Website disaster overcome!
As some of you already know, I had a website disaster last week, when a very nice man in the web host customer support told me to do something which turned out to delete the…
Screenplay reality bites… avoiding the reality kiss of death
Which is the greater problem with a screenplay, reality or lack of it? Tim Crouch has a very interesting article in today’s Guardian about how much reality works on stage, and how much it doesn’t.…
What the World Cup taught me about screenwriting
I have to confess: much of what I know about life, let alone screenwriting, has come from football, and in particular the World Cup. There, I’ve said it. Feel free to shun me and pass…
Back from my writer’s holiday – now I know why I went
If things have been a bit quiet here, I’ve been off on a writer’s holiday for a week – on a river cruise down the Danube. We’d seen the ads on TV, half believed them…
There can’t be a storm, where’s Michael Fish?
Since last night they’ve been warning us about a storm that’s coming, but I don’t believe them. I’ve not yet seen Michael Fish deny it. Don’t tell me you haven’t looked. Has there been a…
The dangers of digging a pond
Life can be remarkably dangerous in NW London. Having finished a final final polish on a novel, and needing something to do while I waited for publishers not to return my calls, I decided on…
Apologies for being unable to complain
I write to apologise for my complete unpreparedness for the current winter weather winge. Owing to my failure to plan ahead, I have had no ability to write letters of complaint or grouse to my…
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