Merry Christmas!
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, a peaceful Yuletide season and a Happy New Year!
Year: 2012
Dealing with Negative Feedback
This is one of the great writing bugbears of our time. What to do about (and how to handle) feedback? We’ve all been there. You’ve slaved on this thing for days, weeks, months, years, sometimes it’s a work of love …
the power of writing
We don’t realise how much writing plays a part in everything we read. From the poorly written reports from the committees of sports and social clubs that are so often laced with offensive self congratulatory tones to the text of …
Snake Charming
I take any excuse to examine human emotions- I suppose any writer does in their own way. I visited an outdoor conservation centre recently run by a charming couple with boundless patience. She was partially deaf, ran the kitchen and …
RIP Tony Scott
I came across Tony Scott in my youth after falling in love with Alien and Blade Runner with a phrase like “…Ridley’s got a brother?” but it took me a while to recognize the talent for what it was. Films …
Script Doctor
Currently working on two projects for contacts within the writing industry. Both have similar stories; a writer with an inspirational story to tell (in one case a screenplay, in another a self published novel and difficulty converting it to a …
Little Hands
Filming Little Hands today. This is a short project conceived by my wife, scripted and directed by myself and filmed with the help of a talented amateur film maker to increase his repertoire. With a minimal approach to film making …
Legacy Engendered
Legacy Engendered is the first novel in the Legacy series, published today on Amazon / Kindle for the price of $0.99c. The book tells the start of a story set in a future when Earth has moved to the …
Killing Room Premiere
This was quite an experience! We set the film Killing Room before a live audience at 10.00am on Sunday 17th June with around 100 invited and a total 130 seats in the auditorium. I arrived just before half nine and …
Recent television
I never get the time to watch television. With a sky box booked up with Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead, still to watch on DVD I’ve got Tin Man (from a couple of Christmas’ ago), The Pacific, Dexter …