Throughout my grade-schools years I was always spilling my guts about my latest crush to anyone who would listen.  School janitor, candy-store lady, random people on the street; they all knew which fourth grader had caught my eye. Needless to say, I didn’t have many girlfriends.  Yup, I keep secrets like a politician keeps promises.

Since January, I have had a ginormous secret that I have been very successful in keeping quiet.  I’ve only told just about everyone I know. To make it officially not-a-secret I’ll now share it with you all; a blog is, after all, the epitome of unsecret. 

Readers Digest version:

1.  I wrote a book (co-wrote actually).

2.  Said book is going to be made into a movie.

Now, I’m still leaving names and details out because the final documents haven’t been signed yet, but we’re down to a final revision of one last paragraph (lesson learned: Lawyers are thorough folks) for the motion picture rights.  This is, quite literally, just the beginning of the process and there is still a chance that the film might never get past development.  But things look good and we are working with wonderful people.  It has taken 8 months from when we (my father co-wrote the book) first got in contact with the screenwriter to today; when we received the final (hopefully!) revision to the document.  That’s a long time to sit on something like this!  I haven’t told the bagger at Wegman’s yet but, with my history, I probably will.  More details will be coming out over the next few months and I’ll be sure to keep you all up-to-date on how things are progressing.

It’s a little weird to be doing something like this; I have said repeatedly that I feel like I have been dropped into someone’s life, not that I mind, far from it, really.  So far, I’ve learned much and had an absolute riot with everything that has happened.  

During my senior year in college, I decided against going to law school and dove into political cartooning instead.  Many people thought I was a little nuts (or really nuts) and even I had a hard time saying that “I draw for a living.”  It felt so unreal, almost like a self-indulgent lie.  This feels similar.  I don’t know when I’ll be able to look someone in the eye and say, “I’m a writer” or “I’ve got a movie deal” without giggling like it’s some kind of juvenile inside joke.  And as much as I’ve been shocked and agog about what’s been going on, more than anything, I have been laughing.

For those of you who want to know what the story is, I’m sorry to disappoint you.  But, fear not! It will come out soon enough, just not yet.