How to Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way

Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way

What you’re reading right now is known as “flap copy.”
This is where the 72,444 words of my latest book,are cooked down to fit in a 3
½-by-9 ½-inch column. But how does one do that with a fictional story about a B
movie actor’s disastrous attempt to finally star in a big-budget Hollywood
movie?

Do you tantalize readers with snappy zingers like the
one in chapter six where Biff the Wonder Boy says, “You may be bred in ol’
Kentucky, but you’re only a crumb up here”? Or do you reveal pivotal plot
points like the one at the end of the book where the little girl on crutches
points an accusing finger and shouts, “The killer is Mr. Potter!”

I have too much respect for you as an
attention-deficient consumer to attempt such an obvious ruse. But let’s not
play games here. You’ve already picked up the book, so you either: A. Know who
I am B. Like the cool smoking jacket I’m wearing on the cover C. Have just
discovered that the bookstore restroom is out of toilet paper Is this a
relationship book? Well, if by “relationship book” you mean that the characters
in it have relationships or are related to someone, then yes, absolutely. Will
you learn how to pick up chicks? Good heavens, I can only hope so, though for
best results in that department you should both read this book and be Brad
Pitt.

Is it a sequel to my autobiography, If Chins Could
Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor? Sadly, no, which made it much harder to
write. According to my publisher, I haven’t “done” enough since 2001 to warrant
another memoir. Is it an “autobiographical novel”? Yes. I’m the lead character
in the story and I’m a real person and everything in the book actually
happened, except for all the stuff that didn’t. Mostly, the action revolves
around my preparations for a pivotal role in director Mike Nichols’s A-list
relationship film Let’s Make Love!, starring Richard Gere, Renée Zellweger, and
Christopher Plummer.

This is the kind of break most actors can only dream
of. But my Homeric attempt to break through the glass ceiling of B-grade genre
fare is hampered by a vengeful studio executive and a production that becomes
infected by something called the “B movie virus,” symptoms of which include
excessive use of cheesy special effects, slapstick, and projectile vomiting.
When someone fingers me as the guy responsible for the virus, thus ruining my
good standing in the entertainment industry (hey, I said it was fiction,
okay?), I become a fugitive racing against the clock, an innocent patsy
battling the shadowy forces of the studio system to clear my name, save my
career, and destroy the Death Star.

In a jaw-dropping twist worthy of Hitchcock (page 274),
you’ll gasp as I turn the tables on Hollywood and attempt to salvage my
reputation in a town where you’re only as good as your last remake. From a
violent fistfight with a Buddhist to a life-altering stint in federal prison,
this novel has it all. If you like John Grisham, Tom Clancy, or one too many
run-on sentences, you’ll absolutely love Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way. And
if the 72,444 words are too time-consuming, there are lots and lots of cool
graphics.

Regards,

Bruce “Don’t Call Me Ash” Campbell