KYRA DAVIS

Okay, so I just got back a little while ago from taking my son to the movies and let me tell you, the Transformers ROCK! Who knew?
Now that I've gotten that off my chest let me get back to last night's blog. As I mentioned, my son feels that God lets people decide their own fate, He just shows us the options. My boy then went on to add that the hard part comes when what you really want isn't on the menu.
He's absolutely right, but if what you want isn't on the menu do you really have to settle for something you're less passionate about? Sometimes the answer is an obviously yes. If you're tone deaf you're probably never going to star in an opera. That option isn't on the menu. But sometimes settling is nothing but another option. After all, if what you want isn't on the menu you could go home and try to cook up whatever it is you want on your own. Sure, it'll be messier and more time consuming and you could burn your dish or undercook it. If you're making your own recipe you could end up creating something that is completely inedible. Then again, you could create a masterpiece.
So right now I seem to be cooking something up in my metaphorical kitchen. As I've already told you, I'm moving. What I haven't said is that I'm moving to LA. When I tell people from Northern California this they look at me like I just told them that I was going to willingly lock myself in a room with a man who does nothing but run his fingernails up and down a chalkboard. Northern Californians are supposed to hate LA. It's something we learn to do in grade school along with our multiplication tables. But you also learn that if you want to write for the big or small screen LA is pretty much the only place to be.
I want to write for the screen. Of course I'd love to write a fabulous movie but I'd also LOVE to write for television. I'd love to get in a writing room and bat around ideas with a bunch of stressed-out writers. I'd love to see my words come out of the mouth of some actress. Of course I still hope to write books and find publishers to print them but I crave the personal interaction that novelists are deprived of. Screenwriting would give me that. I also long for the fast pace and pressure of television. I'm one of those weird people who thrive in high-anxiety work environment.
Is breaking into Hollywood a long shot? Um, yeah! I've never done anything like this before! Who am I to think that I can wiggle my way into an industry that everybody and their mother wants to be part of? On the other hand a few years ago no one thought I was going to be able to whip out a book and get it published and as you all know, Obsession, Deceit and Really Dark Chocolate will be my fourth release in 3 years.
So I'm going to try this and while I'm down here I'm also going to go back to my roots---no, I'm not talking about my ancestry; I'm talking about my passion for acting. Once upon a time I studied at The American Conservatory Theater and I've acted in several community productions but then I dropped the ball. I think fear kept me from really trying to make a living as an actress. I'm not naive enough to think that I'm going to be the next Eva Longoria but I do think I have a shot at landing a few commercials. Who knows? Maybe next time you see me on TV I'll have a bottle of Clorox in my hand.
But as excited as I am I'm also scared. It's not just me anymore, I have a son to consider. I'll have a lot less family support down here when it comes to childcare. I needed to put him in a new school no matter what but now I'm also putting him in a new apartment and a new city. And while I don't share my N. CA friends' loathing of their Southern neighbors, I will admit that the two areas of the state have little in common. Seattle, New York, Philadelphia all feel oddly familiar to me as a San Fransican. LA? A totally different ball game.
So yeah, I'm nervous. I'm cooking from scratch here and God only knows if I'll make a mess or a masterpeice. But at least I'm cooking and to be honest I'm kind of excited about that.

Kyra Davis
Bestselling Author of:
SEX, MURDER AND A DOUBLE LATTE,
PASSION, BETRAYAL AND KILLER HIGHLIGHTS
and
SO MUCH FOR MY HAPPY ENDING
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