Stay tuned for Laurie's answers AND contest winners!
HUGE! MAJOR NEWS! The lovely Jade and I have opened our very own HOSTING SERVICE. That’s right! The site is up and running and ready for applications! What do you get?
Please go check it out and consider moving your site to The Prelude Network!
Warner Brothers has picked up film rights to “Heist Society,” author Ally Carter’s young adult thriller novel hitting stores on Tuesday, February 9.
The following is how publisher Hyperion Books for Children describes the novel:
When Katarina Bishop was three, her parents took her to the Louvre…to case it. For her seventh birthday, Katarina and her Uncle Eddie traveled to Austria…to steal the crown jewels. When Kat turned fifteen, she planned a con of her own—scamming her way into the best boarding school in the country, determined to leave the family business behind.
Unfortunately, leaving “the life” for a normal life proves harder than she’d expected. Soon, Kat’s friend and former co-conspirator, Hale, appears out of nowhere to bring her back into the world she tried so hard to escape. But he has good reason: a powerful mobster’s art collection has been stolen, and he wants it returned. Only a master thief could have pulled this job, and Kat’s father isn’t just on the suspect list, he is the list.
Caught between Interpol and a far more deadly enemy, Kat’s dad needs her help. For Kat there is only one solution: track down the paintings and steal them back. So what if it’s a spectacularly impossible job? She’s got two weeks, a teenage crew, and hopefully just enough talent to pull off the biggest heist in her family’s (very crooked) history—and, with any luck, steal her life back along the way.
["While in] the book the protagonist is in her teens attending a boarding school, the studio is going to age the adaptation a notch so that the characters are in their early 20s.”
Also, thank you for all the wonderful comments about my latest episode of FictionCast! You guys are swell 
I’m glad most of you agreed with me! Look for another episode hitting the netwaves this March! 
Please pardon the phrase, “so to speak.” I don’t know why I was using that quite frequently! Anyway! Enjoy!! 
Welcome to the first day of February! First off, a big thank you to Megan at Magical Menagerie for selecting us as their February Site of the Month! We must been on the same wavelength because I also chose MM as OUR SOTM! Well, great minds think alike, do they not? Check out our snazzy award below!
Fiction to Film is a website that celebrates books that are made into feature films. It follows all different books as they make the leap to the big screen. If you love movies and books then this is the site for you! The owner Claire, is a wonderful webmiss and is very passionate about the site and it shows. So make sure to check out the site!
Today, when I get home from classes that is, I will be sending out all your great questions to Laurie Viera Rigler! Thanks to everyone who participated. Once I receive her answers, I will pick the winners! Thanks again and good luck!
A hearty and well deserving congratulations to Megan over at Magical Menagerie. She is FTF’s February Site of the Month. Is there really a reason to explain why? Besides updating unbelievably fast and providing the best info to her visitors, she’s got a great site to which her devotion is clear. Need some Harry Potter news? Check out Magical Menagerie!
Also, today is your last day to enter for your chance to win a signed copy of either Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict OR Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict. Enter, retweet and get those questions in!!
I found an article on About.com in which Emily Blunt discusses her upcoming 2010 role in Gulliver’s Travels with co-star Jack Black.
Blunt explained, “Well, listen, if people who are very loyal to the book…I’m
 sure will have their qualms about the fact that we’ve made this a kind of
 romping comedy. But it’s still very funny. It’s very funny. I love
 Gulliver’s because it’s really smart. It’s not fart jokes. You know what I mean? It’s not fart jokes. There’s not a fart joke in sight. Don’t worry. It’s very smart. It’s very smart and 
witty. And it’s great for kids and adults. There are the in-jokes for the
 adults. I loved that script. It’s great. And I play a princess who’s not
 very bright, and I had a really good time with that.” [Source]
Glad to see there isn’t any…fart jokes!? Here’s a little background information on the book by Jonathan Swift.
Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. [Source]
Pick up your copy and keep your eyes peeled for more information on this! I’m a sucker for a good fantasy film!
UPDATE: I am quite pleased to announce that Fiction to Film has partnered with The Book Depository! What does this mean for us? Well, if you purchase a book via the link above, a portion of your orders total will go to me! I can use that money to keep the site up and running and pay for bigger and better expansions for you guys PLUS hold tons more of these great contests and giveaways! From now on, if you’re interested in purchasing a book that is featured in our posts, please click the banner below the header image. You’ll be directed to the Book Depository’s main website where you can browse thousands of books and have them shipped wherever you are in the world- FOR FREE. Enjoy and do spread the word!