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February 07, 2007
February Blog
People keep emailing me to ask if there is a fourth book coming. There is. It will be published in September, depending on where you live. The title will be something like The Day of the Djinn Warriors. After that there will be a Book Five. No idea what that's called yet but its' set in India.
I've had lots of interesting conversations with Dreamworks about the movie. There's a nice lady there called Nina Jacobson whose kids love the books. Anyway it looks like a script of Book One is finally underway. So if you want to be in the movie you'd better email her. I don't have her email I'm afraid. But do not forget my kids and her kids will have priority when it comes to casting. (Just kidding) I'd welcome any suggestions for casting the main parts. That means who do you think ought to play Nimrod and Mister Groanin and Mister Rakshasas, and Iblis. Stuff like that.
Meanwhile I turn 51 on February 22nd. Boo hoo. Doesn't seem like five minutes since I was going to school. I've turned into my Dad!!! Be warned. It happens to us all. There's a story by Franz Kafka called Metamorphosis about a young man who turns into a cockroach. Overnight. I guess that's more shocking. But here's the thing. When you're 15 - the obsverse of 51, kind of - you think you have an eternity of time ahead of you. Well guess what? You don't. Thus the Latin axiom, Carpe Diem. Seize the Day. In other words find youself an ambition. Decide what you want to do with your life. I did. And look at me. Yeah......I'm 51.
Posted by pbkerr at February 7, 2007 08:28 AM