NAKED DRAGON BEGINS- (AND WHO THE HELL AM I?)

Do you know me?
Then tell me. What do you think I am?
An artist? A gemologist? An animal lover? A librarian? A police officer? An author? A race car enthusiast? An anarchist? A soldier? A pioneer?
A filmmaker? A director? A producer?
A human being?
A friend?
An enemy?
A lover?
Your fantasy or your nemesis?

I only dream of one thing. Pushing same sex love into the mainstream. Why I am so driven I do not know.
But it is my goal, my reason to wake each day.
On the cusp of beginning pre-production on Naked Dragon, beginning filming this March, I will bring a gay man of color and a gay white man into a love affair during their work on a serial killer case.
Has this been done before? I do not know. But I will do it.
I’ve been called many things. From friends and co-workers, ‘unstoppable’, a ‘mentor, ‘driven’, ‘a force to be reckoned with’, and an ‘ally’.
By my enemies, ‘hated’, ‘despised’, called every spiteful name one can think of, told I am talentless and worthless.
I’ve hit very low times, and struggled to maintain the sensation of the highs.
I have done this on my own. No one has handed me a thing. Not a family member or an employee in the film and publishing business. I have been battling demons since I was a child. And I will fight on until I can fight no longer.
I have no ambition to make millions on my work. I work to fulfill a dream. A dream that one day people will read my work, see my films, and come to a conclusion. Love is love. It is not just my goal. Hundreds, thousands are on the same journey.

Do you know me?
Do you love me?
Do you hate me?
Do you think what I do is easy? That I am content?
We live and die alone. No one knows me.
No one. You know why I know? Because I do not even know myself.
We are creatures of mystery. What drives us? Why do we have allies and haters?
But know this. I am destined not to live a long life. Why? I know enough to know that. So? I am a seer as well. Fate has already told me in dreams to grab it now, because time is slipping away.
All I ask is that you learn from my mistakes. Push beyond your comfort zone. Rise up from ashes to keep moving forward. Where do you see yourself in five years? In oblivion? Or living your dreams?

Here we go! Naked Dragon: Beginning pre-production with a team so powerful it makes Capital Games look like a college film. And perhaps that is all it was. A learning experience for me. Guess what? I learned. I learned the difference between a trusted ally and a thief. A professional and an egotist. I learned never to be used or taken advantage of again, and I learned to surround myself in gems, and throw away the drek.
So? Do you think you know me? Guess what people? You make or break me. Your support, you buying my work, creates these films, these visions of gay romance on the screen. YOU.
Do I know you?
I know that without you, I’d be nothing.
All I ask in return is remember me. Remember me in years to come when I am gone. Remember that I struggled to bring our genre to the mainstream, to make a pathway for all of us. Like I have done in writing.
102 books strong. Not an easy task. I have been crucified by my competitors, and held up in high esteem by those who I inspire.

HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHO THE HELL I REALLY AM?

None of you. Until I know who I am- no one shall ever know me on any deep level. And I will keep it that way. You see what I allow you to see. A myth? A mystery? A woman on a journey, who will get it right in one life. Maybe the next.

Be careful out there. Life is filled with promise and disappointment, and one person can make all the difference in the world.
Who are you?
Are you that one person?
I am. I am that one fucked up person who will stop at nothing. But I will never run over people for my goals. I will only fight to attain them with an army. And this new army? Unstoppable.
Follow the journey with me as I share the vision of this film like I have done with Capital Games.
It’s all I have to give to you. My words, my sweat, and my blood.

And it’s time to bleed for you. I am ready.