Writer and Voice over professional

The new Tigs and Togs web-site is up and running. Great work...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:26:06 -0500

The new Tigs and Togs web-site is up and running. Great work from the guys at Redaware www.redaware.co.uk - It looks really cool and is fabulous on iPad and other mobile devices.

Work on more stories is continuing - if you have a story and/or are an illustrator, get in touch. I need more pictures for the stories that are queuing up at Tigs and Togs HQ!

I have been helping KingBee Animations prepare for a bid with a...

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:03:11 -0500

I have been helping KingBee Animations prepare for a bid with a major publisher. They are hoping to get the gig for the animation of a Children’s series of books. They’re great books too! And it will make a great series. Hopefully it will go well… We should hear in early December. I’ll let you know!

http://www.kingbee.co.uk

Been busy this week creating ideas for a new series by Blue Zoo...

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:25:13 -0400

Been busy this week creating ideas for a new series by Blue Zoo - it stars this little fellow. Cool isn’t he?

Dancing in the Fire

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:40:37 -0400

Work on my novel continues steadily though this is likely to get disrupted by the arrival of a ‘normal’ job. I’m on the sixth chapter now and am trying to get the whole story down before commencing any rewriting process -I’m about a 3rd of the way along the story line.

Getting a job is great for the finances but lousy for creativity! But on the whole, I guess that’s Rock and Roll.

This is Dragon Grumpball - who prefers to be known as Dragon...

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:33:00 -0400

This is Dragon Grumpball - who prefers to be known as Dragon G… He’s just one of the many characters in the stories on www.tigsandtogs.co.uk - testing starts on the latest version of the web-site this weekend and the iPad version is just a few days away. Love it…

I went to see HP8 (pictured) last weekend and was struck by the...

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:01:00 -0400

I went to see HP8 (pictured) last weekend and was struck by the singular lack of dialogue - there was also very little by way of explanation for the lavish special effects. The medium of film is converging with gaming and becoming a succession of images held together with the thin veneer of a plot. If you hadn’t read the book then much of the action, while impressive, only dimly made sense. If anyone is interested in me writing a screen play like this… please shout. How hard can it be! See below!

Harry: “Look out!”

Cut to large numbers of evil creatures climbing over mountains to kill Harry – animators please improvise here.

What is clear is that the home of true narrative will remain with the novel, and without the novel where would the film industry be? Quite a hopeful thought is it not?

What if snakes were furry… One of the nonsense poems on...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:42:36 -0400

What if snakes were furry… One of the nonsense poems on www.tigsandtogs.com .

We’re making great strides towards an iPad / mobile...

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:36:24 -0400

We’re making great strides towards an iPad / mobile version of the famous Tigs and Togs web-site. It will be ready for launch late August - ready for a big media push into Autumn!

In the meantime new stories are starting to pile up… Sydney Dangerous has just lifted off the launch pad with the first of his adventures being crafted in the dream mines…

These guys are called Cosmo (he’s the tall one) and Blip...

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:00:49 -0400

These guys are called Cosmo (he’s the tall one) and Blip (he’s the round one!). They travel the universe looking for tasty morsels to feed to their king.

I’ve recently written a TV epsiode for the new series being developed by Different Planet. Watch out for it. Click the link to find out more about these crazy ‘gastronauts’!

Bunnies...

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:14:00 -0400

This short story will be going onto my children’s web-site soon… It’s Christmas themed so there’s time yet but I’m looking for a good illustrator who can really bring the story to life.

It is currently being considered by a BAFTA winning animation company - wish me luck! - and in the meantime here’s a taster.

In the autumn when it is just getting cold and the birds have flown south for the winter, the rabbits make some plans of their own.

Because autumn can be a busy time for Rabbits too, especially the little ones.

It was nearly time for the bunnies to be tested.

Constantine was under the sycamore, hidden from sight by long, wet grass. Tasty wet grass.

“It’s nearly time, it’s nearly time,” he thought, munching as fast as he could.

The more he ate the better it would be.

This is Olive… I have just completed two scripts for Blue...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:22:00 -0400

This is Olive… I have just completed two scripts for Blue Zoo on this, their new children’s series. Really keen to do more like this… so if you like it drop me a note.

You can see the preview by clicking on Olive

My voice is best suited to documentaries and narrations - this...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:12:42 -0400

My voice is best suited to documentaries and narrations - this brief sample shows some of that - other posts to follow.

Working on a novel...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:03:44 -0400

Two chapters into a new novel called ‘Dancing in the Fire’ first and last chapters written - just acres of text to add in now….!

These are some of the stills from the scripts I wrote for...

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:00:34 -0400

These are some of the stills from the scripts I wrote for ‘Those Scurvy Rascals’ by Blue Zoo (www.blue-zoo.co.uk) - I had a blast writing these and would love to be doing more of this sort of thing. If you’ve got an idea and need it working into a script - drop me a note.

This is my children’s story web-site. You can find out...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 07:04:00 -0400

This is my children’s story web-site. You can find out more about what I write and what I sound like. Great stories - great fun… at least I think so.

Writing for years

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:27:00 -0400

I have been writing for years and have yet to work out why. I think it’s the process of creation. There was a blank page and now there’s a story, something people might like.

I am a writer and voice over artist. I concentrate on narration...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:21:40 -0400

I am a writer and voice over artist. I concentrate on narration and storytelling as I have the sort of voice that works best for this - kids and adults seem to love it. Sometimes I narrate my own stories and sometimes I work on other peoples ideas. This Blog is intended to explain the process.