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Enter. Enter. Zero. Stop.
Hoorah! I’m happy to be able (at last) to officially say that I’m one of the writers on 0110: Twisted Tales & Glorious. It’s a new series that’s inspired by and touching the disturbing, the odd, and the strange. And it has a unique, fractal production, with individual short tales twisted together in many different […]
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The other writing secrets
Danny Stack did a brilliant series of posts last year called Professional Screenwriter. It’s ten blogsworth of advice about how to succeed as a writer and it is, as the kids say, full of win. If you haven’t read them already, you can get ’em here: ReadingWritingNetworkingIndustry InsiderGet an AgentDisciplineAttitudeChoosing WorkIn the KnowDoing the Do […]
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It’s people like you that spoil it for everyone else.
So I go away for a week to visit my girlfriend’s family and run with the bulls – I’m fine, thank you for asking – and manage to avoid most of the Torchwood spoilers. Some of which will likely appear in this post. You have been warned. So I come back, gulp down the lot, […]
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And sometimes it’s not too hard to decipher the code at all
As you may have heard, SciFi have recently taken the decision to rebrand as SyFy. Why? Well, the word SciFi (or scifi, or sci-fi) has been around since Forry Ackerman invented it in the 50s. (Most serious SF buffs don’t like the term, considering it a bit gee-whizz, and prefer, well, SF instead.) And as […]
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Unimportant Things
Tagged by John Soanes. 1) Put the link of the person who tagged you on your blog.2) Write the rules.3) Mention 6 things or habits of no real importance about you.4) Tag 6 persons adding their links directly.5) Alert the persons that you tagged them. Two out of five ain’t bad. Let’s see if we […]
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Letters From America: Good News For Comedy Fans
originally sent on the 19th February, 2004the original URL now gives no information; replaced with the copy referenced at http://www.dibbukbox.com/— My name was not picked out of the hat this week. I shall return each weekuntil they damn well do. In the meantime, why not draw up a seat closer to the fire – yes […]
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Letters From America: Me And My Big Mouth
originally sent on the 18th February, 2004— So there I was in a comedy club last Wednesday that’s run by afriend-of-a-friend. And I’ve been talking for years about wanting to try my hand at stand-upcomedy. And another friend of mine who used to be a professional standup isin the area this week. And I’d had […]
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Letters From America: Things I Have Learned In California
Originally posted 22nd Jan 2004— – An undrinkable beer exists, and its name is Bud Dry– A kerb painted red is the US equivalent of a double yellow line– Everyone in Los Angeles is working on a screenplay or is in a band– Parking on a red-painted kerb will cost you sixty-five dollars– A microwave […]
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A Man Of Letters
This Empire quiz challenges you to work out the name of the film based on just one letter in the poster. I got 20 out of 46. Now I’m off to look at the answers and kick myself.