Tag: screenwriting

2025 so far

It’s been a good year for writing and adventures. My new credits:

  • 2025 Emerging Screenwriters Sci Fi & Fantasy Qu 1 2025 for my tv pilot of “Lights, Camera, Paranormal Action!”
  • My story “The Second Maud” was published in July in Sally Port Magazine. It’s a sweet middle-grade story about a dragon who finds a girl. Find Sally Port Magazine here.
  • My story “Hera’s Bargain” was published in July in Polar Borealis Magazine. It’s an amusing story with Greek goddesses and power struggles set in a local cafe.
  • On Spec Magazine published my story “Shambolic Manor” in Dec 2024, issue 130. It’s a haunted house story set on the UBC campus. Cover by Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk. Find On Spec here.

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!

Rodin’s House

Garden Variety Aliens Win!

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 Win

January 16, 2024

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!

Cybersix back in my life

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!

Cybersix and Data7 her black panther
Cybersix in her hat sleuthing

Cybersix back in my life

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!

Cybersix and Data7 her black panther
Cybersix in her hat sleuthing

2023 LCPA Pilot SCREENPLAY ACCOLADE

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!

January 2023

Thinking about annual goals is difficult for me. I hate setting wildly optimistic ones but later having to admit, that life and the day job got in the way of the creative writing.

Maybe the best thing for me in 2023 is to have a few key phrases to stand in for formal goals:

  • Create inventory
  • Do the writing
  • Get to a conference or a film market

I think many writers put undue pressure on ourselves I regards to performance goals.. Every screenwriter thinks they should output more. Every novelist is in awe of someone who writes more novels per year than they do. I believe the key is still balance. Those who sacrifice quality of writing for quantity of words don’t keep their audiences. Balance is key, write as much as you can write well.

December 29, 2022

My between Christmas and New Year activity proceeds. The ‘knitting’ MOW that now takes place at Christmas is my first priority, but I’m also getting a few short stories out to SFF markets.

Christmas Movie Vibes

Decorated doors downtown

I spent this weekend downtown in Vancouver, did the holiday gathering from my day job, met friends for the Christmas Market and bought gifts, and went down to shop today. There’s a great holiday feel downtown at this time of year. The Bay had a Santa! There’s a huge Christmas tree in front of the Art Gallery. Lots of trees and lights. I decided to take some photos for a vision board for my Xmas movie idea. I’m combining my knitting idea called “Pull the Wool” with the format and settings of a holiday movie.

Coverfly Pitch Week 2021

Excellent news! LCPA and my profile have combined to get me noticed! I’m part of Coverfly’s excellent Pitch Week program. We had an information call this week and then the invitations were sent out. I’m really excited to have a meeting as only about half of those chosen get actual meetings. They do a lot of work to interest industry professionals and get our materials in front of them.

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Auroras Coverfly
Aurora Awards – always hoping for a third!