So I didn’t even come remotely close to even getting a mention in John August’s trailer competition. I think mine was one of those that played it a bit too safe. Ho hum. It was an interesting exercise nonetheless. Gotta try these things… The writing has taken a bit of a hit these past few …

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Top chap that he is, John August has been running a competition on his blog/official web site for The Nines, where he’s made footage available for people to download and edit into a trailer. Here’s my attempt: Check out the forum at lookforthenines.com to see what everyone else has done. It’s fascinating to see all …

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Aaah, I treated myself to a double helping of Heroes tonight, which was incredibly splendid. So how’s you all? Life in the fast lane has recently found me helping judge a screenwriting competition, which has been an excellent experience, if not a little daunting. The standard of writing was amazingly high, and having to choose …

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I recently uploaded House of Donn and Secret Thoughts of Angels to crackle.com, the video sharing web site owned by Sony (it was previously Grouper). Last night I got a rather splendid e-mail telling me that Secret Thoughts… had been selected as an Editors Choice and is now being featured quite heavily on the site, …

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Life is quiet now Greetings is out of the way. Rewriting the Trimes is staring to pick up again. I submitted the first ten pages to the Red Planet prize, so I need to knock the other 100 into shape quickly, should the miraculous occur and I get asked to send the full script. There’s …

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