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VERDICTS

(Breaking News, Awards, Productions & Publications)

The Cast and Director of

Drawing Solace at

The Only Connect Theatre

4th October, 2014

 

BREAKING NEWS!

August 2017

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The Judge's Wife - Episode 2 'Pocket Money' has won both an Actors' Table Read and a Euroscript Script Lab place at The London Screenwriters' Festival 2017 in September. This will be The Judge's Wife's second outing to an ATR at the LSF,  with Episode 1 having been taken through its paces in 2016.

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PUBLICATION:

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November 2016

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Well this just happened...

Twisted's Evil Little Sister, a Create50 publication, just toppled Stephen King off of number 1 spot on Kindle Horror Anthologies Best Seller List!  It includes my winning entry "Deep Conviction". Whoop! Thank you to Chris Jones and all at Create50 and Blake Friedmann for all of your help and support in making this possible.

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MORE LAURELS!

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3 scripts, namely

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"The Two Minute Bucket List"

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"Rhyme and Reason" &

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"In Vino Veritas"

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were all selected for the final round of

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"The Impact"

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International Screenwriting Competition, with

In Vino Veritas subsequently being named as a WINNER!

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WINNER

NYC Midnight Screenwriting Challenge -

Round 2 - (Into the final 40!)

BRIEF

Genre: Horror / Event; A burial at Sea / Character; A billionaire

'Crime Wave' , now renamed 'Deep Conviction', secured me a place in the final round (final 40) of the NYC Screenwriting Challenge. It also won a publication deal with Blake Friedman in a horror story anthology published in 2016!

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PRODUCTION

The Only Connect Theatre - 4th October 2014

"Drawing Solace" - Short Play for the stage

 

WINNER

IdeasTap in conjunction with Only Connect and EnsembleUK: 

'InJustice' Playwriting Opportunity - July 2014

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PUBLICATION

Four Poems in an Anthology "Homelessness in Poetry"- June 2014  

"Friends and Enemies"

"Change is as Good as a Rest"

"Decisions, Decisions" &

"What Tomorrow Brings"

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PLACED

Through to the 'full read-through' stage of The Script Factory Serious Screenwriting Development Scheme  August 2010.

"Forward" - Feature Film Screenplay

 

WINNER

The Word Cloud Poetry Competition - October 2009 

"Autumn"

 

WINNER

The Word Cloud Short Horror Story Competition - August 2009 

"She would take a shower"

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“Drawing Solace” is a play based loosely on true events.

 

The anthology is available from Stay, Meeting Point  House, Southwater Square, Town Centre, Telford TF3 4HS for a minimum donation of £2 which will go towards StayTelford, a charity set up to assist homeless people by providing a place to stay and support in finding work.

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