benaaronovitch

My Malignant Ocelot

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:59:09 GMT

As reported in a previous post I finished my contribution to world culture at the beginning of July. For a couple of month my manuscript scurried hither and yon from agent to agent flaunting itself wantonly in an effort to get noticed. I am pleased to announce that after flashing its chapters at random strangers it has finally managed to secure the services of an agent. I am now signed with Zenos Literary Agency and thus stage two of masterplan is completed - now it is time for stage three; getting a publisher. Something that I am deliriously happy to leave in the hands of Mssr. Berlyne and Parker.

More Blake's 7

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:18:28 GMT

Amazon are already taking pre-orders for The Dust Run/The Trial, the latest addition to the Blake's 7: The Early Years audios. This one, featuring Carrie Dobro as Jenna is written by the frighteningly fecund and swift Simon Guerrier.

As readers of our production blog can discover script editing is not the non-stop round of glamour and excitement that you might imagine it to be but it's always a thrill to see the covers out there in the world.

I Will Not Read Your Script

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:59:37 GMT

Kate Orman found this gem....here.

I'm going to have the whole thing printed on a T-shirt in very small type.

Singing on the 12th

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:32:38 GMT

Just a note to tell the four of you that I will be signing copies of my latest B7 Epic at the Who Shop from 12:00 on Saturday the 12th. Jan Chappell, who has a big role in my audio, and Marc Platt, who's been known to write things from time to time, will be signing with me.

The Who Shop's web site is here.

Jan Chappell is....

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:06:10 GMT

...playing a Cally in Blood and Earth my latest epic from B7media. It's going to be on the same release as Flag and Flame, also featuring our favourite clone freedom fighter, written by Marc Platt who has been revived from cryogenic stasis purely for that purpose. It will be released on August 24th but you can preorder it now from the B7media Website.

My Magnificent Octopus

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:05:45 GMT

Finally, 134 days, approx 105,000 words (with a 10% discard rate) later I have finished the first draft of my novel. That's 837 words a day - which is fast for me.

I'm not going to reveal any plot details except to say that it's a contemporary fantasy set in modern London. Over the next month or so I shall be hawking it around literary agents in the hope of getting a bite, that done the, at this moment hypothetical, literary agent will hawk it to publishers in the hope of getting it published.

So while this process starts its back to the day job, Blake's 7 and Terra Incognita; Chapter Two; In the colonies a trench was a small hole in the gound, two metres by ten was considered a handy size, five by thirty if you were feeling ambitious. On Earth they didn't do it that way at all...

Last Line Meme

Thu, 21 May 2009 16:16:11 GMT

James Swallow stole an idea from someone else and I'm stealing it from him - although I have fewer last lines... (I had to include short stories to make up the numbers.)

Remembrance of the Daleks
'Perhaps,' said the Doctor. 'Time will tell - it always does.'

Transit
'Here I come, Doctor,' shouted Kadiatu Lethbridge-Stewart, 'ready or not!'

The Also People
But if Tsuro heard the clearing he made no sign and soon he was gone from sight.

Gone Fishing in Short Trips: Time Signiture
'One can but hope,' said the Doctor and began to work the controls.

The Evacuation of Bernice Summerfield Considered as a Short Film by Terry Gilliam in Missing Adventures
'No,' said Benny. 'I'm travelling on my own.'

Genius Loci
So I will keep this diary as my light in the darkness and I will live so that when I'm asked the question I can say, 'I don't know about the rest of it but, by the Goddess, I was loud and drunk.'

Hello

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:30:56 GMT

I've started a Live Journal blog because I can never pass up a new way to procrastinate. Those of you who know me from Temporarily Significant will know that you can expect as many as 2-3 blogs a year! Although now I have two places to blog this may have to be spread between them.