Another busy week

It's been another busy week, but that's nothing new these days. A few exciting things happened (no, I'm not talking about the release of Guitar Hero 3 - though I'll be spending a lot of time with Slash and the boys shortly) including my signing with literary representation. Now, for screenwriters who know anything about the industry, finding an agent is one of the most difficult things to do. It's even more difficult to find an agent than it is to sell a script (another chicken vs. the egg scenario) so I count myself lucky that I've signed with an incredible company based in LA. We're working on selling a couple of features - DEAD MEN TELL TALL TALES, and I AM OVERCOME, a drama that I just finished less than a week ago (I told you I was busy).

Things are also moving along well with SUGAR, for those of you who are waiting for the books to drop on your doorstep. Matt and I both have a lot of responsibilities that take away from the time we would love to devote to our pet projects, but they are coming, slowly but surely. You're going to be blown away when you see the finish product, trust me.

I've started work on two new scripts. One, a man versus nature epic set in the Canadian north, is something I've wanted to do for the longest time but kept pushing it off. The other, an alien invasion story, is something that hit me over the head in the middle of the night and I scribbled down a bare-bones story so I wouldn't forget it. I am usually working on a couple things at once(see Crater Lake, The Beautiful War, Ill Mariachi, et al.) because I think it keeps me crisp. I never work in the same genre at the same time for fear of using the same conventions twice. I'm going to start updating with excerpts and try and give a feel for my process and how I like to get things done.

Last but not least, we're less than a week away from the start of NaNoWrMo. I'm really pumped to get rolling here, and I've already decided what I'm going to write about. I won't say too much about this because I've already posted, but if you do find your way to www.nanowrimo.org, add me to your profile and we can shoot the breeze (profile: park5300)

Shawn