Pitch 2023 01 26 09 39 03 | Terri Morgan

My request for helpers to bring my story, THE AMBASSADOR, to life. In his 1977, rock-and-roll classic, “Running on Empty” Jackson Browne sang “Everywhere I go, people need some reason to believe.... If I can get you to smile before I leave.” That’s what my story does. Gives people a reason to believe and makes them smile. Good friends, good food, good times, and some bad guys in our Local Neighborhood. Jacqueline Chan and the Little Rascals meet Andy Taylor in Space. You smiled. Pretty sure you did. We want a reason to believe. So many of us these days are running on empty. Tomorrow is so close and so far away. The world is on the brink of change and we don’t know what it is. We’d like a little less tension and anxiety. Crying is okay, but we’d like to smile maybe a little more. We want heroes who could be us. We want something familiar and comforting to hold on to. Something that we can relate to. Something that isn’t about everything and everyone being broken. My story has elements that people will recognize and smile about. It’s normal, mostly. It’s new and fresh and old and full of all sorts of hooks and turns. It’s not the same and it is exactly the same. It will make you smile, cry a little, and smile again. My story is pot roast, mashed potatoes, and green beans on Sunday with cherry pie if you like. It’s realistic and grounded. It’s a comfortable adventure. It’s not too demanding. It’s got interesting hooks. Always another secret to be revealed. It crosses generations and cultures, East and West.