Everett De Morier published “Thirty-Three Cecils” in 2015 It’s said that when Hollywood calls, you don’t hang up. Dover’s Everett De Morier was surprised — and happy — to answer that call several months ago to learn his book, “Thirty-Three Cecils,” had been optioned by a Los Angeles-based film development company. “Back when the book…
DetailsWritten by Ashton Brown Original Publish Date: Mar 29th, 2015 Dover author Everett De Morier holds a copy of his book “Thirty-Three Cecils” while standing in the fiction section of the Dover Public Library Tuesday afternoon. The book is available at amazon.com. (Delaware State News photo by Dave Chambers) DOVER –– After a decade of…
DetailsSome Independent Filmmakers Choose OC Over Hollywood Story by Deirdre Newman Original Publish Date: Monday, April 24, 2017 His son had an accident six months into preproduction of the film that required Cooper to return to Texas to take care of him. Realizing he had to sell the entire production company, he found fellow Texan Brian…
DetailsThe following is a press release, issued October 16, 2015, by Hornpin Media: New type of film development company, betting on a new type of novel Hornpin Media–a non-corporated collective of motion picture investors, producers and developers–have just acquired the film option for their very first media project. A feature film based on the novel,…
DetailsWe all know the story: Cinderella overcomes her obstacles, falls in love with Prince Charming, and lives happily ever after. But what happens after reality sets in—when life is more about smelly socks and dirty diapers than glass slippers and pumpkins that turn into carriages? This holiday season, we find out. In A Cinderella Story,…
DetailsBlydyn Square Books, a Philadelphia publisher, will be hosting a one-day event in Dover to celebrate books, readers, and writers. “We live in a very unique time in the book world,” says editor in chief Tara Tomczyk. “On one side you have the big five publishers and on the other you have an ever-growing self-publishing…
DetailsLANSDALE, PA — Blydyn Square Books, a Lansdale small press that opened its doors in 2015, is celebrating its first anniversary by hosting a publisher’s celebration for the community. Blydyn Square Books released its first three titles on March 15, 2015: Quiet Hearts by Martin (Anonymous), Eye of Horace by Addison L. Jones, and Thirty-three…
DetailsCharacter Development for Dynamic Fiction Too many books these days—even the popular, bestselling ones—seem to forget one of the most crucial aspects of fiction writing: character development. Many writers (I’d go so far as to say most, in this age of self-publishing and no- editing madness) don’t even bother to try to make their characters’…
DetailsHow did the voices of the two men, Dutch and Walker, differ through their journals? And how did the same version of the story change after being seen through both characters eyes? What do you believe would have happened to Gopher Ink if it had been able to continue—in other words, if Walker and Dutch had not been killed?…
DetailsEye of Horace is based loosely on the ancient Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris. Are you familiar with this myth (or did you read about it in the Author’s Note)? What similarities did you notice between the myth and the characters/events in the novel? Iris and Oscar are each other’s first (and only) love. Do…
DetailsIt is the most influential story of ancient Egyptian mythology: The god of chaos, Set, murders his brother, Osiris, and takes over the throne. Osiris’s grieving widow, Isis, restores her husband’s body long enough to allow him to conceive a son with her. That child, Horus, becomes the new rival for the throne, and a…
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