This week, I received word that Waking Lazarus has sold its first foreign rights. For Indonesia.

Yes, Indonesia.

I suppose I expected the first foreign rights to be sold in, I don't know, Mexico. Or Germany. Or France. Or, pretty much anywhere but Indonesia. (An International Trade Paperback version has been available in the UK, but this is the first translation.) I'm not quite sure how well a story of murder and evil in rural Montana will translate for folks in Indonesia. But I suppose some feelings, emotions, and stories are universal, aren't they? We can all feel fear, and joy, and despair. Those are emotions I think (I hope) are present in the story.

And so, I'll look forward to receiving my first Indonesian copy of Waking Lazarus. Or Membangunkan Lazarus, as my quick online translator tells me.