This Just In: Transistor Rodeo has been OPTIONED!

I've been holding back this news for the last week while a few things got sorted out and I got permission to at least say something, but today I'm happy to announce that my robots-run-amok, all-ages, action-adventure novel "Transistor Rodeo" has been optioned by a successful and experienced producer/director who instantly saw what an amazing movie this would make. That's all I'm allowed to say about it at the moment.

No, there won't be any popping of champagne tonight. As I learned a long time ago, an option is not a guarantee that a movie will be made, nor is it even a guarantee that anything will even happen. I've been down this road before. I've optioned several screenplays before that never went past the development stage. It's heartbreaking. The frustration over watching your optioned properties go nowhere is what soured me on Hollywood years ago and made me flee for the artistic safe-haven of new media.

An option is a first baby-step toward potentially getting a movie made. It's an agreement between the creator and someone who hopefully has the vision, courage and fortitude (and connections) to inspire more and more people of influence to get involved in the project. There's a lot of work to be done in order to develop Transistor Rodeo into a pitch to be presented to those people of influence… and possibly even reshaping the storyline. All I know is that I'm very proud of the version of the story told in the book and whatever the collaboration process holds will only make for yet another adventure.

It'll probably be a while before anything else happens. I have no control of the timetable at this point. But I will keep you posted if there's anything I can report!

Stay tuned…