Screen Lab / Adrian Mead

Hope you all had a great Christmas. Here's a screenwriter-y opportunity for the New Year, which I can thoroughly vouch for as I got a place on the inaugural lab back in 2007 - and very enlightening it was too. You can read more about my experience here. Here's the info :

Are you currently writing short stories, novels or plays, and have you ever wondered what it takes to write for Film and TV? After the success of last year's course, Scottish Book Trust is pleased to announce the launch of Screen Lab 2009. Screen Lab will show you exactly what it takes to break into one of the most competitive and lucrative areas of writing.

Screen Lab will be led by award winning writer and director Adrian Mead. Over a packed three days Adrian will take you through the realities of the script development process and the strategy you need to adopt in order to break into the industry.
Find out more about Adrian and read reviews of his book ‘Making it as a Screenwriter' at http://www.meadkerr.com/

Times: 9.30- 5.00
Dates: Friday 20th February, Saturday 21st February and Sunday 22nd February
Venue Scottish Book Trust Edinburgh

Application Criteria: Screen Lab is open to writers at all stages of their career. Applicants who have not followed the application guidelines will not be considered. Successful applicants must commit to attending the entire Screen Lab.

Application deadline: Monday 2nd February 2009.

See more details about how to apply at http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/node/3760

Wishing and hoping

Merry Christmas wishes - may you all have a wonderful day! I hope you enjoy the good bits, quietly forget the awkward bits, and indulge in some good, old-fashioned peace, love and joy (and hopefully scalextrix).

'aving it

Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell were rather wonderful the other night. It's an odd pairing - she's ethereal, nervy looking and projects girlish with her assorted instruments, while he sings dark and grumbling from a deliberately unlit position on stage. They work though - each distinctive voice setting the other off - and with a strange but impressive sexual tension - the songs that is, I'm not implying any shenanigans. Though talking about such things, I heard the best line EVER from the bloke crammed in front of me who came out with : 'you can have it later if you want it' - what made it worse was that I suspect he was telling it to his actual girlfriend rather than a random stranger. Charm obviously survives a-plenty. Anyway, great gig, sweet and salty - I'd like more please, soon.

I've applied for the Athena Screenwriters thing for laydeeeees - which will right now probably jinx it, but I'm on a roll now, my car passed its MOT hurrah.

Hey you, yes you...... (whisper) YOU can 'ave it later... yes really.

Mark Lanegan

I have tickets for Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell.

I'm busy - I haven't been blogging - shame on me BUT did I tell you that I have tickets for MARK LANEGAN! He's a singer I adore, even though if you told him face-to-face that you adored him, I suspect he might just spit in your eye. That just makes me like him more in a twisted kind of way.

He's playing Edinburgh on Sunday with Isobel Campbell mainly to promote 'Sunday At Devil Dirt', their new release, and you SHOULD all get tickets if you're in the area - it will be like drinking sugary gravel with a big dirty chaser I'm sure - can't wait!

Here's another of his projects, 'Soulsavers' :

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