The producers are working really hard to try to get it made. Unfortunately I don't have any new news about the film. So when it was optioned for film before I even finished writing the book, I was VERY happy about that! Lots of short scenes/short chapters, quick action, very visual, etc.ĥ2 Reasons to Hate My Father was one of those stories that I feel like I could have easily written as a book or a screenplay. Jessica: All of my books play out like movies in my head as I write them and since I used to be a screenwriter, I tend to write fairly cinematically. Joyce: So has 52 Reasons to Hate My Father. Then right below that, I wrote, 'Figure out how to accomplish this.' That's what I wrote on the top of my brainstorming document: 'Make it EPIC.' well, I don't know what it will be because I haven't started writing it yet! LOL. The other 5% is revealed in book two, which I've just finished writing.Īnd book three will be.

Each book in the trilogy will have its own set of mysteries to unravel, but 95% of the mystery of the first book is revealed by the end of that book. Will readers have to wait until the third book to find out what's going on? Joyce: All of those influences sound amazing! Unremembered is the first in a trilogy. I wrote it from Seraphina's perspective so the reader is always squarely in her shoes. Who claims they were in love and that he helped her escape from some pretty bad people. And there's a boy who seems to appear out of nowhere. Her fingerprints and DNA aren't in any databases. She survived a plane crash without a scratch. The whole book revolves around one essential question: Who is Seraphina?Īs the story progresses, we learn more about her. It's sci-fi, it's romance, it's suspense, but ultimately it's a mystery. I've never seen Samurai Girl, but now I'm definitely adding it to my Netflix queue! I feel like I was more influenced by things like Alias, Fringe and The Bourne Trilogy. You know, it's funny, I get the Lost comparison a lot and it's not something I did intentionally.

Jessica: Hi, HEA! I'm excited to be here! Joyce: Welcome to HEA, Jessica! What can you tell us about Unremembered? The blurb sounds kinda like Lost meets (perhaps obscure) Samurai Girl, an early-2000s YA series by Carrie Asai. Jessica joins us today to talk about Unremembered, the many film options floating around for her books, the Spice Girls and her gadget love. The premise sounds perfect for a movie or TV show (heroine survives a plane crash unscathed but with a lot of baggage: no memory and a host of mysteries surrounding her). Jessica Brody's new novel, Unremembered, came out Tuesday (March 5).

Unremembered trilogy