Welcome Back

Hi there, friends and neighbours.

It's been some time since I've posted anything to a blog of any kind. The last one - Dark Recesses of the Mind - was fun while it lasted, but became its own sort of monster. It spun out of control and I found myself having to dig deeper to come up with crass-yet-on-closer-inspection-innocent entries. And, of course, there were some very real horrors eating away at me at the time.

For those who know me well enough: one nasty relapse. For those who don't: don't even speculate, because chances are you're probably wrong.

But that was two years ago and a lot of water's flowed beneath the bridge since then. Occupations have changed, lurched, choked and returned full-circle. I'm back at the TV production company where I worked - working as a Producer and General Manager of two divisions.

Readers following me from the previous blog - if any of you were ever really interested enough to check back on the now pretty-much defunct blog to see my little note about this new one - will know that my aspirations are slightly different from producing movies, game shows, music shows and (my personal favourite) "reality" shows. Newbies wouldn't know any of this.

I'm an aspirant writer.

And I've actually made a bit of progress - in the realm of small presses, that is. And I don't really see that as a problem or set-back. It's pleasant working with some of these editors - even the ones doing the rejecting. As a producer, the national broadcaster frequently rejects proposals I've worked on. So there's not really a fear of rejection holding me back from submitting to major publishers. Rather, it's a lack of the type of stamina required to sustain creativity throughout the working day and then to channel new ideas into a coherent story after work. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

But as I said, there has been a bit of progress.

"Harbinger" was published in 'House of Horrors'; "Salvation Road" made it into 'Dedman's Tome'; "The Rite" (Episode One) can be found on friedfiction.com; "Homecoming" made it into a print publication in the USA called 'Blood Moon Rising' and "Disturbing the Peace" was also accepted (embarrasingly, I can't remember where, though).

There's another tale - "Consummation" - that's still doing its rounds. Ironically it's the only one I've written that falls into a different genre, namely hard-boiled. I've had positive feedback from editors about it. But to date, not a single bite. I've decided to let that one lie low for a while.

I'm starting to write again now, after an initial break while I tried to get my life back on track. And I have great new motivation: my fiancee and I are expecting Morgan James Bosman - our firstborn - towards the beginning of May. It's amazing, but that little guy's given me a new thirst for success. I need to give him a real reason to be proud of his old man.

And that, friends and neighbours, is probably the most succinct way for me to tell you what I've been up to since we last met. Please feel free to drop me an email or leave a comment for me here - be it just a hello or a request for a quote on broadcast equipment and crew (in South Africa). And, please, let me know where you're from.

Ciao