"You're in Phase Two!"

That is what my attorney Dan said when I had asked him about getting portions or the entire program of "Tales" on iTunes. I thought that might be something fun---to download portions of the documentary on those nifty little iPhones and other devices. Dan is a high powered, ultra smart, fun lawyer who specializes in entertainment and copyright law.

He kind of chuckled when I said I hadn't a clue as to what happens once the documentary was done. He calls the marketing and distribution of a film "Phase Two" (Heck, this actually feels like Phase 12 after producing the book and the documentary!) and it is a phase beginning filmmakers need to deal with. I can tell you it has been quite an experience!

I'm in the process of getting the DVD done. It should be on store shelves by mid June. I found a great distributor from Cambridge, Minnesota: Adventure Publications. I like to keep my business in my own backyard. *(Unless Hollywood calls and then I have to reconsider! :))

Adventure Publications will distribute the DVD to gift stores, Barnes and Noble stores Border's and other bookstores and make it available on Amazon.com. There is a small fee associated with that, but it is far easier than me slogging up and down Highway 61 hawking the DVD myself!!!

I thought it might also be fun to have some images you didn't see in the book made into notecards. A northern Highway 61 version and a southern Highway 61 version. THAT is proving to be much more difficult than I imaged it would be. Who'd think that printing notecards, for a reasonable prices, was so tough! I'm learning a whole different lingo: printing parlance. We are working on the notecards and will offer those for sale too. I guess you can add the titles "author" "executive producer" and now "retailer" to my resume. The additional revenue will be used to supplement the fundraising we did for the documentary! (Yes, we fell a little short in the revenue department...a recession got in the way!)

Keep checking out the website because we expect to have our on-line store up and running within a few days! Remember---Father's Day is coming!! Wouldn't Dad love something to do with Highway 61?? :)