Thursday, September 18, 2008

 

Bombshell Number One

That’s right. I said “Number one.” Which implies… more? Bwah ha HA ha ha ha ha! But this will have to hold us for now. Stay tuned.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Seven Seas Jim takes on ‘Plague Year’
Feature version of Carlson's sci fi thriller planned


Jim McNally of Seven Seas Jim is producing a feature version of Jeff Carlson’s high concept thriller “Plague Year.”

The novel, which is currently the lead hard cover from European publisher Minotauro in Spain and has also seen major releases in North America and in Germany, is about a medical nanotechnology that breaks loose and devours all warm-blooded life below 10,000 feet elevation.

“Plague Year” is the first of a planned trilogy published by Ace/Penguin in the U.S. and Canada. “Plague Year” was released last summer and its sequel, “Plague War,” appeared this August. Carlson’s other works include more than a dozen short stories such as the award-winning novelette “The Frozen Sky” and an upcoming adventure novel in collaboration with New York Times bestselling author David Brin.

Of “Plague Year,” McNally said, “It’s the unusual concept that spoke to me first, but ultimately the characters in this story are who really grabbed me—their grit and their resourcefulness in the face of ever-mounting odds.”

Film rights were secured via Vince Gerardis of the Created By Agency in a “nice” option against a mid-six figure pickup.

Jim McNally was vice president at LifeSize Entertainment, an international sales company and domestic distributor of over 50 specialty titles such as Academy Award Nominee "Zus and Zo," Spirit Award Nominee "Oasis," Kim Ki Duk's "Time" and Venice film festival award winner "Khadak." McNally is also the producer and editor of the feature films "Sleepover" and "Fear House." He envisions "Plague Year" as a post-apocalyptic summer blockbuster.

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Comments:
I am shell-shocked.
There are no words.
Just gutternal noises and a lot of squealing . . .

W-f-ing-OW! Wow!
 
Congrats, Jeff. :) Looking forward to seeing what comes of it.

Although if this is only bombshell #1, I may want to take cover in my bomb shelter. At the top of a mountain. Because one can never be too safe.

-kat
 
Thanks, guys! Diana and I are pretty excited ourselves...

And, yeah, we're thinking about digging a nice little bunker in the front yard ourselves. With a big fat .50-caliber to fend off salesmen and stray dogs. Ha ha.
 
Damn Jeff, this is great news... and yet devastating news.

You realize you have become one of those one in a million success stories.

Once you were merely one of us, dutifully submitting to WotF every quarter, audaciously sending a story to the big “three” in the unlikely event they would accept said story, absurdly allowing yourself to even hope that a real NY agent would lower himself to request a partial, much less an entire manuscript, and preposterously expecting a big name publisher to fill their all ready crammed list with – ughh – a new writer!

And then you go and hit it so big that now you’re destined for the silver screen!

Don’t you see what you’re doing? You are inspiring the rest of us by giving us hope that we could do the same. Instead of chucking all the “how to write” books away and doing productive things like enhancing our job skills or spending time with the family, we continue to chug away on our word processors into the wee hours of the night, writing crap and dreaming of the day we make it big like you.

You are ruining us! Destroying our lives and the lives of our innocent family members!

Damn you to hell, Jeff!!

But hey, it’s lots of fun following your success.

Congrats! And keep it up.

Joe
 
I definitely advise selling your wife, Joe. Don't shower. Live off of your savings. Try not to go outside. You shall only write! Write! Write!

More seriously, thank you. You know it hasn't been a quick road, nor do I feel that I've arrived. There's still a very long ways to go.
 
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