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Monday, March 29, 2010

one last thought on that Ricky Martin thing...

The story for HERO burned a hole straight out of my heart, simply because it didn't exist. I had never been in a boy band, or acted, or spokesmodeled. But I did A LOT of grunt work in TV and film in NY. And then came Narnia. My work with that incredible team is well-documented, so I don't feel the need to back it up. But for those of you who think it's hard to work in a business like being a pop star or pro-athlete, try putting together one of the biggest Christian franchises of all time, and being openly gay. Ironically, in addition to being one of the only gays in that village, I was also one of the only Christians active in his Church. (I'm a born and bred Virginia Episcopalian. You can take the boy out of the trailer park, but you can never take the trailer park out of the boy...) Actually I'm proud of my lineage which goes back to Bishop Meade of Virginia -- and you can look this up online -- who caught a lot of flack pre-Civil War for letting slaves into church and for ministering communion to them. I'd like to think that he's out there somewhere, proud of me for trailblazing. Really, I just wanted to tell a good story that didn't exist. It makes me so grateful that so many of you have written to voice your support.

I see heroes in the thousands of you who've written to me.

Please keep writing.

The future of the world looks brighter--because of you--everyday.

And oh yeah, I just turned my new manuscript in to my wonderful publishers at Disney-Hyperion. Can't wait for you to read THIS one!!!

Believe--Always!

Perry Moore
author of hero

posted by Perry at 7:56 PM

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