words ‘n stuff

Chocolate and Vodka gets a sister – Strange Attractor

July 26, 2004

I am delighted to announce that I have been invited by Hylton Jolliffe and Stowe Boyd to join Corante's growing staff of writers and journalists. My new blog is called Strange Attractor and I'm going to be writing about blogs, social tools, e-learning, storytelling, journalism and anything else bloggish that rattles my cage. Corante is […]

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Listen to the flip side

July 22, 2004

Finally, my article for The Guardian sees the light of day! W00t!! Thanks to everyone who helped me out with it, particularly Jaime, whom I owe a really big drink next time I am in London. Right, better go out and buy up all the copies from the local newsagent then! UPDATE: My feature is […]

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Coming soon to a newsagent/browser near you

July 20, 2004

I've had an email today to tell me that my article will be in The Guardian's Online section this Thursday, both in the paper and on the website. Yay! At last!

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'Tag' #1 on Zoetrope.com for May

July 11, 2004

A while back I finished of the second draft of my first screenplay, Tag and posted it up on Zoetrope.com, a workshopping website for writers and film makers. The idea is that other writers can review your script and, hopefully, help you improve it. Each reviewer scores the script out of ten on six criteria, […]

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Not today, Josephine

July 8, 2004

Just checked The Guardian Online online, and no sign yet of my article. Looks like I got bumped to make way for Hammersley. Pfft. Oh well, maybe next week…

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Design In-Flight – out now!

July 1, 2004

Design In-Flight is a new design mag, expertly put together by Andy Arikawa, who says: Design In-Flight is a new PDF magazine targeted to graphic design professionals and web developers. Design In-Flight strives to both educate and entertain and is recommended reading for anyone currently involved in – or looking to enter – graphic design, […]

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Sekrit Projekt unveiled

June 24, 2004

I haven't posted about my Search for Gainful Employment lately, mainly because there's not been huge amounts to say. I've been doing some design work which has taken up much of my time, but, as you'll know if you've been reading this blog a while, what I really want to do is get back into […]

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Where is my head?

June 22, 2004

Been doing a lot of intensive reading today – and I'm not talking Thomas the Tank Engine. I fear my brain is soon going to start dribbling out of my nose. Long evening of writing ahead of me. Results will be worth it though. I hope. Please cross your fingers.

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Sekrit projekt

June 20, 2004

Posting may be light for a while due to sekrit projekt. Will reveal all at the end of this week if it goes well.

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Torpedo review

May 31, 2004

Screenplay1 is still going through the review process at Zoetrope, and I have had my first proper torpedo review – a review designed almost entirely to knock the wind from your sales and sink your battleship, if you’ll forgive the mixed metaphor. I had thought that I was a pretty thick-skinned writer. I’ve written a […]

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Ooh! Finished!

May 11, 2004

Just finished 1200 words on how content affects web design for new online design magazine, Design In-Flight. It's come out rather well, I think. I'll let you know when it's published.

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SP1 ver 2.0 up on Zoe

May 9, 2004

Spent all day reading and reviewing scripts so that I could post my rewritten first screenplay, known here as SP1, on Zoetrope.com. The worst ones to read are always the easiest to review, and the easiest ones to read are the worst to review. When there's lots wrong with a script, it's a fairly simple […]

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If a writer isn't writing, it's because he isn't reading

May 4, 2004

I have no idea who first said that if a writer isn't writing it's because he isn't reading, but I realised today that if a writer isn't writing because they aren't reading and then they start reading in order to start writing they'll very rapidly find that they still won't be writing because they're reading […]

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Just a little spit and polish

April 21, 2004

I finally got round to doing an edit of my screenplay, Tag, last night. As it's been some considerable time since I finished the rewrite, I was keen to see how it all hangs together. I had prepared myself for another rewrite, but bar a little shuffling of three or four scenes, it turned out […]

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IRC comes and goes, but projects accumulate

March 27, 2004

Actually, IRC seems to be more coming than going, but that's a whole nother post. Thought it was about time I just updated you as to the various and assorted projects I have going on. I don't think they each deserve a post to themselves, so they get to share. Nothing Travels Faster Than Bad […]

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