No email from The Red Planet Prize folks so that's that. Nice that they asked for the full script after reading the first 10 pages, proving beyond doubt that I can just about fudge 10 pages but then everything goes pear-shaped. Can't really complain, free contest, chance to get read by a major UK prodco, entry via email, good stuff. Next year for sure! Good luck to everyone who made it through to the next round.
Edit: since a couple of folks have expressed morbid curiousity, the opening of Highway Robbery is up on my scripts page.
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Written by Derek Paterson & Deric Olsen
Winner Best Director - Deric Olsen
2007 Alberta Film & Television Awards
(Drama Over 60 Minutes)
Trailer + stills
imdb.com
Amazon
An elite international antiterrorist group must stop an unknown enemy from releasing a lethal toxin into the North American ecosystem.
DVD release: Nov 2007
Resting between dangerous world-saving missions, the confidential musings of the operative known only by his code-name of Double-Oh-Oh-Oh, licensed to thrill, passion magnet to femme fatales everywhere. Or not.
Contents:
1 Retinal scan
2 My webcomics!
3 My old AOL webpage
4 Nostalgia Trips
5 The Phoenix Agenda
6 Blog links
7 Writing & Screenwriting
8 IMPs SF/F writing group
9 Fiction reviews
10 Blog entries
11 Family photos
12 You, boy!
2 My webcomics!
3 My old AOL webpage
4 Nostalgia Trips
5 The Phoenix Agenda
6 Blog links
7 Writing & Screenwriting
8 IMPs SF/F writing group
9 Fiction reviews
10 Blog entries
11 Family photos
12 You, boy!
1 · RETINAL SCAN INITIATED
A recent Internet search via Google for "Derek Paterson" produced 4,890,000+ hits. This was quite a surprise to someone who thought he was unique down to the subatomic level. This version of me lives in Scotland, UK, and writes Science Fiction, Fantasy (the gory kind), adventure and crime fiction. I've had a few short stories published and am working on a veritable plethora of novels and screenplays. Mind you, I've been saying that for years.
2 - My webcomics!
3 - My old AOL webpage
...has been resurrected, since it had a few things there that I was always looking for. Fortunately I had all the HTML files and graphics saved on my hard drive, since they would have otherwise have been lost when AOL pulled the plug on its members' Hometown pages.
Here be the link
Here be the link
4 - Nostalgia Trips
...I had a list of links to old stories here, which were pretty scattered around various websites. There's a less flaky list on my web page
5 · THE PHOENIX AGENDA
Written by Derek Paterson & Deric Olsen
Winner Best Director - Deric Olsen
2007 Alberta Film & Television Awards
(Drama Over 60 Minutes)
Trailer + stills
imdb.com
Amazon
An elite international antiterrorist group must stop an unknown enemy from releasing a lethal toxin into the North American ecosystem.
DVD release: Nov 2007
6 · Blogs Wot I Read
- Bill Martell's Sex In A Submarine
- Willie Meikle's THE MIDNIGHT EYE
- JJ Cooper
- Julie Gray's The Rouge Wave
- Jim Vines' The Working Screenwriter
- Ravenlocks' I Love Koreatown in the Springtime
- Dave Bishop's Vicious Imagery
- Danny Stack's Scriptwriting & Script Reading in the UK
- English Dave's Was It Something I Wrote?
7 · Writing & Screenwriting
8 · IMPs SF/F writing group
9 · Fiction Reviews
Eugie Foster's review of Oceans of the Mind's "Colonies" issue including Paradigms at Tangent Online
"...is a charming story of self-sacrifice, heroism, and survival. The mysterious abduction of a construction drone on an Offworld Scientific Research Station leads to panicked conjecture..."§ Greg Beatty's review of Oceans of the Mind's "Industrial Solar System" issue including Made In Heaven at Tangent Online
"If I haven't given much sense of the plot, that's intentional—just read the story, and know that evil is punished, virtue rewarded, and that true love wins out."
§ Barry Hunter's review of The Vampyre's Kiss at www.baryon-online.com
"...has written another tale in an interesting series that is more thought provoking than some of the other tales being written today."
§ Linda Suzane's review of The Vampyre's Kiss at www.suite101.com
"This is a light, fast paced story, full of exciting action, sword fighting, and fair maidens to save. THE VAMPYRE’S KISS is well worth reading if you are looking for a light fantasy."
§ Christopher East's review of The Big Guy at Tangent Online
"...doesn't succeed fully as a self-contained work, relying too heavily on its source material." Bummer, dude.
§ Carol Castellanos's review of The Kaiserine's Champion at www.simegen.com
"I would definitely like to see more from this author possibly a more expanded second book."
§ Elaine DiMicco's review of The Kaiserine's Champion
"...is sure to please anyone who enjoys a swashbuckler fantasy. I highly recommend it."
§ Linda Suzane's review of The Kaiserine's Champion at www.suite101.com
"The Kaiserine's Champion is full of assassins, political intrigue, dark and dangerous spy masters, sword play, and a very honorable hero in the tradition of all the great swashbucklers."
§ Dennis Kriesel's review of Them's The Breaks
"The premiere issue of Sintrigue Dot Org (SDO) Detective offers a strong showing of fiction in the mystery and detective genres."
"...is a charming story of self-sacrifice, heroism, and survival. The mysterious abduction of a construction drone on an Offworld Scientific Research Station leads to panicked conjecture..."
"If I haven't given much sense of the plot, that's intentional—just read the story, and know that evil is punished, virtue rewarded, and that true love wins out."
"...has written another tale in an interesting series that is more thought provoking than some of the other tales being written today."
"This is a light, fast paced story, full of exciting action, sword fighting, and fair maidens to save. THE VAMPYRE’S KISS is well worth reading if you are looking for a light fantasy."
"...doesn't succeed fully as a self-contained work, relying too heavily on its source material." Bummer, dude.
"I would definitely like to see more from this author possibly a more expanded second book."
"...is sure to please anyone who enjoys a swashbuckler fantasy. I highly recommend it."
"The Kaiserine's Champion is full of assassins, political intrigue, dark and dangerous spy masters, sword play, and a very honorable hero in the tradition of all the great swashbucklers."
"The premiere issue of Sintrigue Dot Org (SDO) Detective offers a strong showing of fiction in the mystery and detective genres."
10 · Older posts
- Nostalgia (21)
- Fiction Feature (3)
- Warning: DIY (3)
- webcomic (3)
- News (2)
- 2013 (1)
- ComicFury (1)
- Crowbar webcomic (1)
- Done Deal (1)
- Girl Genius (1)
- Google SketchUp 3D models comics (1)
- Higher Than Usual (1)
- MARS (1)
- MIA (1)
- March Madness (1)
- New Year message (1)
- Phoenix Agenda (1)
- Red Planet Prize (1)
- Robot poetry (1)
- Secret Agent webcomic (1)
- Starship Captain (1)
- The Drabblecast (1)
- White Tiger (1)
- audio (1)
- blog update (1)
- comics (1)
- insert knob A into hole B (1)
- my exciting life (1)
- podcast (1)
- screenwriting (1)
- tradition (1)
12 · You, boy!
"What do you want to be when you grow up and leave school?"
...Answer at the top of this blog.
...Answer at the top of this blog.
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