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Atlanta Nights - The Movie!
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Victoria...besides my condolences for having to be subjected to such reprehensible behavior, my mind is just completely boggled.
MARScon was super awesome. I've never been to a SFF convention before, and it was, without a doubt, one of the coolest things I've taken part in.
Nor have I spoken on panels in front of people before. After the initial 'eek, people' moments, it was amazing being able to share what I've learned about writing and making movies with people - I'm really looking forward to doing it again.
Things will ramp up for AL a bit in the coming months - I'm currently co-producing and shooting an entirely different project, which wraps at the end of March.
I was informed at the convention that international writers can't donate through Kickstarter, so one of the projects on the 'to do' pile is an independent website with a Paypal button. I'll link when that is up - it'll be a little while.
I'm also looking around for artists to make a really cool t-shirt design for the film. (I draw, but with the wrong aesthetic for this project.)
Ummm, what else...
Oh! For people who might wish to follow our insanity on Facebook, here's a link to that page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlanta-Nights-The-Movie/146735932047093
This is a huge project in scope, due to the narrative/doc mix, and I'll be doing some timeline stuff for my own purposes to keep it all in order. I will be posting interview highlights, so that everyone can follow what we're up to.
Victoria...besides my condolences for having to be subjected to such reprehensible behavior, my mind is just completely boggled.
MARScon was super awesome. I've never been to a SFF convention before, and it was, without a doubt, one of the coolest things I've taken part in.
Nor have I spoken on panels in front of people before. After the initial 'eek, people' moments, it was amazing being able to share what I've learned about writing and making movies with people - I'm really looking forward to doing it again.
Things will ramp up for AL a bit in the coming months - I'm currently co-producing and shooting an entirely different project, which wraps at the end of March.
I was informed at the convention that international writers can't donate through Kickstarter, so one of the projects on the 'to do' pile is an independent website with a Paypal button. I'll link when that is up - it'll be a little while.
I'm also looking around for artists to make a really cool t-shirt design for the film. (I draw, but with the wrong aesthetic for this project.)
Ummm, what else...
Oh! For people who might wish to follow our insanity on Facebook, here's a link to that page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlanta-Nights-The-Movie/146735932047093
This is a huge project in scope, due to the narrative/doc mix, and I'll be doing some timeline stuff for my own purposes to keep it all in order. I will be posting interview highlights, so that everyone can follow what we're up to.
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Those who want to read the about the initial reaction to AN can look, among other places, here: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=524&page=327 and following. (That's the Old Never Ending PA Thread.)
I don't get it. Is this going to be a documentary about the writing of the book? or is it going to be an actual movie with plots pulled (somehow) from the book? I read 50 pages of this book and it's nonsense. If you didn't know the back story you would want to find Travis Tea and kill them for writing such a crappy book.
Sydewinder, a bit of both!
The goal is to have an interview with each living writer (and one tree) about writing, publishing, and their part in the creation of this, um, masterpiece, and then a goofy short emphasizing some of the literary conventions most effectively violated in that chapter.
The goal is to have an interview with each living writer (and one tree) about writing, publishing, and their part in the creation of this, um, masterpiece, and then a goofy short emphasizing some of the literary conventions most effectively violated in that chapter.
And there were many such poor, defenseless literary conventions that were violated, that is certain...
(And yes, MarsCon was a blast and Rachael held her own admirably...)
(And yes, MarsCon was a blast and Rachael held her own admirably...)
I will be talking up/pitching support for ATLANTA NIGHTS: THE MOVIE! at EgoFest, March 18 & 19, Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN during the screening of THE DAY LUFBERRY WON IT ALL, my film adaptation of R. Thomas Riley's dark fantasy short story from his THE MONSTER WITHIN IDEA collection (Apex).
Cool news on the crew front!
I've just gotten a LOI (letter of interest) from cinematographer Adrian Correia about working on the film!
Here's his website for a sampling of some of the cool stuff he's done in the past:
http://www.adriancorreia.com/
I've been doing a lot of 'backstage' running around and setup that doesn't translate into news for a while, so hang in there.
I've just gotten a LOI (letter of interest) from cinematographer Adrian Correia about working on the film!
Here's his website for a sampling of some of the cool stuff he's done in the past:
http://www.adriancorreia.com/
I've been doing a lot of 'backstage' running around and setup that doesn't translate into news for a while, so hang in there.
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I looked on Wikipedia for Atlanta Nights today and saw that the film rights have been purchased. Others looked on while I laughed maniacally at my computer, and I had to explain everything to my 8-year-old.
WOOT Travis Tea!!!
HAHAHA! Over the past months, I've become an 'expert' at explaining this thing, from a one sentence description to hours of back and forth about the particulars. Now those are some funny/inspiring/just plain weird conversations.
Kinda
Rather than writing fiction about the creation of the book, it'll be interviews with the writers.
(Hang in there - I've almost finished putting together my travel kit for the interviews!)
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Rather than writing fiction about the creation of the book, it'll be interviews with the writers.
(Hang in there - I've almost finished putting together my travel kit for the interviews!)
This is awesome! I contributed because I'd really, really, really like to see PA go down the tubes
(Which doesn't include the poor rank and file who work there; I feel sorry for them).Can't wait.
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I interviewed Rachael on the production of Atlanta Nights : The Movie - read about it here.
Rachael, it would be great if you could reply to a question one of my blog commenters asked.
Rachael, it would be great if you could reply to a question one of my blog commenters asked.
Questions answered .
The website, currently in the testing (aka, I try stuff and it breaks) stage, is here:
http://atlantanightsthemovie.wordpress.com
I'll be contacting the Teas over this weekend for further contact information.
Right now, the interview schedule is waiting until I can afford the rest of the equipment (I have the camera, tripod, and lighting; I need a better lens and a decent audio package). Doing it myself is just going to take longer.
.The website, currently in the testing (aka, I try stuff and it breaks) stage, is here:
http://atlantanightsthemovie.wordpress.com
I'll be contacting the Teas over this weekend for further contact information.
Right now, the interview schedule is waiting until I can afford the rest of the equipment (I have the camera, tripod, and lighting; I need a better lens and a decent audio package). Doing it myself is just going to take longer.
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I love this! Will do everything I can to help, starting with spreading the word I really want this to be out there. People need to see this. Especially authors who are just starting out who don't know about researching. Taking one look at this would be eye opening. I didn't even know about the book until I was well into my third book being published with PA. By then it was all too late and I was hanging my head in shame for not doing any research on PA. When I found out about this book, I was just in awe. So glad the movie is being made. This needs to be seen so that other authors can be prevented the pain and embarassment all the PA authors like myself have been put through.
I really want this to be out there. People need to see this. Especially authors who are just starting out who don't know about researching. Taking one look at this would be eye opening. I didn't even know about the book until I was well into my third book being published with PA. By then it was all too late and I was hanging my head in shame for not doing any research on PA. When I found out about this book, I was just in awe. So glad the movie is being made. This needs to be seen so that other authors can be prevented the pain and embarassment all the PA authors like myself have been put through.Thanks Terra!
As a general update, I now have a more experienced producer who's helping put together an investor package. We'll see how it goes. Now generating tons of paper.
As a general update, I now have a more experienced producer who's helping put together an investor package. We'll see how it goes. Now generating tons of paper.
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Wow. Besides this being so wrong it's simply bizarre -- why did they think it'd be a good idea to insult all the poor suckers sending them sf/f manuscripts? (I imagine that's a fairly large chunk of the PA writers.)
My guess is because Writer Beware is brought to you by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, and they're one of the biggest resources on the net for warning aspiring writers about literary scammers.
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Yes; I've found the SFWA website very helpful. Looking forward to earning membership.
It's still bizarre -- imagine a legitimate commercial publisher ever publicly saying something like that about one of the genres it publishes.