Hello, friends!
We’ve moved into autumn, my favourite time of year. I love it when things get grey and windy and moody. In fact, here’s a whimsical autumnal image. Please enjoy.
Last month marked one year since my debut novel appeared. Next month will mark one year since I sold DARK ENTERPRISES to PRH and Penguin Canada. And it’s going to be ANOTHER year until the book is out! Somehow, time has both flown by and moved at a crawl. I keep disappearing into rounds of revisions, surfacing after a couple of months to beg the universe, “Please, please let these be the last revisions. Please make my editors declare this the best book they’ve ever read so we can MOVE ON ALREADY.”
I promised exciting news, however, so here it is: DARK ENTERPRISES has been optioned by 20th Television, and Hulu has commissioned a pilot script from the incredible screenwriter Akela Cooper.
[cue delirious scream]: Ahhhhh!!!
This is well beyond anything I imagined when I sent an early draft of this book to my agent, so to say I’m thrilled is an understatement. Akela is unbelievably talented and I can’t wait to see what she does with the pilot.
As in all things, I’m trying to manage my expectations. Publishing a book is slow, but making a TV show is slower, if it even happens at all—90% of optioned titles never make it anywhere close to production. Nonetheless, DARK ENTERPRISES has gotten this far and that’s something to celebrate!
I’ll share more news as things develop, but for now, I’m focused on making the book as good as it can be while starting to write the next one. (More on that in due course as well!)
One thing I’m reading…
Starter Villain by John Scalzi. It’s off to an interesting start, but now there are talking cats and I’m not sure how I feel about that.
…and watching.
Like most people, I’m suffering from advanced Marvel fatigue, but Agatha All Along is off to an excellent start. Kathryn Hahn is incredible—her deadpan snark brings me life. I’m also thrilled to spend time with a strong character that’s, uh, morally nuanced (*cough*evil*cough*). We need more relatable villains.
Now for some cuteness!
Daisy and Lucy hope you find the most amazing patch of sunlight to lie in, because we all deserve some sunlight in our lives.
Until next time, be well.