 Ups and downs
November was a very up and down month here. The film news is getting very
exciting - there've been offers from several companies, and when we've
decided which will be best, the paperwork will be signed and I can tell you
who will make Nim's Island, the movie! However the most interesting part has
been working with Paula Mazur the producer, and a script writer, to start
working on the screen play. Can you imagine how much fun it is to go back
and play with the characters and story that have been locked up in a book
for the last few years? Of course film has to show us things in a very
different way than a book tells the same story, and I am learning to look at
it all from many different angles. I feel very lucky!
The sad part of life has been that our dachshund Max died three weeks ago. I
get so many letters asking about my pets that I decided I would tell you
about this, because it's something that everyone who has a pet has to go
through at some time. It's dreadfully sad, but I'm remembering the wonderful
times we had together, because the joy of knowing him for nearly twelve
years is much greater than the sorrow of missing him now.
And now it's December, with Christmas approaching and Australian summer
already here...
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2003 entries:
Some tips for sending mail (November 5, 2003)
Young writers and the power of the Internet (October 7, 2003)
A flurry of winds (September 3, 2003)
Waste paper baskets and delete buttons (August 6, 2003)
Cross your fingers (July 1, 2003)
Writing is a very strange job (June 3, 2003)
Looking at life from different angles (April 17, 2003)
On name changes and beach walks (March 4, 2003)
Spook's Shack comes to life! (February 10, 2003)
A writer's Christmas (January 4, 2003)
2002 entries:
On Christmas in Australia, and new translations (December 1, 2002)
Seeing my story through another's eyes (November 1, 2002)
All this and writing too! (October 3, 2002)
An interesting month (September 9, 2002)
Back to normal life (August 5, 2002)
Following in Ruth's footsteps (July 1, 2002)
First day of winter (June 17, 2002)
Spook's Shack is off to the editor! (May 8, 2002)
Do ghosts like Country and Western music? (April 1, 2002)
Autumn in Australia (March 1, 2002)
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