Hollywood still hasn't discovered the future box office sensation and Academy Award winning property that is The Poacher's Son. But that doesn't stop me from dreaming of the ideal cast for the story. Charley seems to me the prime role. I would imagine that lots of older actors, from Clint Eastwood to Harrison Ford, would enjoy playing him. Mike has always been harder to cast in my imagination. I suppose it doesn't matter. A film agent once told me that authors don't have a clue about the best stars to play the characters in their books. Who do you think should play Mike Bowditch?
Strand Critics Award
Paul Doiron & Michael ConnellyOh yes, there was this.
What Did I Miss?
I didn't intend to take a sabbatical from this blog, but I have been madly finishing the third book in the Mike Bowditch series, and when it's a choice between writing fiction and writing blog posts, the fiction always wins. I haven't been altogether silent on the social media front. I've been posting updates on the Facebook pages for The Poacher's Son and Trespasser, when appropriate, and I have banded together with my fellow Maine Crime Writers to start a new group blog. But I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things here.
A Very Cool Maine Crime Blog
I've been so busy blogging elsewhere that I haven't been tending my own garden, so to speak. First, I was over at Powell's. Now I am at a new group blog that you need to add to your list of bookmarks. It's called MaineCrimeWriters.com and is a collective that includes a veritable who's who in suspense writing: Julia Spencer-Fleming, Sarah Graves, Kate Flora, James Hayman, Gerry Boyle, Vicki Doudera, Lea Wait, Kathy Lynn Emerson, and Barbara Ross. I have a post up this morning about the strange experience of discovering you have real fans. Check it out.
Guest Blogging at Powell's This Week
For the next five days I will be the featured blogger at Powells.com, the Web site of the awesome independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon. I visited the store on my pre-tour for The Poacher's Son, and it was like visiting a holy literary shrine, a cathedral devoted to the written word. The store is massive: It sprawls from room to room over an entire city block.
I'll hope you follow my blog at Powell's this week, and please post a few comments there if the spirit moves you.