Fishing!

Recently, I had my first experience of real fishing - fishing off a boat into the Chesapeake Bay!

The cat is out of the bag (fish off the line) - we had a little help from the Captain, a former Vietnam Vet!

Rockfish and Bluefish for supper tonight! Nice!

Writer v Studio!

Yesterday I read another story of how someone is suing the producers of the new movie Death Race (starring Jason Statham) claiming his ideas were stolen from an original script submittal. The writer's script had a different name but he is claiming his ideas were rejected, then adapted afterwards into the movie that got made. Check out this link!

UK Olympic medal count!

The UK's medals so far are 18 Gold, 13 Silver, 13 Bronze. Total of 44. In terms of gold medals, we are in 3rd place. Pretty amazing - the rowers, swimmers are cyclists are really coming through!

Check out the full table of countries here!

Screenplay complete!

I am pleased to say I've now completed a screenplay for my novel The Pride and the Sorrow.

To distinguish it from the novel, I've called the screenplay The Knight of New Orleans. It's currently with the Film and TV agent Meg Davis, Director of MLA Literary Agents in London.

I also took the move of registering The Knight of New Orleans with the Writer's Guild of America, East as proof of copyright. Copyright is immediately assigned to the originator at the point of writing, so registering any work (or mailing it to yourself in a sealed post-stamped envelope) has to be a wise move.

I look forward to The Knight of New Orleans being sent out next month!

Stolen scripts!

To add to the Death Race stolen script story, the writer of new Kevin Costner movie Swing Vote is also claiminh his ideas were stolen - click here!

For an article on stolen scripts generally in Hollywood - admittedly a couple of years old - but setting the scene for these new claims and revelations, check out this link.

Hollywood is still pretty nutty, England! We wouldn't have it any other way!