• Little Diva Rising

    The First Day of Shooting

    Last Saturday, shooting began on Little Diva Rising. Over the coming weeks, I’m going to talk about the project, the cast, and the crew, and chronicle how it’s all going. So I’ll begin with … me. Most of my bio is well-known. If you’re reading my blog, then surely you’d know who I am: a novelist, aspiring screenwriter, and somebody who loves storytelling (although I do yell at clouds a lot nowadays). Since I was a kid, I’ve loved nothing more than to lose myself in a story, be that in a comic book, a novel, a television show, or a movie – or whatever other form storytelling might take.…

  • Life of the Mind

    The Next Work: Part I

    Back in 2011, my sister in-law was battling cancer. I was in the Austin Hospital, awaiting surgery on a broken leg after being hit by a car. She was in another hospital, awaiting surgery on the removal of a tumour. She texted me and assured me that one day we’d take a walk in the park together. I marvelled – and have to this day marvelled – at her attitude: she was facing life-threatening surgery, while I had a broken leg. The following year as she continued her fight, I had other friends who had to face cancer in their lives. One friend had to deal with his partner developing…