch_7_11.wma

For the last several months, I’ve been trying to find a way to make this available on the internet at places like, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and my own website. I was unsuccessful in my attempts until I loaded the Dropbox App on my tablet. Using its public folder, I can put anything in there that I want to share with others. And I will.

After you listen to the practice pitch, I would appreciate it if you could grant me a favor. Go to my website, click on “Contact the Author” and leave me your thought on any and all of this.

http://www.vampyre2000.com



Thank you so much and enjoy the books.

Chris Benson

You will absolutely love the characters in the books. You will celebrate their joys and share in their sorrows. It will be as if you know them. Of that, I can promise.



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