Seems like the Screenplay by Roy C. Booth and Rachael Saltzman still isn’t going anywhere. No contact with Facebook users since January 2013. In addition, there has been numerous (failed) attempts to fund this project. We’re still amazed that James Macdonald, Victoria Strauss & Ann “A.C.” Crispin have not stepped up to fund this project. Since they’ve promoted it heavily, is it just the fact that their book royalties are so low that they cannot afford it? No Blockbusters here.
References
http://thewriteagenda.blogspot.com/p/atlanta-nights.html
https://thewriteagenda.wordpress.com/atlanta-nights/
Who were the “players” behind Atlanta Nights?
The authors of the chapters of this book include:
- Chapter 1 – Sherwood Smith
- Chapter 2 – James D. Macdonald
- Chapter 3 – Sheila Finch
- Chapter 4 – Charles Coleman Finlay
- Chapter 5 – Julia West
- Chapter 6 – Brook West
- Chapter 7 – Adam-Troy Castro
- Chapter 8 – Allen Steele
- Chapter 9 – Alan Rodgers
- Chapter 10 – Mary Catelli
- Chapter 11 – Andrew Burt
- Chapter 12 – Victoria Strauss
- Chapter 12 – Shira Daemon (There are two “Chapter 12″s)
- Chapter 13 – Vera Nazarian
- Chapter 14 – Sean P. Fodera
- Chapter 15 – Teresa Nielsen Hayden
- Chapter 16 – Ken Houghton
- Chapter 17 – Charles Coleman Finlay (Identical to Chapter 4)
- Chapter 18 – M. Turville Heitz
- Chapter 19 – Kevin O’Donnell, Jr
- Chapter 20 – Chuck Rothman
- Chapter 22 – Laura J. Underwood (Chapter 21 was “missing”)
- Chapter 23 – Jena Snyder
- Chapter 24 – Paul Melko
- Chapter 25 – Tina Kuzminski
- Chapter 26 – Ted Kuzminski
- Chapter 27 – Megan Lindholm/Robin Hobb
- Chapter 28 – Danica and Brook West
- Chapter 29 – Rowan and Julia West
- Chapter 30 – Derryl Murphy
- Chapter 31 – Michael Armstrong
- Chapter 32 – Pierce Askegren
- Chapter 33 – Deanna Hoak
- Chapter 34 – Computer generated by the software Bonsai Story Generator
- Chapter 35 – Catherine Mintz
- Chapter 36 – Peter Heck
- Chapter 37 – M. Turville Heitz
- Chapter 38 –
- Chapter 39 – Brenda Clough
- Chapter 40 – Judi B. Castro
- Chapter 41 – Terry McGarry
NOTE: Follow the Money . . .
The book and the story behind it were optioned for a film in February 2011 by producing team Roy C. Booth and Rachael Saltzman, who were also slated to co-write and co-direct the film. The options money has gone to the SFWA Emergency Medical Fund. Production was tentatively scheduled to begin August 2011, but on 16 May 2011 the crowd funding campaign ended without reaching its goal.