What's it like to have your book turned into a Hollywood movie?

I thought my readers would be interested in this.

I've started a podcast! Four episodes in, I interviewed my podcasting co-host Brent Hartinger about what it was like to see his debut novel, Geography Club, turned into a Hollywood film--a film co-starring Scott Bakula, no less! (It's on Netflix now if you want to check it out.)

Short answer: if you're willing to give up all creative control and luck out with a good producer (Brent describes this as being willing to get married to someone after a 45 minute phone call) it might be a great experience! For Brent it was especially interesting, seeing a film adaptation of a book he wrote that was partly autobiographical. Layers upon layers there.

He is more eloquent than that in the interview, though, so if you want to check it out, here are the links:

iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/me...

web link: http://mediacarnivores.com/what-is-it...

I can dream of seeing The Lead Cloak on film someday...