The Giver

I just read that Lois Lowry has sold film rights to The Giver. This was pretty much my favorite book when I was a kid and I think it will make a fantastic movie. IMDB has it as in-production and slated for 2007, but no cast list or anything. So cool.

"Golden Age of Young Adult Literature"

From MediaBistro to Kelly Parra, Laurie McLean, and Nathan Bransford, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports Teens buying books at fastest rate in decades. I can only hope that this holds true for a good, LONG while... while I finish my book, find an agent, find a publisher, go through revision, and get the book on shelves.

This being, of course, contingent on my (1) finishing my book, (2) finding an agent, and (3) finding a publisher...

More regular blogging coming soon...

The job I'm on is drawing to a close, and I'll have at least a few days of more regular blogging and writing time before the next one picks up, even with the holidays coming.

But I wanted to post the following for anyone who hasn't seen it yet:

OJ Simpson Book Cancelled

About time.