Curious as to what was going through screenwriter, Stephen Tolkin's mind when adapting "Carolina Moon" into a movie? So were we! Here's what he had to say:

"I knew I couldn't cram 300+ pages of character development and plot turns into an 88 minute movie intact, but it was very important to me to capture the essence of the world Nora had created, and at every step of the adaptation, scene by scene and character by character, I worked to make sure that the script did its best to capture the romance, excitement and emotional force of the original."

Luckily, Tolkin was fortunate with all the wonderful characters on hand I didn't have to invent any. He did however combine the actions of several of Nora's characters into one.  "In the book, Tory has a lot of family living in Progress--her Uncle Jimmy, her Aunt Boots and her cousin Wade, as well as her grandmother Iris a few towns over. It made sense to give all their plot stuff to Wade, who is one of the romantic leads of the piece as well."

When it came to keeping the Nora following satisfied, Tolkin also pointed out that "it helped that Claire Forlani, who plays Tory, is a big reader of Nora's books and really understood the heart of what makes Nora so hugely appealing to so many people." Now that's what we like to hear!

**Tune into “Good Day L.A.” tomorrow morning, Thursday, February 15 when Jacqueline Bisset stops by in the 9:00 am hour to discuss her role in “Nora Roberts’ Carolina Moon” and show clips of her new Lifetime Original Movie.