Today I received my feedback from Egmont on the first draft of the top secret project I’m writing for them. I’m happy to report that there’s very little needing changing – just some house style stuff, really (for example, I’ve used ‘onto’ where their house style prefers ‘on to’). Nothing major to change, which is a relief. I usually spend the two weeks after handing in a first draft panicking they’re going to phone me up going ‘What the HELL is this?!’. Mercifully this wasn’t the case.
This time.
Two quick things to mention – firstly, I got myself a new video camera today. As a reward for spending obscene amounts of money on their site, eBay sent me a PayPal voucher to the tune of one hundred lovely quids. I bought a camera with it, which with postage came to a total of one hundred and one pound fifty. So all in all it cost me £1.50. Bargain.
I also ordered a book off Amazon. Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. It’s a very informative book on the theory and history of comics, and isn’t nearly as dull or geeky as it sounds.
Okay, it’s quite geeky. But not dull. Trust me.
Oh, and finally – a guy who writes for Doctor Who, Marvel Comics AND adapts Iain Banks books for radio? I think I just found my new hero.
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June 12, 2008 at 9:42 am
Ah, the mighty Paul Cornell…
I’ve been a fan of Paul’s work ever since his Father’s Day episode in the new Doctor Who series one, but it was the brilliant series three two-parter where the Doctor became Professor John Smith at a public school (Human Nature/The Family of Blood) that secured my need to bow down before this man if I ever met him! Some of the best writing I’ve ever seen, that.
Sadly, Paul and his partner were recently involved in a car accident. I wish them both well.
Tommy
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