Failing Better
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 …
I’m off to Cheltenham next week for the Screenwriters’ Festival. You can find my thoughts on previous years by checking out this handy-dandy magic blogspot tag thing. Executive summary: it’s excellent, and well worth the money. You can still get tickets from the festival website. If you’re going to be coming along too and it’s …
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 …
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, …
Continue reading “It’s people like you that spoil it for everyone else.”
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 …
Continue reading “And sometimes it’s not too hard to decipher the code at all”
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “Letters From America: Good News For Comedy Fans”
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 …
Continue reading “Letters From America: Me And My Big Mouth”
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 …
Continue reading “Letters From America: Things I Have Learned In California”
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.