Tacky Tourists!

I really must get things in gear on the writing front or else I'm actually going to have to have a holiday next hiatus! Ideally I want to be shooting the next film! Right now I've got a chunk of "Design of the Dead" written, but I'm a long way from a first draft. We're really getting close to a "Starcrossed" deal, which could mean that our behind-the-scenes comedy could be the next hiatus project...should have more on that shortly (which I know you've heard before!) Jane and John want me to look over "Cursed" (need to change the title, I know) which is a rather dark occult-thriller I wrote just before "A Dog's Breakfast". So right now we're a bit up in the air as to how to spend those precious months of winter.

A Dog's Breakfast seems to be doing well in downloads, from both APPLE'S iTUNES AND AMAZON UNBOX but I think the real marketing push seems to be holding off for the September DVD release. I think it's a good sign the the first thing Joe Flanigan told me about his new iPhone (can you say jealous!) was that he'd downloaded "A Dog's Breakfast" to watch on it. We'll definitely be schmoozing, promoting and marketing our puppy at next week's San Diego Comic-con. Best Buy (who will be selling the DVD...which is hugely great!) is going to host a signing on Saturday from 2pm until 3pm. Perhaps I'll see a few of you there? Looks like I may also be doing some kind of a blog thing (like I'm not already?!) for SciFi.com.

The hiatus was ridiculously perfect. Jane and I managed to escape to Hawaii and grab some heavenly peace and quiet. We snorkeled about looking at anything and everything that floated, swam or drifted by, spending most of our days flailing around like the giant sea turtles with which we shared our little corner of the Pacific Ocean. Exquisite scenery (if you're on the Big Island, take the helicopter tour, it's breath-taking!) devilishly delicious food and sun-drenched, quality Jane-time. And get this - I actually managed to read...books! The thing about working on a television series is that all you EVER read is scripts. The biggest hit of my literary vacuuming would have to be This Book Will Save Your Life A beautifully written, dryly-funny L.A. story that had me both missing & mocking my old stomping ground at the same time! Could be my favourite read of the year!

I also stumbled across The Secret Lives of Bees in the resort’s book exchange/library. I'm such a suck, but I found it a bit relentless with all the terrible things happening to terribly good people. However, I really liked the writing and the fact that I got through the thing in a day and a half goes a long way to telling you how readable it was!

To give you an idea of my recent reads:

• Old Man's War
• Ghost Brigades
• Android Dreams (this is my favourite of his so far)
• The Last Colony