For Now, Silence is Golden

Hello, Green Darkness novel fans.

Yes, we mean you... all 3,000 of you who have been reading our blog since we began posting. We truly appreciate your dedication to dropping in on this site. Especially since our updates have become rather sporadic.

We both dislike the cliché 'no news is good news', however, in this instance, concerning our GREEN DARKNESS adaptation screenplay, it truly does hold an element of truth.

This entry wouldn't be complete without mentioning another adage that actors have long claimed describes their working conditions on a film set - "it's all hurry up and wait".

The time has come for screenwriters to claim shared ownership of that expression. It aptly describes some of the frustrations we encounter when dealing with the Biz of Hollywood. That saying is at least preferable to the interminable 'silent no'.

Keep checking this blog, fans.

The news, good news, could come at any time.

Regards

Marla & Angela

TRULY AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON

As we approach what could be our last consultation session with our screenwriting mentor, Bill Boyle, over our screenplay adaptation of GREEN DARKNESS, we decided to do a more comprehensive dig into the publication history of the best-selling novel.

It turned out that there wasn't one single site online with all of that information. So we compiled data -

English has been the primary language for publication. However, the popularity of this classic historical romance also caught the attention of publishers internationally. The book has been translated into French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Turkish and Dutch. Two other variations were created that further widened the book's marketplace - books in large print and books on tape.

Whether the publisher was Houghton Mifflin, Hodder & Stoughton, Chicago Review Press, Fawcett Crest, Buccaneer Books, Emece Editores, Random House, Inc., Ulverscroft Large Print, The Book Club, Corgi, Coronet, Amereon or Books on Tape, GREEN DARKNESS has been published in some form almost continually from its first edition in 1972 to the most recent in 2009.

Considering that every edition can have multiple printings, it’s no wonder we can’t discover a final tally for the total number of books sold!

   

It would be equally difficult to determine the number of copies that were bought, read, enjoyed and passed on to friends so they could relish this tale.

Talk about a built-in international marketability factor for our screenplay!

Until next time -

Marla Hayes & Angela Falkowska