Horn of Africa film option

by | Apr 11, 2015 | The Longest Road

I signed today, April 11, 2015, a film option with Stephen Altman and David Levy for my first novel, Horn of Africa., published in 1980. This novel has a long history in Hollywood (which I use as a generic term for the movie industry). It was optioned by Michael...

TUCSON EVENT II

by | Mar 13, 2015 | The Longest Road

Will be speaking on a panel at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend, and also appearing with other writers at an iconic Tucson venue, The Mountain Oyster Club. Link to interview with me by the University of Arizona...

CAGE THE CHEETAH 3

by | Aug 8, 2014 | The Longest Road

NYT story: PLOT THICKENS AS 900 WRITERS BATTLE AMAZON: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/08/business/media/plot-thickens-as-900-writers-battle-amazon.html?emc=eta1&_r=0. I am among the 909 authors who signed the open letter, composed by Douglas Preston, asking his...

CAGE THE CHEETAH 2

by | Jun 3, 2014 | The Longest Road

  Here is another take on the Amazon cheetah’s pursuit of the wounded gazelle, Hachette. Much of what Wolff has to say is true, though I think his criticisms of traditional publishers is a little too harsh. The publishing industry has never been as...

THE LONGEST ROAD OUT IN PAPERBACK.

by | May 13, 2014 | The Longest Road

With the paperback of The Longest Road launched today (May 13), it seems a good time for a little reflection. I’ve been thinking a lot about two questions I put to the eighty-odd people I interviewed on the trip: “What holds a country as vast and diverse as the United...