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Rest Stop
I have recently been granted the non-exclusive right to adapt and direct this Stephen King story into a Short Film. Originally published in Esquire Magazine it later appeared in his best-selling novel Just After Sunset which is where I first …
Video Podcast
A video podcast featuring one of my short films in its entirety, along with the HD Teaser Trailer I have cut for my latest project. New episodes will be added to this podcast throughout the year with an assortment of previous …
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Gillespie and I
“It would appear that I am to be the first to write a book on Gillespie. Who, if not me, was dealt that hand? Indeed, one might say, who else is left to tell the tale? Ned Gillespie: artist, innovator, …
Reading Habits
I am a voracious reader and consume books to such an extent that their stories become infused with my own memories. This appetite devours literature over a diverse range of genres, and includes well known authors and debut novelists. However the …
Dallas Dreams
Jake Dallas at twenty-two is struggling to cope with his overbearing Father, and the burdens of the Fort Lauderdale family firm, and must take drastic action to pursue his dreams as a screenwriter. Background To The Novel In 2006, South …
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Literary Rejections
Rejection is an imperative test of one’s character. Some writers continually submit the same manuscript until it is accepted. Others chose to do a more polished draft before sending it out again. While a select few learn from the lessons …
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The James Ten
The digital age has broadened the reading habits of all, and I am no exception. In 2011 over 60% of the fiction I read was written by women. In the previous year the figure was just 10%. Based on the superior …
The Fall
“This is it. Her head was strangely clear despite the blood filling up her nose and mouth. An inch from her eye, the floor of the toilet was that kind of speckled plastic you got in public buildings, the dots …
The Night Circus
“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.” The same could be not be said …
The Hey! & The Why?
There is an inherent belief that The Hay Festival, is The festival for literature, especially in the UK. With a twenty year history, one would expect a well oiled machine upon first attending; a clear demonstration that this is the …
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The Terror of Living
“The Kid had taken a bus north from Seattle and stood outside studying the bar for a long time, weighing the options.” The significance of this opening sentence is underpinned by the three final ominous words; by virtue of the irreversible choices …
Agent 6
“The safest way to write a diary was to imagine Stalin reading every word.” A foreboding opening sentence, and the prevailing thread for the entire story. Preceding the events of Child 44 throughout the first fifty pages, the reader discovers …
The Somnambulist
“I’d been to Wilton’s hall before. I would have been seven or eight at the time, and somehow Aunt Cissy persuaded Mama to allow me a trip to the pantomime. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves it was, and as …
Desert Island Reads
Disorientation has me swimming against the current. The depths of the ocean call my name. There are no Angels down here. A circle of light draws me to the surface. Bursting through, a wave crashes against my chest and sweeps …
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The Velvet Abstract
A short film about the environmental age set against a plethora of CG, Illustrations, and Animations from a team spanning six continents. The Production Having discovered my previous short film The Stars & The Stones online, Barbed Wire FX sent me an email of …
Agency Script Reader
Throughout 2009 I worked exclusively as a Script Reader for the Rob Gallagher Literary Agency in Hollywood. My weekly assignment consisted of reading a new screenplay and supplying detailed ten page development notes that focused on improving the work that …
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In The Name Of Freedom
In the midst of my week long meetings in Los Angeles during late 2007, I took time to meet with the Actress Isabel Cueva who had just come off the back of appearances in The O.C. and Entourage. We discussed …
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Scriptscene
Having attended my class at the Screenwriting Expo, one of the founding members of Scriptscene RWA who had praised my presentation to the organisers, approached me with an intriguing proposition. They were running an online auction whereby screenwriters had to …
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Screenwriting Expo
While in Los Angeles at my first Creative Screenwriting Expo in 2006, I soon spotted a niche that I was not expecting. Despite the variation of the 300 classes, there was not a single one teaching the importance of Short …
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The Sonia Uribe Files
An adventurous and dynamic series that uncovers the truth behind some of the world’s greatest mysteries The Production After discovering my credentials on The Writers Guild website, the US Television Presenter Sonia Uribe, hired me to write and design a Treatment …
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Global Revolution
In late 2005 while living in Seville I received an email from The Gunther Corporation extolling the merits of my writing sample. Having no recollection of either I nonchalantly trashed the spam. Four days passed and another message intruded my …
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Six Foot High Films
In response to a listing by Six Foot High Films looking for screenplays, I mailed in a spec that had landed me a commissioned writing position in the preceding year. Receiving my work that Friday, the production company called me …
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The Stars & The Stones
A man dying of Aids narrates his reflections of hurt about the woman he loves as his own life slips away The Production In my capacities as Vice-Chairman of Wide Angle Productions one of the measures we introduced was that …
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