February 25, 2017
Hello Jennifer,
Perhaps I shouldn't greet you with such a friendly tone since we don't know each other, but I'm a heck of a lot older than you and the chance of you ever really reading this are almost non-existent, so what the hell, I'm going to call you by your first name.
Jennifer, you're a pretty great actress, and you seem like a down-to-earth sort of person which is a quality I admire in people. I've never been one to go for fake people either in my friends or in anyone I emulate even a little. No offense, but I don't really emulate you because I don't want to be an actress, and I'm plenty confident in who I am, but I do admire that you appear to be a very genuine person. That's kind of a hard thing to do these days, isn't it? Anyway, I digress. Let me get to the point.
I wrote a novel called "The Clearwater House." You can check and see if you want to be sure that I'm telling you the truth. Look on Amazon. You'll see it's garnered some lovely stars and comments. Those who have read it have really enjoyed it, and I've heard from many of them that the book was "unputdownable" and a "page-turner" and that they "could really see it as a movie" along with many other compliments. Most have read it in a day or two even because they said they just couldn't stop reading it.
The overall premise is that there's a woman named Lillian Chase who is a youngish artist from Nebraska living in Omaha and working at an art museum while she tries to pursue her own passion. Lillian suddenly inherits an old farm house from a woman she's never heard of; however, the house is located near Clearwater, a town and area that she knows a little bit because her grandfather lives nearby. She uses the house as a chance to escape Omaha for a bit and reconnect with her own paintings, but once she arrives at the house, the old home begins to "speak" to her through her paintings. Lillian discovers the truth about something bad that happened in the house years ago and how that story does actually pertain to her. She also meets the young farmer across the way, hooks up with him because he's a much better person than her loser boyfriend back in Omaha. His name is Jake, and he's a divorced father of a young son named Sam.
You would be perfect to play the role of Lillian for many reasons. Let me highlight some of them:
1. You are beautiful, and I naturally imagine Lillian to be beautiful even though I don't spend an excessive amount of time focusing on her physical attributes. What matters even more, though, is that you have the natural beauty, the good old down to earth country girl beauty of us real Nebraska gals.
2. You have an open quality about you, but you can be stubborn, and you know what you want. These are Lillian's qualities as well.
3. You are the right age. Lillian is probably a bit older than you are at this moment, but by the time you would actually read the book, decide to take it on, try to convince others to help you, turn it into a screenplay, cast and film it and then get it released, you'd be a few years older, and then you'd be the perfect age. Plus, Lillian could be anywhere from late to early thirties, so you are spot on.
4. You have the clout to get it done now because you have already accomplished so much at such a young age. People will do it if you ask them to do it.
5. You know the right people to get it done, and you would have good ideas as to who to cast in the roles of Jake and Lillian's grandfather and Jake's dad and young Sam and a few other necessary characters you'll discover once you read the book.
6. You'd like Nebraska if you've never been here before, and you'd really like it once a born and raised Nebraskan such as myself showed you all the great things to love about the state and especially the Northeast section which is where Clearwater is located.
7. Most importantly, I can really see you as Lillian. I like you. I love the character I created. I think you'd do her justice.
While the story is fictional, the settings are all real. Clearwater actually exists. It's the tiny town where my roots go back to, and I've placed the house in the story roughly in the locale where my grandparents' farm once was. I'd love to show you the area.
Anyway, I know you won't actually see this, but on the offhand chance you do, I hope you will at least think about what I've proposed. While I'd ideally prefer that people just bought my book and read it, I would really love to see it made into a movie, and I agree with those readers who have told me that it would make a great movie. I think it would be an even greater movie if you were to play the part of Lillian Chase.
Here is a photo of the cover of the novel, and below it is a photo of the back of the book:
So, Jennifer, please consider the possibility. I'd be happy to send you a copy of the book. Just let me know. Until then, keep up the great work!
Sincerely,
Tammy Marshall
Neligh, Nebraska
p.s. If you're single, I have a wonderful and handsome son who is just a little younger than you are, he's a teacher and coach, and I'd love to introduce you to him. :) Just sayin'. Have a great day!
