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I can’t get no love
The film option period has expired, and I don’t see any Syrup
movie posters around featuring Matt Damon, so I must have the rights back. This means I get to sell them all over again, which isn’t a bad deal, really. Apparently some writers make a pretty good living just re-selling film options to their books, with no film ever being made. Not bad work if you can get it. But… I’d love to see the film get up.
There’s some interest from a few different production companies, so we’ll see how we go.
Aaaargh
Displaying impeccable timing (with Jennifer Government just six
weeks away), Viking (USA) has decided to take Syrup out of print.
They’ve even deleted it from their online catalog, so it’s like it never
existed. This means unless a bookstore has Syrup on the shelf,
they probably can’t get it.
Thanks to those people who have written in about their Herculean struggles to find a copy. It seems that Amazon are out, but Barnes & Noble.com has a few left; apart from that, your best bet is probably picking one up second-hand.
In the long-term, there are two possibilities: either I convince Viking to crank up the presses again, or I get the rights back and find a publisher who will. Since I’m now with Doubleday, this might even work out pretty well.
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Aaaargh
Chat with Max
The Aus Readers Group,
a new internet book club, is kicking off with Syrup. So if you’ve
ever wanted to debate whether Scat is the quintessential modern man or just an
idiot, now’s your chance.
It’s also your opportunity to harass me about how long Jennifer Government’s taking, because at some point I’ll be joining the chat room.
Ooh, pretty
Yes! It’s a site redesign! Now there’s a new book
(Jennifer Government) coming,
I decided it was time to update.
There are also some new Author Notes in Syrup Extras for those of you who like to marvel at how I ever managed to finish a novel with thought processes like these.
News is better than no news
No news on the Syrup movie front, which is probably bad. I’m now
starting to suspect there are a bunch of Soda screenplays being used
in Hollywood as coasters.
But I do have some excellent news on the new book. If you’ve been dying to know what’s next, you should check this out right now.
Vale Todd (kinda)
A couple of months ago, my brilliant literary agent, Todd Keithley, decided to quit the industry. I don’t want to start any nasty rumors, but if you said that a beautiful girl lured him to Baltimore with a siren song of seduction, I wouldn’t correct you. Todd helped me to a flying start as an author, so it was a tough job to replace him. For one thing, he used to let me crash at his apartment any time I needed a place in New York and eat all his food, and it’s hard to find another agent who will do that.
My new agent is Luke Janklow, of Janklow & Nesbit. This means I can deliver my long-awaited next book (I keep telling you people, it’s coming) to my publisher. How this process works is I send my editor a copy, and once she’s distracted by it, Luke grabs her, flips her upside down, and shakes her until all the change in her pockets fall out. We grab the money (which is called an “advance”) and split. The process for selling film rights is very similar except you have to say “babe” more often.