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The London Screenwriters' Festival
I'm back at my desk after Bristolcon, which was absolutely brilliant, a warm and friendly event which was just what I needed. So many attendees for whom it was their first convention, so many authors in attendance. It gets bigger every year and now it feels bustling. I'll be back next year.
Next Saturday at 3.30pm I'll be taking part in the London Screenwriters' Festival, on a panel called 'Writing Fantastical TV' with Adrian Hodges, Philip Palmer and Jason Arnopp, moderated by Tom Hunter. It should be a good do; we've been encouraged to try to offer practical advice about the business of putting SF and fantasy subjects on television.
The Festival itself runs from 28th-30th October, featuring 70 sessions with over 100 professionals. You can't sign up for individual panels, just for the whole thing, which costs £300. But you can get a £30 discount here. Hope to see some of you there.
In other news, the great Jimmy Broxton, artist of Knight and Squire, is funding his new graphic novel project Ashes, written by Alex de Campi, by a Kickstarter page. You'll know of old how highly I rate Jimmy as an artist, and Alex is highly accomplished also. The pages look great, and you get some great bonuses for supporting them, so go along and do so!
And my excellent editor at Demon Knights, Matt Idelson, has said a few words about how the project came about.
The Festival itself runs from 28th-30th October, featuring 70 sessions with over 100 professionals. You can't sign up for individual panels, just for the whole thing, which costs £300. But you can get a £30 discount here. Hope to see some of you there.
In other news, the great Jimmy Broxton, artist of Knight and Squire, is funding his new graphic novel project Ashes, written by Alex de Campi, by a Kickstarter page. You'll know of old how highly I rate Jimmy as an artist, and Alex is highly accomplished also. The pages look great, and you get some great bonuses for supporting them, so go along and do so!
And my excellent editor at Demon Knights, Matt Idelson, has said a few words about how the project came about.
Anyway, must get on. Cheerio!
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Hi Paul,
I'm not on twitter (new new media scares me, I'm an old new media man myself), but I just thought I'd say thank you for the twitter link back to my Black Ring review. I'm quite glad that you found it, read it, and didn't think it was misinformed poppycock. (Great word that, underused, too.)
Anyway, you probably gathered from the review, but good luck at DC. You're one of the great modern "pop" writers, in TV and comics, and I can't wait to dig into Stormwatch and/or Demon Knights. Yes, I'm a trade-waiter (which can be condensed to sound suspiciously like "traitor").
I know it's not best practice for me with my critics hat on (doesn't fit well) to say I'm glad you liked it, but I'm glad you thought it was fair and reasonable.
Anyhoo, cheers!
Darren
Lengthy, serious comics reviews are still very rare. Thanks very much.