What it's all about!

I never thought I would find myself blogging. I also never thought I would have a twitter account, have created a YouTube channel or have made a website. Funny how things can take hold of you!

And that is exactly what has happened to me. I stumbled across a thing called Otalia... if you're reading this, there is a fair chance that you have heard of them - the super couple that almost was, Olivia Spencer and Natalia Rivera on the recently demised 72 year old Soap Opera, Guiding Light. Or GL for short. Oh and yes, that does make it the longest runnning show EVER.

Without going into details the mostly superbly sensitive writing on the Otalia storyline galvanised a whole new generation of avid fans and the wonderfully enterprising Crystal Chappel, the woman who brought the character Olivia Spencer to life for 10 years, saw an opportunity to create a spin off series of sorts - Venice (http://www.venicetheseries.com/). She teamed up with her long-time friend and work partner, Kim Turrisi to create, produce and act in a web based series set to be launched in November 2009.

What has this got to do with me? Well I have been watching as this... phenomenon has been building over the last few months. It's been inspiring. It's like a course in 'How to'. With a delightful amount of transparency the Venice Team have set about wipping the Otalia fans into a frenzy over the anticipation of seeing Crystal and her Otalia co-star, Jessica Leiccia on screen again and getting together a superb, well thought out cast. The Venice Team has been twittering, vlogging, facebooking, leaving clues and causing quite a stir on the web getting publicity in places like the TV Guide (US) and CNN International.

So getting to the point!!! I am an actress and I'm watching all this unfold and I'm sitting down one night when the though occurs to me. I want to be on the show. I want to be part of this thing that is bursting full of potential, joy, light. Of course there are a few issues. I don't know Crystal, Kim or any of the others in the Venice Team. I also live in London. How to grab their attention? So I decided to make a Bid for Venice.

It started with this video that I posted on YouTube a few days ago. And then I quickly realised that it would hardly be enought to get their attention or to make them consider me for even the smallest role! Having made the first steps I'm now determined to go the distance, take a chance, take a risk and put myself out there.

So welcome to my blog. I hope you'll join me as I blog, tweet and YouTube my way to Venice, CA!

xAnita

Links:
My Bid for Venice Website: http://bidforvenice.webeden.co.uk/
My Actor's Wesbiste
My YouTube Channel
My Twitter page

The Venice Series Website: http://www.venicetheseries.com/
The Venice Series YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/venicetheseries
TheVenice Series Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/VenicetheSeries/110016459291
The Venice Series Twitter: http://twitter.com/venicetheseries
Crystal Chappel Twitter: http://twitter.com/crystalchappell
Kim Turrisi Twitter: http://twitter.com/KimmyT22