Tiger's Quest
Tiger's Quest is finally back online on Amazon. The price will drop to $21.99 (sorry it's the lowest they let me set it). Give it a few days to show the new price before you buy. I experimented by ordering one to see if the price dropped in the cart but it didn't. Curse took a couple of days to drop the price as well. I spent the week writing a detailed synopsis of all five books for the movie producer. I think it's important for the screenwriter as well as actors/director to know the whole story so they can truly understand the characters. Lokesh, for example, is barely fleshed out in the first few books.
Here's how the movie thing goes down. 1) You find an interested producer who makes you an option offer. This is usually a small sum a money for a finite time, typically a year. 2) During that year, he'll start developing the idea, get a screenplay written, and start looking for investors. 3) If he get's investors (movie studio) they give him a check to make the movie. If he doesn't get investors by the time a year is up he can ask to renew the option for another year or I can choose a different producer and sign an option agreement with them. 4) If the movie goes forward, I sign another contract giving permission to make the movie and get another check. 5) Movie gets made and I get a percentage of the net profits.
I thought you all might be interested to learn the process. In my research I've found that lots of books get optioned and put on the back burner for future development. This means the material is taken off the table during the option time and no one else can acquire it. There are many books that get optioned and never become movies or they take years and years to develop. I'm hoping that doesn't happen to the Tiger Series but you never know.
For me the most awesome part of having a movie made isn't getting a check though earning money for years of writing is nice. It's that I get to drool over Ren and Kishan like the rest of you and see my tigers on the big screen. That is the biggest payday I can imagine.
Hopefully, I can get back to Destiny tomorrow. Have a good weekend.
Colleen
Here's how the movie thing goes down. 1) You find an interested producer who makes you an option offer. This is usually a small sum a money for a finite time, typically a year. 2) During that year, he'll start developing the idea, get a screenplay written, and start looking for investors. 3) If he get's investors (movie studio) they give him a check to make the movie. If he doesn't get investors by the time a year is up he can ask to renew the option for another year or I can choose a different producer and sign an option agreement with them. 4) If the movie goes forward, I sign another contract giving permission to make the movie and get another check. 5) Movie gets made and I get a percentage of the net profits.
I thought you all might be interested to learn the process. In my research I've found that lots of books get optioned and put on the back burner for future development. This means the material is taken off the table during the option time and no one else can acquire it. There are many books that get optioned and never become movies or they take years and years to develop. I'm hoping that doesn't happen to the Tiger Series but you never know.
For me the most awesome part of having a movie made isn't getting a check though earning money for years of writing is nice. It's that I get to drool over Ren and Kishan like the rest of you and see my tigers on the big screen. That is the biggest payday I can imagine.
Hopefully, I can get back to Destiny tomorrow. Have a good weekend.
Colleen
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