Zero Hour Approacheth
First of all, the fantastically cool: they are making a movie out of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Patrick Suskind. This is the book I was so excited about a while ago, buying copies to give to everyone. Even cooler, Alan Rickman, who I have a huge fetish for, is going to be in the movie.
As my grandfather used to say, it just don’t get no better than that, folks.
In news slightly closer to home, the last week of the Dead Man Rising ARC Giveaway is upon us. Just go to Demented Michelle’s and comment on this post. I’ve also received over fifty entries for the Dead Man Rising Fiction Contest, and it’s going to be hard choosing the winners. I should have the winners by the end of the week–and thanks to everyone who participated!
Plus, there’s another giveaway–when the Saint City Street Fair reaches a hundred members, the members that have commented on this topic will get a chance to win a signed copy of Working for the Devil to add to their collection.
I also received a lovely package from my editor yesterday containing two real, no-foolin’, actual book copies of Dead Man Rising. The error in the glossary is fixed and all the little fiddles have been taken care of, I think. I managed to do the Snoopy happy dance while clutching said tomes to my chest. (Who says authors are boring?) Of course, this means that the books have been printed and will be shipped very soon. So it’s almost zero hour.
I’m still nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room of rocking chairs. But seeing the books was a tremendous jolt that walloped a lot of my nervousness right out of me. It’s like being on a rollercoaster–once you’ve strapped yourself in and you’re at the crest of that first big hill, you may as well relax. Nothing you do will make any difference.
It also says in the books that The Devil’s Right Hand, the third Valentine book, is due for publication in July 2007. I wonder if I should start stressing over that now?
Naah. I’ve got other things to fret over, like the upcoming plane ride to Atlanta for DragonCon. I’ll post my tentative panel schedule later.
Right now I’ve got to go squee my fool head off over a pair of very nice paperback books.
With my name on them.
Yup. It certainly don’t get any better than that.
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August 17th, 2006 at 9:32 pm
Dear Lilith,
I can’t belive they are going to make a movie out of “Perfume”! I read it long ago and from the thumbnails it looks to me like they will stay true to the book, right down to how the the “essence” of the young women is harvested. I too have had a thing for Alan Rickman since “Truely, Madly, Deeply”.I can’t wait! Amazon has already sent me an e-mail that my copy of DMR is on it’s way to me. One sleepless night to read it straight through, coming right up once it arrives!
Life is Good!