becke_davis wrote:
Suz_Brockmann wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
Suz - I have a question for you. At what point did you realize the Troubleshooters series was going to be HUGE? Did it sneak up on you, or did one of the books in particular start you on this wild ride?
You know, Becke, I think it was after OVER THE EDGE came out.
I got a HUGE backlash from readers (lotta angry email! Yow!) who were PISSED that I didn't give Sam and Alyssa a happy ending at the end of that book. (OTE is Stan and Teri's book, set in K-stan, focusing on the take-down of the hijacked airplane. It's where Max and Gina first connect. It's also the book where Frank O'Leary is killed, and where Sam and Jules have their first real conversation.)
I was VERY surprised at the wave of reaction that came at me (hundreds and HUNDREDS of emails), mostly because it never occurred to me that people didn't realize that Sam and Alyssa WERE going to get together, eventually. Just not right yet.
It was then that I kinda thought, Okay, then. Let's do this. <g>
I'm sorry you had to deal with the backlash, but I'm VERY glad the Troubleshooters have gone on...and on...and on.
Ed told us something about your venture into movie-making on his guest blog. Do you want to tell us more about that?
Maybe this will be in your future:
Actually what I call the "backlash" was really a good experience. While it took me aback at first (and I answered every single one of those emails, telling them that Sam and Alyssa's journey was not over!!! I think I've been watching too much American Idol...!), I quickly realized what an incredible thing it was, that I'd made ALL these readers have such an emotional response to my books.
I'd far rather have readers email me with such passion than have them say, "Eh, the book was okay."
As for the movie! Yes, my production company, small or LARGE Productions is going to be filming a low budget feature-length movie here in Sarasota this June.
The movie is called THE PERFECT WEDDING, and it's a gay romantic comedy -- that's not about being gay. It's a pretty simple boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy gets boy story that's set during a family gathering at Christmastime. There a subplot where one of the boys sister's is planning her spring wedding, and another subplot with that boy's mother and father -- the dad has just been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.
It's something of an ensemble piece.
Ed and Jason (our son) and I wrote the script -- so it's a real family collaboration.
We're holding a casting session in both Miami and Orlando this weekend. (We're hiring many of our actors out of NYC, but we're still hoping to find some terrific local talent. Fingers crossed!)
We've got a great director for the project, and a really cool team of people (the team's still expanding). We'll probably have about 20 people in the crew when it's all said and done.
Shoot's going to take about 3 weeks, total.
(And then, at the end of July, we'll be throwing a REAL wedding for our daughter! Kinda crazy!)
Suz_Brockmann wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
Suz_Brockmann wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
Suz - I have a question for you. At what point did you realize the Troubleshooters series was going to be HUGE? Did it sneak up on you, or did one of the books in particular start you on this wild ride?
You know, Becke, I think it was after OVER THE EDGE came out.
I got a HUGE backlash from readers (lotta angry email! Yow!) who were PISSED that I didn't give Sam and Alyssa a happy ending at the end of that book. (OTE is Stan and Teri's book, set in K-stan, focusing on the take-down of the hijacked airplane. It's where Max and Gina first connect. It's also the book where Frank O'Leary is killed, and where Sam and Jules have their first real conversation.)
I was VERY surprised at the wave of reaction that came at me (hundreds and HUNDREDS of emails), mostly because it never occurred to me that people didn't realize that Sam and Alyssa WERE going to get together, eventually. Just not right yet.
It was then that I kinda thought, Okay, then. Let's do this. <g>
I'm sorry you had to deal with the backlash, but I'm VERY glad the Troubleshooters have gone on...and on...and on.
Ed told us something about your venture into movie-making on his guest blog. Do you want to tell us more about that?
Maybe this will be in your future:
Actually what I call the "backlash" was really a good experience. While it took me aback at first (and I answered every single one of those emails, telling them that Sam and Alyssa's journey was not over!!! I think I've been watching too much American Idol...!), I quickly realized what an incredible thing it was, that I'd made ALL these readers have such an emotional response to my books.
I'd far rather have readers email me with such passion than have them say, "Eh, the book was okay."
As for the movie! Yes, my production company, small or LARGE Productions is going to be filming a low budget feature-length movie here in Sarasota this June.
The movie is called THE PERFECT WEDDING, and it's a gay romantic comedy -- that's not about being gay. It's a pretty simple boy meets boy, boy loses boy, boy gets boy story that's set during a family gathering at Christmastime. There a subplot where one of the boys sister's is planning her spring wedding, and another subplot with that boy's mother and father -- the dad has just been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's.
It's something of an ensemble piece.
Ed and Jason (our son) and I wrote the script -- so it's a real family collaboration.
We're holding a casting session in both Miami and Orlando this weekend. (We're hiring many of our actors out of NYC, but we're still hoping to find some terrific local talent. Fingers crossed!)
We've got a great director for the project, and a really cool team of people (the team's still expanding). We'll probably have about 20 people in the crew when it's all said and done.
Shoot's going to take about 3 weeks, total.
(And then, at the end of July, we'll be throwing a REAL wedding for our daughter! Kinda crazy!)
Good luck with the casting! And with the wedding planning! And with the new paranormal series...
I've said it before - I'm convinced there's one of these in your closet!
dear Suz,
always late to the party. 
happy to see you here today and looking forward to Breaking the Rules. ISITMARCHYET??!!! I've been reading your books forever -- and has been my great pleasure. thanks for telling such great stories, and thanks for Jules, Sam, Max, COSMO!! (I had to get that out.), C-R-A-S-H (that too), Tom, Dave, Decker, Stan, Harvard, Frisco, Thomas King...girl time, Sophia, Teri, Gina, Tracy,. PJ, Veronica,...so many characters to love. thanks for the many happy reads.
Becke, thanks for hosting.
xo
Stephanie
Mujerluminosa wrote:
dear Suz,
always late to the party.
Becke, thanks for hosting.
xo
Stephanie
Oh, Stephanie, I'm so sorry you missed Suz's visit! Maybe when she and Ed screen their film we can all go see it!
I agree with you - I owe Suz big time for so many hours (and years!) of introducing me to new friends through her books!
1AnneB wrote:
becke_davis wrote:
dhaupt wrote:Hi Suzanne, you in my opinion are the head Goddess of romantic suspense and one of a very few authors that I wait in line for at the book store B&N of course to get a new release. Of course saying that I love you only for your writing would be like saying I only like chocolate because it's brown, your stands for what you believe in also make you the Rock Star that you are.
Thank you so much for being here today. And thanks for being you, a someone I look up to and aspire to.
Hi Debbie - I'll second that!!
I'll Third it !!! Debbie - You rock too, and you are much more eloquent than I am ...
Anne
You make me blush Anne 
Message from Suz Brockmann:
February 6, 2012
Two pieces of news today: an e-short-story and a Valentine's Day gift idea!
First: the e-short:
Meet former Navy SEAL Lt. Shane Laughlin, the hero of BORN TO DARKNESS!
I've written a special e-short-story called SHANE'S LAST STAND about Shane's final mission with his SEAL team, and it's available today in all e-formats!
Shane's Last Stand (Short Story)
You can read an excerpt on my website. It starts like this with a little mini prologue…
By the middle of the twenty-first century, much of the world has changed for the worse. Despite advances in technology, crime has increased, drug use is rampant, and the threat of terrorism hits closer and closer to home. And in the dark days of America's second Great Depression, the divide between the haves and the have-nots continues to grow.
Many things are different in this dark and murky future, but one thing remains the same: Navy SEALs are still Navy SEALs.
And the only easy day was yesterday.
Chapter One
Something in Shane Laughlin's ankle snapped upon landing.
Or maybe it tore.
Either way, it sent him to the ground, and he bumped and scraped and bounced, jarring the injury over and over as his chute dragged him across the rocky terrain.
Read more at http://www.SuzanneBrockmann.com/fd1aSHANESLASTSTAN
