The good things about being on medical leave this semester:
1. Not grading papers
2. Getting to visit my kids and grandkids on my own schedule instead of the school schedule
3. Spending tons of time with Freya
4. I get more time to WRITE than I do during the school year. Even with rest time built into every day, I can write at least some time, which doesn’t happen during the busy school year. This year that’s more important than ever because Steph Borklund and the SFI (Stephens Film Institute) at Stephens College in Columbia, MO are indeed working on the short film of Chasing AllieCat. My time away from school allowed me to:
1. Write the screenplay
2. Work with Steph and her students to edit, edit, edit, and tweak the screenplay
3. Be available so Steph and I can brainstorm about details (wardrobe, bike race, location, PR, and tons more) for the film. She’s doing all that work, of course. I just find out what’s happening and I’m lucky that she asks me for my opinion on lots of decisions. Many authors whose books become films don’t get that opportunity.
4. Get to go to Missouri for the week of actual shooting. I’m taking my bikes, too!
5. Meet her students–online, at least–and through a Facetime classroom visit! They students are awesome, and these young women are full of passion for this project. I’m so excited, I feel like a little kid!
I’m also editing another novel, but the film project is front and center right now. It’s much FUN!
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