Well, I have been in Texas today, and Tulsa, and now I am in Kansas. Tonight I will have dinner with the playwright, composer, and lyricist of the musical "Gathering Blue."
Adaptation is such an intriguing art. And in the past two days I have had emails of inquiry about an opera based on THE GIVER, a film of NUMBER THE STARS, and a dramatization of "Fabulous Gooney Bird."
I have also, today, en route, had a cell phone conversation telling me that we don't just need a new pump in Maine; we need a whole new WELL. And the well-diggers have all retired to Florida for the winter. Grrrrrr. Maybe someone could set THIS problem to music and make it entertaining.
I'll try myself, after dinner. I will go have some wine first. It will help.
Dear Ms. Lowry,
It was a great pleasure to meet you last night for dinner and I look forward to seeing you this evening as we, the creative team, actors and tech crew continue to gather blue and present it to you.
Thank you for writing this wonderful story. As co-composer/lyricist, I want to say, once again, that it has literally changed my life in ways that can only be expressed in song.
It's an honor to have you in our midst and we are all eager to experience a deeper awareness of the story because you will be with us tonight.
Most Kindly Yours,
Joy
Posted by: Joy Sikorski | December 05, 2008 at 08:46 AM
I came across your blog when surfing the web. I 'googled' "The Giver" and "Number the Stars", curious if either would become films. Since you have this blog, I would like to take the oppurtunity to tell you how much I love your work. I am 25 years old now, but as a child I was captivated by first, "Number the Stars", and then "The Giver". Your books led me to a lifetime affinity for literature. I must have read "The Giver" three times as a child and still skim through it at bookstores in nostalgia. Thank you so much for that. I hope one day to pass my favorite book, "The Giver" to children of my own so that they may open up their imagination as you did to mine. Again, thank you.
Posted by: Natalie Caula | December 11, 2008 at 12:14 AM