Here it is, 2007. Time to reflect back over 2006 and see what I managed to achieve. Then look ahead to this coming year and work out what I'd like to achieve. No, scratch that... what I will achieve, dammit!
In 2006 I...
- Wrote two feature screenplays: a horror script named Panik, and a sci-fi script.
- Placed Panik with the PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, where it ended up in the finals. Off the back of this, I signed an option agreement with Polaris Productions.
- Started work on a Brit TV series proposal. Didn't finish, mind, but started... And hey, this list needs padding out.
- Was commissioned to write a short story for an anthology of an established cult character.
- Attended LA's Screenwriting Expo event in October and pitched my sci-fi script to 11 different companies. Fantastic fun. Who knows? It may yet bear fruit...
- Came up with the idea for a new regular feature in the UK's Bizarre magazine, which will give me the perfect excuse to watch a whole load of really obscure movies in my collection.
In 2007 I will...
- Write two more feature-length spec scripts. Thankfully, the ideas/plots for these are already in my brain.
- Write that aforementioned short story.
- Sell that sci-fi script.
- Write some kind of Doctor Who-related fiction.
- Finish that TV series proposal.
- Update my Slasherama.com site more often.
- Find myself a Hollywood agent or manager.
None of these goals are outrageous, exactly, although it does mean a lot of work. Quite frankly, I'm up for it. 2007 will be The Year. And no mistake... 