Good News for My Upcoming Big Bang Fic? Bad News? ARGH!! I'm so neurotic.
I have signed up for my first big bang, the Supernatural Crossover Big Bang. I pretty much assumed that maybe 2 or 3 people would read my fic since it is kind of an obscure crossover. I had planned to do a crossover with the Dean Koontz' character Odd Thomas. My plan was to do pre-book series, because I didn't want to completely spoil the books for those who hadn't read them. I was going to write it from Odd's POV, so that it read like an SPN outsider POV story and the reader wouldn't have to have read the books. My greatest wish was that I would do a decent enough job with Odd that a reader unfamiliar with the character may like him enough to want to read the books. Plus, I love Odd's hometown and his friends there and wanted to set my story pre-book 1, so that all the characters would still be alive and well (that's all I'm gonna say about that).
So, anyhow. I was trying to decide on where to set my story in the SPN timeline. I did a google search today to see when the first Odd Thomas book was published ... my Kindle version has no publish date :-/. This is what I discovered. Odd Thomas is coming to theaters April 5. Crap? I'm not sure how I feel about that. I've wanted a movie, but not sure I want one right now. Not while I'll still be in the middle of writing a big bang fic. It will raise the profile of the crossover character and possibly draw more readers, but what if they screw the pooch on the movie? What if that Odd is totally different from book Odd? I'm currently re-reading the first book (which is what the movie is based on) just so I can get Odd right. Come April 5th, I should be well into the story and I'm not sure if I should even see the movie. What if they change a lot of his back story. What if there's no ghost!Elvis? Come on, there HAS to be a ghost!Elvis. But I looked at the cast list and no one is listed as playing Elvis. This is really throwing a wrench in things!! URGH!! Yes this is a ramble, but I don't know what to do. I'm almost tempted to chicken out due to these extenuating circumstances. I fail see why Hollywood did not check with me first.
So, anyhow. I was trying to decide on where to set my story in the SPN timeline. I did a google search today to see when the first Odd Thomas book was published ... my Kindle version has no publish date :-/. This is what I discovered. Odd Thomas is coming to theaters April 5. Crap? I'm not sure how I feel about that. I've wanted a movie, but not sure I want one right now. Not while I'll still be in the middle of writing a big bang fic. It will raise the profile of the crossover character and possibly draw more readers, but what if they screw the pooch on the movie? What if that Odd is totally different from book Odd? I'm currently re-reading the first book (which is what the movie is based on) just so I can get Odd right. Come April 5th, I should be well into the story and I'm not sure if I should even see the movie. What if they change a lot of his back story. What if there's no ghost!Elvis? Come on, there HAS to be a ghost!Elvis. But I looked at the cast list and no one is listed as playing Elvis. This is really throwing a wrench in things!! URGH!! Yes this is a ramble, but I don't know what to do. I'm almost tempted to chicken out due to these extenuating circumstances. I fail see why Hollywood did not check with me first.