Updates

Ah, time to update on the film biz, the book biz, the life biz...

Went on my second Helm Fellowship to the Lilly at Indiana Univ. two weeks ago, this time to examine all the Vollmann art object books they have there, for an article, for an appendix in the forthcoming Vollmann crit book, and for an annotated bibliography that I am doing for Scarecrow Press (probably out in 2010). His book art objects are amazing, as always, viz:






As for The Watermelon, after its first screening at the SD Film Fest, we have it out at half a dozen other fests and talking with sales agents and planning other strategies, such as "platforming" in a city outside L.A. -- more on that later.

Am waiting to hear from Sundance Screenwritings Labs. I'm on the short list with my adapt of Frank Norris' McTEAGUE, called THE GOLD TOOTH. Should hear in December. I also applied, at the insistence of someone, to the Director's lab at Film Independent with STATIONS.

Looks like I will adapt Ronald Malfi's novel, PASSENGER (Delirium Books, 2008) into a screenplay. He has been bugging me about it. I looked it over today and yeah, it'd make a hot movie -- and since he's sold two projects to Paramount and has good Tinsel Town connections, why not?

There is a play and another screenoplay 'd like to wrap up by 2008's end, but I also have the Lish book, the Star Trek crit book, the crifiction book, and the Carver's women book to also wrap up...shit.

Duck me.

The Bukowski/Carver book is out from Borgo Press.


As is The Yacht People:



This one was supposed to have been out last March in the UK by Neon Books, but the imprnt was cancelled by the parent publisher, Orion Publishing. They paid me. Wildside Press now has it out.

What else? Black Lawrence Press accepted my collection of literary stories, Pictures of Houses with Water Damage, see their press release.

My experimental post-postmodern (auto)ethnography, Zona Norte, is out from Cambridge Scholars, and is actually selling for an academic book
(I'm sure the cover helps).

So...next is hardcore Zombie Girls, a novel that is way overdue, ridiculously overdue, so I have decided to complete it this month as my NaNoWrMo Project, while at the same time wrapping up the Gordon Lish book, and finishing a big project for Ninthlink.

Do I need to sleep for the next two months? Nah.