hardest working Barry in OzLit has a film deal

Grracious. The hardest working man in online serialisation has already had his work 'in development' signed for a film deal.

Max Barry is the author of traditional fiction titles Syrup, Jennifer Government (which comes with its own online game, downloaded by thousands), Company and Machine Man, which he is publishing online as a feed which carries a fee past a certain number of pages.

I first heard a chirp about this on Twitter a couple of weeks ago - and now it's in the open, and has been written about in Variety and on the Wall Street Journal books blog to boot. Looks like MM is now on my holiday reading list. He has some thanks for a mentor and friend on the latest post on his website:

I have to mention (again) my Machine Man muse/tormentor M.I. Minter, the guy who essentially provoked me into doing this, because his response to this latest development was:

It’s amazing the fantastic things that happen when you regularly produce work.

Three hearty virtual cheers!!! I look forward to seeing this solidify.

Comments

[Paul]

"It’s amazing the fantastic things that happen when you regularly produce work." Yes indeed, that sounds like a fantastic project and well-deserved success.

[genevieve]

It's VERY exciting.