It's taken me a while to work it out, while watching my Panik screenplay survive a few stages of the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. But one script - shock, horror - isn't enough. The first question a prospective Hollywood agent is going to ask - well, maybe the second or third, admittedly - is, "Okay, one screenplay's great. What else ya got?".

So that's what I'm working on now. Have decided to make it different, too. Not horror, but probably still in the Slasherama reader's general ball-park: a teen-oriented sci-fi invasion flick with horror elements. Am loving writing it, which is just as well as I've set September aside for mostly writing work. Which is a great luxury to have. I'm currently doing my 'bread and butter' work at weekends, devoting week-days to scripting. Let's see how it pans out...

The other weekend, had a great time at fellow writer and good friend Jay Slater's 68th birthday bash (just a bit of fun there - he doesn't look a day over 66). A splendid BBQ (he hates that term, for some reason) at his palatial South London mansion, it was a fine day, given free production values by the funfair which had set up a mere five minutes stroll away from the house. Shame I'm terrifed of the vast majority of fairground rides - even the Dodgems scare me. What a frickin' wuss. Met some fine people at Jay's event - some I already knew, like writer/director Sean Hogan (psychological horror-flick Lie Still), but also new faces like lovely actress Sophia Ellis, who appears in Kevin Gates' forthcoming Brit undead thriller The Zombie Diaries. And boy, does she look cute holding a large gun. See here for the full and frank evidence. Oh, and I also learnt how to play croquet and fire a pellet gun. Happy days!

I really cannot stand "BBQ". A lazy and very horrible term for barbeque. I rest my case. But it was a good day, eh?

Jay

Arnopper! Thanks for the lovely mention...great meeting you and all the others. Hope you're having a fabulicious time in LA! Bring me back an O cookie! Wow I just ate a crisp in the shape of Jay Slater! MWAHHHAAAHAAAHAAAA........www.sophiaellis.com:)