Looking past this fall, we asked some Bay Area writers what they're working on now that we may end up seeing in the near future.

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-- Daniel Handler, a.k.a. Lemony Snicket, author of "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books: "I'm editing my new novel, for adults, which is called 'Adverbs.' The book is about a bunch of different people and a bunch of different kinds of love, and some of them are happy, and some of them are miserable. It's a pro-love book.

"It's odd to juggle a respectable but controlled career in literary fiction and a sort of giddy, frantic career in children's books. In a couple of months they're going to start filming a movie based on Lemony Snicket books, so I'm now being faxed costume designs and a board-game cover. It feels bizarre that there are people in Los Angeles taking very seriously detailed descriptions of the characteristics of Snicket characters."

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