‘Burning Passion tells the story of Matt Miller, who at 14 discovers that he suffers from a bizarre sexual dysfunction. He ejaculates fire.

The film was shot on 35 mm film with a cast of dozens and features

spectacular special effects (a house goes up in flames) in addition to some really nice acting. In its rough cut form, the film was invited to screen at more than 30 film festivals, where it won dozens of awards, including Gold Awards in Houston, Melbourne, and Newport Beach.

It’s been said that adversity is what makes a story interesting and ‘Burning Passion’ has had its share. First, an unscrupulous composer (named Andy Garfield, by the way) disappeared with the masters and a bunch of money. Then it turned out that the people we hired to do the production accounting on the film (Debbie Schuch at Schuch, Bagley &

Associates) had decided to start charging us $1,200 a month for the service of... well, near as we can tell, charging us $1,200 a month. None of the other bills they were supposed to handle got paid for months -- not even the credit card they charged their services to.

In Debbie’s defense, after a lengthy investigation the California Board of Accountancy determined that because we didn’t have a written contract with Schuch, Bagley & Associates, it was reasonable to assume that the “service” they provided was exactly what we expected. Thank you, California Board of Accountancy, for maintaining such high standards.

Then there was the lawyer (I’m not going to name him because he’s a lawyer) who took thousands of dollars as a retainer, then didn’t feel the need to return our phone calls.

It took years to raise the money (and the will) to finish the damn thing, but it’s finally done. Was it worth the wait? You’ll have to let us know.