This weekend I’m a guest of the LA WorldCon. I’m joining as part of the Virtual Con. Hope to see you there! To find out more about them: https://www.lacon.org/about/
My schedule follows.
NOTE: My Table Talk will shed some light on writing television & films for prose writers.
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It’s been a good year for writing and adventures. My new credits:
I also visited London and Paris. It was a terrific trip. Here are some pictures from it. I did London on my own and then met Jessica in Paris. We had an amazing time!
I had a very enjoyable Saturday Nov 23rd, 2024 at the “Here Be Dragons!” mini-con. It was held on the BCIT campus. My events were three panels and a reading. I was often the lone writer of scripts versus novels on my panel so I hope I gave a new angle or added perspective to the discussions.
Pulp Literature’s JM Landels was there to read and promote her work and that of Pulp L. There were many writers and artists. They had a very good dealers’ room filled with all sorts of items and most of the booksellers featured QR codes, so you didn’t have to lug a physical book around if you bought one.They also had a vibrant gaming floor. The group will offer another one-day con next year and if interest is wide enough, to return to the full weekend VCONs of yore.
I read from “Shambolic Manor” which is due to be published by “On Spec” though I have no date as yet. It’s been purchased and edited. More on that when I know. I was pleased with the responses as it is a comic piece and I got a lot of laughter in the room.
Panels:
Exploring Alternate Media – Talked a lot about working on and selling TV shows, radio, and even story seeds for games. Don DeBrandt talked about his experiences with comics and writing tv novelizations. Wen Handyman talked about her work with new media such as VR stories which was fascinating.
Where do I go from here? Editing Process discussed.
Building Backwards– World building after story creation. Very interesting discussion.
Garden Variety Aliens is a Quarter-Finalist in the Animation Screenplay Competition at Emerging Screenwriters!
See the list of QFs at Emerging Screenwriters
Garden Variety Aliens has made it onto the Red List again on Coverfly! This time it’s in the top 31% of discoverable projects on Coverfly! It’s marked as a Two Award Finalist!
Murderbugs Author Spotlight – Cat Girczyc, with a new story out in Pulp Literature and the upcoming Blu-ray release of her animated series “Cybersix”.
The Tomato Liberation Front – “Dear fellow gardeners of the Dunbar South Community Garden of Vancouver… my apologies for this email.”
Cat Girczyc
Cat Girczyc works as a technical communications manager while pursuing creative writing. She writes female-led stories, poems, and scripts, usually in science fiction or fantasy.
She has sold 15 television episodes, including episodes of the dark fantasy “The Collector” and animated series such “Cybersix”. Her story, “The Lady M” garnered a 2022 Q1 Finalist position in the Writers of the Future (WOTF) competition. Her work has been published in small Canadian magazines. Previous notable items include 10 WOTF HMs, and 2 Silver HMs. Also, a WIFTV 2020 #FromOurDarkSide award for script: “Lights, Camera, Paranormal Action!” Author spotlight and image by Mike Jack Stoumbos. #MikeJackStoumbos #Kickstarter#Murderbugs#Leavingsoon
I spent about 10 hours in June on Cybersix! I was asked to do a voiceover with commentary re-watch of my #cybersix episode “Terra” for the upcoming blu-ray edition. The show was done about 25 years ago. So difficult to know what to say after that long! I honestly did not keep every scrap of paper on its evolution as a script, but I did locate and read my final (5th draft) script for the episode. I was able to note certain additions the director, storyboard and animation team added, as I compared final script with final cut of show.
I told my anecdotes about it, too. I won’t spoil those here by retelling- I hope the blu-ray Cybersix is successful! Thanks for the memories!
I spent about 10 hours this year on Cybersix! I was asked to do a voiceover with commentary re-watch of my #cybersix episode “Terra” for the upcoming blu-ray edition. The show was done about 25 years ago. So difficult to know what to say after that long! I honestly did not keep every scrap of paper on its evolution as a script, but I did locate and read my final (5th draft) script for the episode. I was able to note certain additions the director, storyboard and animation team added, as I compared final script with final cut of show.
I told my anecdotes about it, too. I won’t spoil those here by retelling- I hope the blu-ray Cybersix is successful! Thanks for the memories!
So pleased to get a Coverfly accolade – Top 37% for LCPA the Pilot! It received very nice coverage from the TSL Free Screenplay competition this month which gave its own accolade! This is significant because this competition gets close to twelve thousand entries!