Anything happened in the
last few weeks? Heatwave? What heatwave?
Have just emerged
blinking and bloody from my rewrite of The Alchemist's Heir, that was more
gruelling than I ever believed possible. I suspect it's now in worse nick than
it was when I started. What I'd
really like to do is put it out of my misery by burning it ceremonially on a
bonfire, but I suppose I should put it away for a while and return with fresh
eyes and a slightly less hysterical gameplan.
In other news I've
just got a contract through for my first-ever paid screenwriting gig, working
on a bio-pic for Equation Pictures. They're a newish company, headed up by
Diarmuid McKeown, associate producer on some of Danny Boyle's films, including
Trance and 127 Hours.
Spookily, Diarmuid
started out as assistant to Neil Jordan (see my last post). I LOVE synchronicity, don't you?
