And the Oscars Goes to Now although I'm at home in my pjs, laptop on my lap tapping away at my keyboard. I want you to imagine me in a designer number, I'm thinking something from the House of Deola Sagoe, because I love her use of aso oke. So now I'm setting the scene. I've strutted down the runway and managed not to trip in the impossible high heels I had to squeeze my feet into, I look out into a sea of faces and it's time to give THE speech... I knew this day was coming so I came prepared. I subtly remove the now sweaty piece of paper from my bra and pretend that there aren't millions of eyes watching. In a faltering voice and with snot threatening to disgrace my efforts at composure, I try to read the now soaked piece of paper, but I'm [...]

I'll be spending an evening with some amazing writers at the Proud Archivist in North London.  (See flyer)  So come and hang out, listen to some stories, connect with new people and make new friends. Those of you that know me, know I shudder every time I'm asked to do one of these literary events and more often than not I give in to my aversion for public speaking and say no thank you.  However, I'm working on getting over my discomfort and once again I'm putting myself out there.  In the spirit of sharing, I'll be reading an updated version of the story which started Imagine This. There will be books & DVDs to sign, Christmas is coming up and surely you'll be needing to get gifts for your loved ones.  The money made from selling copies of Imagine This and More Cake will be going towards my next short film Mother [...]

So I found out awhile ago that Imagine This got into the 2nd round of the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and have gone from being super excited to thinking I don't stand a snowball's chance.  I finally let the cat out of the bag to a good friend who said I should be screaming it from the rooftops, because getting into the 2nd round is a big deal. I do want to scream with joy but my pessimistic optimism holds sway over the urge to brag too loudly about this amazing accomplishment.  I've no idea how many scripts were submitted or made it into the 2nd round.  What I do know is that if it's anything like the festival, it will be tons and the competition will be fierce.  Congratulations to all the other screenwriters who also made it this far. For now I shall buy myself a box of sweets and celebrate.  Yay [...]

Website has been migrated to another host and now I can't upload any media files.  Oh joy.  This post is a test to see if I can at least still write blogposts. Ugh