The Loves of My Life

I haven't used this blog primarily because I've encountered a few writing disappointments since my book was published and just haven't had much to share.  But, this morning I woke up and I thought maybe I could use this space to journal about what I'm doing... to help keep me moving forward. Before moving forward, however, I'm going to put the past to rest (oh yeah, I believe we need dig deep and completely expose that last administration and hold them accountable and... and... and... oh... this isn't a political blog... well, maybe just a little...sometimes?)...

Disappointments:  After my book was out, the book tours over, the fuss dying down, I put out a proposal to do a book with a format similar to "Sleep" around Woodstock.  I wanted to go back and look at the names and faces of the original Woodstock (I worked on Woodstock 94, which apparently only the 450,000 who came really know anything about) and kind of juxtapose then and now through interviews and personal accounts much like I did with my book on Warren.  I approached Michael Lang, with whom I worked for a year on Woodstock 94, thinking his voice could provide the throughline narrative.  He seemed to like the idea.  So, I put together a proposal and set up a meeting with Michael, my agent and my publisher at Ecco Press in New York.  There was a storm in Vermont that day and my plane (due to arrive a couple hours before the scheduled meeting) didn't take off.  I joined the meeting by phone, but to make a long story short, within a matter of weeks, Michael had met with my publisher and they had a deal that didn't include me.  I got an email from Michael telling me I was off the book the day before my mother died.  It was heartbreaking and it's taken me a long time to recover with the two traumas dueling through my heart and mind and rendering me kind of numb for quite a while...  Coming out of the fog, I realized that the benefit was a big fat reality check.  I have always been naive and too trusting.  I'm trying to be smarter no.

The other disappointment was around the movie deal.  The book was optioned by Billy Bob Thornton, and I wrote and rewrote for his production team on this project, but they were never really happy with what came out.  The book is still under option until November (I think), but I'm not holding out any hope that anything will come from it.  

The were also some major Broadway producers who wanted to do Warren's story... 

So... I'm leaving the life and times of Warren Zevon behind.  In addtion to working at my daughter's farm fresh market, and spending lots of time with my twin grandsons (almost 6), I'm now working on a non-fiction book and a spec TV series... Loving it all... just putting pen to paper... or, fingers to keyboard (that does not sound nearly as romantic)... 

More soon!