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Deadlines and Diamonds: A Kick In The Teeth

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Monday, 2 February 2015. A Kick In The Teeth. Rejection. It’s the one thing you can be sure of in this job. It just comes with the territory. It’s part of the learning curve. It makes you a better writer in the long run. You just have to get used to it. That’s what everyone says. We’re all so good at putting on our brave faces, but I want to let mine slip just for a few minutes. I want to acknowledge how it feels to have something you’ve worked so hard on put in the round file. I love being a writer but ...

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Deadlines and Diamonds: February 2014

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Wednesday, 5 February 2014. As regular visitors to this blog will know, I am not a stranger to fits of rage, fury and general kick-the-cat anger. I try to channel them into humour and not kicking cats. Before anyone calls the RSPCA; I don’t own a cat. And thank God for that, because something happened last week that would have had me firmly planting my boot up Chairman Meow’s fundament. But that’s not what put me in the bad mood. Have a look at the categories. The very least that the Guardian could have ...

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Deadlines and Diamonds: April 2013

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Tuesday, 16 April 2013. The Wrong (United) State Of Mind. By the way, I bought the Wii so I could get fit without leaving the house. Yeah, that happened. Still, as I watched episode after episode, one question hung in the air. It’s something I believe every TV writer asks him/herself when watching something they really love that comes from across the pond. Why aren’t we making shows like this in the UK? I’m quite sure you could add to that list but those are just my personal favourites. They’re not...

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Deadlines and Diamonds: December 2010

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Thursday, 2 December 2010. High Concept, Low Expectation. It has been a long time since a British TV drama stayed with me long after the credits have played out. It feels like an age since I watched something that pounced on me in the middle of the day and made me laugh or cry. I had almost forgotten how I that felt; what it was to have that almost teenage longing to be part of the emotional highs and lows of a character. But that’s how Mick Ford’s. Well, guess what? However, I would suggest that in rece...

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Deadlines and Diamonds: February 2013

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Wednesday, 6 February 2013. That Joke's Not Funny Anymore. These days it seems that you can’t open a newspaper without reading about another actress or TV presenter whining on about sexism in broadcasting. And then there is all that chatter about ‘rape culture’. And have we decided what the difference is between harmless banter and misogynist hate speech yet? Apparently not, if you tune into some of the comedy being broadcast in the UK at the moment. And the thing is, a lot of women don’t have to i...

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Deadlines and Diamonds: May 2011

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Wednesday, 25 May 2011. They have been watching…. Well, it's been a slightly fractious week out there in TV land. The annual mumbles and grumbles about the winners and losers at The British Academy Television Awards (the TV BAFTAs to you and me) reached deafening levels when. The One Way Is Essex. Won the YouTube Audience Award. The "structured reality soap" had been nominated against other TV heavy hitters. Sherlock, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, Downton Abbey, Miranda. That particular spat ended with someo...

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Deadlines and Diamonds: Santa Baby

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Wednesday, 18 December 2013. I’ve tweeted responsibly and I’ve supported British films at the box office. I even went to the theatre a couple of times, goddammit. So, I think I deserve to get everything on my Christmas List. Could you bring me a nice shiny coin? I think someone should tell them that around the 7. I’d like some sparkly new dramas that don’t rely on women being murdered, raped and menaced for plot and story. That means no more dead prostitutes (there must be a skip full of ...Oh, by the wa...

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Deadlines and Diamonds: R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

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Wednesday, 5 February 2014. As regular visitors to this blog will know, I am not a stranger to fits of rage, fury and general kick-the-cat anger. I try to channel them into humour and not kicking cats. Before anyone calls the RSPCA; I don’t own a cat. And thank God for that, because something happened last week that would have had me firmly planting my boot up Chairman Meow’s fundament. But that’s not what put me in the bad mood. Have a look at the categories. The very least that the Guardian could have ...

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Deadlines and Diamonds: January 2013

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Monday, 7 January 2013. 10 New Years Resolutions That Every Writer Should Break (and 5 They Shouldn't). It’s that time of year again. The time for self-flagellation and not even in the good, 50 Shades way. It’s the time of year when you berate yourself for not being the non-smoking, teetotal, marathon-running fully-rounded, successful human being with a BMI in single figures that you wanted to be twelve months ago. Why didn’t we pitch a period drama about a fucking nineteenth century shopkeeper? Not on m...

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Welcome to the chaos. Have a beer, kick back, and relax.: Make Them Say No to You.

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Welcome to the chaos. Have a beer, kick back, and relax. Me Writing about stuff. Tuesday, February 25, 2014. Make Them Say No to You. Don't say no for them. Whoever the anonymous them. 1) Creative people are naturally down on and extremely critical of their own abilities and will underestimate themselves. This is an actual scientific fact*. 3) It's a big world. Suppose the publisher/art gallery/etsy store you selected and made your thing specifically for rejects it? They turn up their nose at it? My gmai...