The Bookseller Arrives

Added on 24 September 2010

The Bookseller arrives, bringing with it the usual waves of depressing news about a) how badly the publishing industry is doing and that we're all doomed, and conversely, b) how well individual authors are doing, with fabulous book sales, or fabulous deals through fabulous agents for fabulous first-...

When Haircuts Go Bad

Added on 23 September 2010

This morning I went for a haircut. A new lad, not very well versed in the arts of hirsutology. I don't recall asking for an uneven at the side and front, bit of a bloodbath at the back, but that's what I got. My research into Barbershops of Great Britain continues. Meanwhile I'll be wearing a suitab...

Changing The Day Job

Added on 22 September 2010

Earlier this year I turned my hand to writing romantic drama; I should say, literary romantic drama - that would be gritty romantic drama written with style and panache and without melodrama, rather than, you know, something that would get turned into a two part, three hour TV movie with glossy Amer...

The Movie Business

Added on 21 September 2010

Things are taking shape here at Long Midnight Films, with all sorts of ideas being kicked around. The interested reader might be thinking that we'd be working towards producing the first Barney Thomson movie, before turning the seven novels into a Harry Potter-esque Hollywood mega-series, starring A...

Raindance

Added on 20 September 2010

Attended the Lo-To-No Budget filmmaking course at Raindance in London this weekend. Everything you need to know about making a movie and getting it distributed when you have very little, or no, money. The course was run by Canadian independent film producer Elliot Grove, and pretty much consisted of...