LOSERS IN

“Without the losers, there wouldn’t be any winners. We made the winners the winners.”

A brutally funny, painfully honest, and surprisingly moving novel about chasing your dream even when the dream doesn’t chase you back.

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Michael Durack

Michael Durack is a writer, teacher, and former actor from the USA with a deep passion for storytelling. He has spent years working in various creative fields, from corporate America to teaching English overseas. Drawing on his eclectic experiences, Durack brings a unique perspective to his writing, particularly in the world of independent filmmaking. Losers in La La Land marks his debut Dark comedy, where he blends his love for cinema with the gritty reality of Hollywood’s underbelly, showcasing the complexities of the film industry.

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LOSERS IN LA LA LAND

Here’s to the losers who made the winners look good.

Marty Drake is a 43-year-old man with a flask of Jim Beam, a dead-end English teaching job in Germany, and a dream he refuses to bury. Years earlier, he almost made it partnering with Mitch McCoy, a charismatic, maddening, visionary filmmaker operating out of Venice Beach coffeehouses and alleyways, to produce an independent film in Hollywood

What followed was two men against the world: guerrilla shoots on illegal locations, a mysteriously vanishing millionaire investor, a full cast of SAG actors, a film that somehow got made — and a friendship that burned spectacularly on the way down.

Told with sharp wit and unflinching honesty, Losers in La La Land is for every person who dared to reach for the golden ring on the merry-go-round and felt it slip right through their fingers. It’s funny. It’s raw. And it’s more true than most Hollywood stories ever dare to be.

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“Not everyone who chases a dream catches it but the chase itself is the story worth telling.”