What’s next? Crazy! You won’t believe it!
My first book, FIND EDSELL! was published in 2014. It won a few awards (most notably, the Writer’s Digest Mark of Quality) and had good reviews in newspapers here in the Carolinas, in New Jersey and in Maryland.
Since then, I wrote a golf course murder mystery called Footes Creek. It is now available in electronic form at Inkitt. Just click on the following and you will go directly to my novel. http://inkitt.com/stories/thriller/199014.
In the meantime, I’m working on book #3, a cross-country thriller about a woman who must become homeless to escape a brutal killer.
Now, the craziest news of all: out of the blue, a company called Voyage Media contacted me about my first book, FIND EDSELL!. They think it might make a good movie. I’ve had several phone conversations with Nat Mundell, the CEO; Daniel Schneider, a writer, producer and director; and now I’m working with Mike Chamoy, a producer. We are creating something called a “Treatment”. This is a present-tense narration of the proposed movie, scene by scene. No dialogue or other instructions, just a bare-boned storyline of what happens.
I am learning so much through this process: For example: how do you show a flashback in a movie? You cannot have as many characters in a movie as a book. A 300-page book has much more detail. But then a movie has sound and light and action that you only see in your mind when you read a book. These are two very different means of communication. And that’s why we need a Treatment before a script can be written.
When the treatment and the script are done, Voyage will begin the process of selling it to film companies, financiers, etc. It’s all so exciting. And I’m learning new things every day.
Funny thing is, several folks who read FIND EDSELL! said it would make a great movie or TV series. It has all the ingredients: teens in trouble, a medical sci-fi angle, an international plot, a raging forest fire, and both adult and teen heroes.
There’s something new happening every week if you’re a writer. New opportunities arrive and you run with them. The life of a writer is truly exciting. Stay tuned for more adventures.