A nice bit of news to start the week: the film rights to Bad Monkeys have been optioned by producer Matt Battaglia's company Blink International (www.mattbattaglia.com). This is my first-ever film option, and while it's only step one towards getting an actual movie made, Lisa and I are both really excited.

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If anything comes of this I'll definitely harass my sister to try and get cast in it somehow.
Anyway, it's a very cinematic book, so hopefully it'll stay reasonably "pure", I'm really looking forward to it...good luck with what I imagine will be a long process ahead though.
Personally I'd also *love* to see someone with talent and style direct "Set This House In Order", that could be nearly as mind-bendingly heart-breakingly good as the novel.
Anyway, I'm being presumptuous, on both counts - I'm a huge admirer of your talent (just starting SG&E), and stumbled across your LJ.
I'm going to add you to my f-list if you've no objections - I'm making an assumption that you're either too busy to notice/care or that you're ok with it; but let me know if you want me to remove you.
Anyway, keep up the good work, you're fast becoming one of my favourite contemporary authors. :)
Perfect...but I´m still waiting for your "Fool on the hill" trilogy!
Still perfect news.
Greetings from Berlin
IL Basso