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Those who read this blog know that I trade-up for books. Not only do I have a “thing” for books, I even wrote one back in 2003. It’s a childhood memoir called Running from the Devil. It’s about my 1970’s youth and some pretty big secrets I kept. It sounds kind of heavy, and in some ways it is, but the story is mostly light-hearted. Publisher’s Weekly called the book “hilarious, sad and fully absorbing.” It was also an alternative selection of the Literary Guild, and I appeared on NPR’s “The Diane Rehm Show” for a full hour. The book was a joy to write and promote (even though it never even came within shouting distance of the New York Times’ bestseller list).

One of the cool things about my book-writing experience is that Barefoot permitted me to work part-time while I wrote the book over the course of about one year in 2001. And though the book didn’t sell all that well, I have received over 500 letters and emails from strangers around the country who read the book, found something to like in it, and then took the time to write me.

And just the other day, I sold the TV and movie rights to Madison Park Pictures, a small, but very creative, award-winning production firm. Check out the trailer for their movie, “LBS.” The odds of anything coming of this option that I sold are slim, at best, but it’s still cool how a one labor of love has brought me so much happiness. Maybe, just maybe, there will be a Running from the Devil movie or TV series that will bring some joy to a few others. You can’t blame a guy for dreaming, right?