On a rush
In poker, when you hit a real winning streak, you say you're on a rush. It's a great feeling when you keep getting great cards hand after hand, and watch your chips multiply. You can't believe your luck.
Well, sometimes this happens in life, too -- and I'm riding it. After I agreed to the contract yesterday, I guess someone at Adam's Media posted it on some kind of Books-under-contract/in-progess list or Web site like Publisher's Marketplace.
I had no idea this existed, but I guess film people do, because before I left work, I had received the first email from an interested film company. I was, to put it mildly, excited. All I've written so far is the table of contents and a single chapter and already the film people are coming? I thought. This is INSANE. It's non-fiction. There's no plot. Which is a good thing since I was never good at plot.
But then this morning I came into the office and found a voicemail waiting. Its content can best be described by the subject of its accompanying email:
FW: BAD ASS GIRL'S GUIDE TO POKER / Plan B Entertainment (Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Grey)
That's right. Brad Pitt's (and his wife, whatever) production company is interested in obtaining the film rights to my "Book." If my work-in-progess is gathering this kind of attention, I can only imagine the film frenzy over some of the others. I mean, hello? TV's Ginger's book? Bank.
Anyway, when I heard the news, I basically lost my shit at work. So much so that I sort of crumpled to the floor, hysterically laughing and crying, loud enough that a co-worker asker if I was okay. I assured her I was Uber-fucking-tastic. That's not a direct quote. I wasn't that eloquent.
I have no idea if anything will happen with this, but it's safe to say it's amazing.
And um, while I was writing this, I just got an e-mail from someone at New York magazine. I'm talking to a reporter tomorrow about playing poker for an article she's writing about poker.
I seriously cannot believe my luck. It's INSANE. Like being dealt aces twenty times in a row. What are the odds?
Well, sometimes this happens in life, too -- and I'm riding it. After I agreed to the contract yesterday, I guess someone at Adam's Media posted it on some kind of Books-under-contract/in-progess list or Web site like Publisher's Marketplace.
I had no idea this existed, but I guess film people do, because before I left work, I had received the first email from an interested film company. I was, to put it mildly, excited. All I've written so far is the table of contents and a single chapter and already the film people are coming? I thought. This is INSANE. It's non-fiction. There's no plot. Which is a good thing since I was never good at plot.
But then this morning I came into the office and found a voicemail waiting. Its content can best be described by the subject of its accompanying email:
FW: BAD ASS GIRL'S GUIDE TO POKER / Plan B Entertainment (Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Brad Grey)
That's right. Brad Pitt's (and his wife, whatever) production company is interested in obtaining the film rights to my "Book." If my work-in-progess is gathering this kind of attention, I can only imagine the film frenzy over some of the others. I mean, hello? TV's Ginger's book? Bank.
Anyway, when I heard the news, I basically lost my shit at work. So much so that I sort of crumpled to the floor, hysterically laughing and crying, loud enough that a co-worker asker if I was okay. I assured her I was Uber-fucking-tastic. That's not a direct quote. I wasn't that eloquent.
I have no idea if anything will happen with this, but it's safe to say it's amazing.
And um, while I was writing this, I just got an e-mail from someone at New York magazine. I'm talking to a reporter tomorrow about playing poker for an article she's writing about poker.
I seriously cannot believe my luck. It's INSANE. Like being dealt aces twenty times in a row. What are the odds?
posted by Toby Leah Bochan at 11:03 PM
4 Comments:
Girl, I don't know where you got all this miraculous luck, but if you ever feel like slipping anyone some extra, I'm first in line for it!
(Smartass Jennifer)
This is fantastic Toby! Congrats on everything. I have been following your successes from afar. How exciting!
HobbitGirl (from IB)
Thank you both so much!
I am trying to spread the good karma as much as possible, SJ, so just imagine I'm sending you some through the web. :)
Wow -- sounds like I'll be INTERVIEWING you for Beatrice.com soon enough, at the rate you're going! Rock on... (Ron)
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