Last week I posted about an afternoon spent watching the film, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. https://nananoyz5forme.com/2021/02/01/the-ghost-and-mrs-muir/
The resulting comments from friends on WordPress and social media led me to purchase a copy of the book, and thanks to Amazon, I’ll soon be comparing the book to the film. Seldom do I do the reverse order thing. Usually I’ve read the book first and then often find the film disappointing.
As a newly self-published author I can’t help but imagine what the screen version of my book might look like. Mayhem at the Happy Valley Motor Inn and Express would work well as a movie, but I’m afraid one scene would need to be cut or altered and that would be a shame. Since Hollywood isn’t going to come knocking on my door anytime soon, I guess that’s a senseless waste of a good worry.
A couple of years ago I got to hear author Louise Penny speak when she launched one of her Detective Gamache books here in Tallahassee. Someone asked what she’d thought about the screen adaptation of her first novel. I can’t provide a direct quote, but Ms. Penny said she’d not been happy with the way the book was transformed for the film and that she’d felt as if she had let her characters down.
I totally understand that. My characters, Paula and Cassie, the 3M’s, and Dr. Hunky, are all important to me. They’re like family. I find myself wondering, WWPD (What Would Paula Do) in certain situations. As I write the sequel to Mayhem I ask myself that question multiple times a day. So if I allowed someone to take my characters and change them in ways that weren’t true to my images of them, I’d feel awful. Again, a baseless worry, but hey, that’s how my mind works.
So buy the book. Support those characters, so you too can think of them as family.
Peace, people!
You’d have to insist on writing the script
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I would! And what would I know about that? I’d also want full control of casting….like I said, it’s not going to happen. But I can dream, right?
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Right
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I’ve been out of touch and behind the times. You published a book? That’s awesome. Congrats! (sorry for the delayed words of celebration)
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Oh! I love delayed words of celebration! They keep my spirits up. When one self-publishes one has to be one’s own cheerleader, and I’m always afraid I’m alienating blog followers.
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I never knew the book could still be got. Well done!!!
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Apparently it’s a reissue. I’m excited!
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I need to check this out. BIG TIme. xx
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How about a romantic Christmas version sequel in the campground for 2021 holidays and then you could sell it to Hallmark? LOL!
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😊 That has crossed my mind. The Christmas thing. I’m working on “Wedding at the Happy Valley Motor Inn and Resort”. Not telling who’s getting married though….
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That’s exciting. There are so many things that can go wrong with a wedding (more mayhem). You left enough open that it could be any of them. I know who I want it to be. I’ll share that with you after you finish it. 🙂
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😊 Cassie’s brother is a character in the sequel. He adds a little spice to the mix.
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oooh….love it! We live for spice! LOL! 🙂
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He’s cute, but something of a player.
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Oh boy! Thanks he’s all that and a bag of chips, huh? Guys like that remind of Rock Hudson in “Pillow Talk”. 🙂
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Kind of!!!
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