Even though it's a month past Thanksgiving. I wanted to blog about what I'm thankful for.
In the month of December, Ghost Sniffers (www.ghostsniffers.com) paid the first and second mortgage on the property where the OHP office sits. Ghost Sniffers paid for electricity, water, garbage, internet and phone. Since distributors pay in 120 days, if there was any uptick in holiday book sales, we won't see it for several months. Ghost Sniffers was our knight in shining armor.
The promise behind Ghost Sniffers was to create a dramedy, an on-going series that chronicled the adventures of two kids with auto-immune disorders. who--despite their conditions, or perhaps because of them--have been gifted with super powers. Built around the framework of a light-hearted ghost hunting parody, these two siblings, Forge and Maxo, face impossible odds and investigate outrageous locations all to track down the elusive "sniff."
I needed a way to be creative. Faith needed a way to channel her creativity. Brianne wanted to work with Jennifer and Maxwell missed his Mama. So Jennifer wrote a script; I composed the music; Max and Faith starred and Brianne managed the entire production. What was going to be a family project for the weekend turned into OHP's saving grace.
And one of the truly amazing things is that it all came to be with donations from strangers of no more than the cost of a latte. Jennifer even issued a press release: Skip a Latte, Buy a Ghost. I want to say thank you to Jennifer and all the Ghost Sniffers fans who have watched the episode for free and who find this blog for keeping this company alive and this family together.
OHP authors, find out more at www.ghostsniffers.com. Or skip a latte and donate yourself at Kickstarter; they're only raising funds for 10 more days.
