by DMcGirr | Apr 25, 2009 | 365 project
Exploring my characters in a sort of lateral way. Having to force dialog instead of relying on voice over and floury explanation to get my point across. I’d never noticed the amount of little characters there are until you make your characters move around...
by DMcGirr | Apr 24, 2009 | 365 project
The days I wish I had a car… So I went into town to pay the rent today, and it was raining. Not so bad, I got a taxi down, paid the rent and walked towards the bus station in the rain. I grabbed a packet of crisps, a coke and a box of fags. The bus station was...
by DMcGirr | Apr 23, 2009 | 365 project, Writing
Spent most of the day writing. Transferring formats between a short story and a TV pilot. It’s going quite well. I’ve never actually done anything like this before, and I think it’s going well. It’s called “Blood, Fire and Spades in...
by DMcGirr | Apr 22, 2009 | 365 project, Poetry, Real life sort of stuff, Writing
So, this is a back posted series of days [updating 27th April] because I’ve been writing and dealing with the events that occurred Tuesday night, after I posted the daily picture. First, today’s picture, then the life changing. So, on Monday my dad was...
by DMcGirr | Apr 21, 2009 | 365 project, Table Polishing
Yep, you’ve guessed it: It’s going to be a lean Christmas at the dragon household. Name the reference in the comments. Lean, lean, lean. However, Ralph at Paypal sent me back the 10 euros that had been lost in the aether, which meant that I could go down...
by DMcGirr | Apr 20, 2009 | 365 project
Yet another day up here on the Long Lane with barely a speck of cash between us. Made another batch of biscuits and tried to make some sausage gravy, but it didn’t pan out very gravyish. Came out more like sloppy joes. Which was fine by me because one sausage...