Michael J. Sullivan hosts a Q&A discussion

How you would feel about your books being made into movies?

The increased exposure of having a movie deal is nothing short of amazing. It really will make the books sell at a level that nothing else can have a similar effect for.

The reality is...there is such a VERY small chance of this happening that it's one of those things that you got to not waste cycles thinking about because no good comes from it. There are hundreds of projects that have been optioned, some for decades, and they still don't have movies.

In some respects...if I were to get a movie deal...I would like it to happen only after the books blew incredibly big (which I doubt they will). It's only then that you have the "leverage" to have creative input. J.K. Rowling got a lot of input into Harry Potter, so did Stephanie Meyer with Twilight. I really don't want "any movie" I want "a good movie" and if I were to be signed with the types of sales I have now I would have zero input and just have to hope and pray that it's not screwed up.

Still...it would be nice to get an "option" if for no other reason then to say be able to say that is the case. I do have a really good Hollywood agent who is working that end for me. Josie Freedman who is the head of the book-to-film division of the ICM agency. So I at least rank to get "quality people" working on it it, but as I said I'm not holding my breath.

If I could have my dream director I think it would be Joss Whedon - I think he does the "humor" / "drama" aspects well.

Yeah that would be something...wouldn't it. If done right it would be an amazing thing to see. In a lot of ways the books play out like a movie in my own mind so I've seen it pretty clearly. It would be nice if others saw it the same way.