03/06/2010: "A few little things"

Hi All,

My father sent me this link, which is Jacques Audiard speaking on A Prophet, and my name is mentioned so my father's google alert went haywire:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/a-foreign-film-contender/article1491348

Also, there's this:

http://www.amazon.ca/Sarah-Court-Erik-Mohr/dp/1926851005/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1267890902&sr=8-1

... in other news, I did turn in my newest manuscript to my agent. I say so because once a week, sometimes twice, I get emails from somebody asking "What's next?" And now I can say, "Well, Sarah Court is next, barring some unforeseen disaster"---which can happen at any time! My editor and I still have to hack out a pretty serious edit on it, but he's a champ and we've worked together and he's got some really positive buzz building around his press so I'm psyched about this book seeing the light of day.

But after that, well, I have no clue. The new manuscript has been out floating around for a month now, I think, depends when my agent started submitting it. I haven't heard anything. Some might say, "Well, no news is good news." Others might say, "You're boned, dude! Totally boned!" Which could be true. I don't imagine I'll broadcast anything here unless there is something of a positive development. But just to let those who every so often write me to ask: yes, I'm still writing. Yes, I'm still giving it the ole college try. At some point, though, it gets out of your hands and you just sort of sit around waiting for come-what-may. So we're sort of in the 'come what may' stage right now, but since I'm earning a steady paycheck doing something I generally enjoy, it's not as fraught as prior instancees, when I got myself cooked into a frothing lather fearing I might end up eating Alpo under a train trestle.

All best, Craig.