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New Secret Thing!

I’ve been beavering away on something in secret for a while, and now it’s finally out in the world - Mina Murray’s Journal, a modernised, vlog adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I’ve flipped the characters around so Mina and Lucy are the heroes, it’s all told vlog-style, and I’m massively proud of it.

It stars Rosie Holt, Kate Soulsby, Liam Dryden and Matt Hargreaves, season 1 is shot and in the edit, but you can see a trailer right now:

This is my first webseries since 2009's Girl Number 9, which got several Streamy nominations, the first UK webseries to do so. Back then, the UK web scene was nothing like it is now, and we faced an impossible struggle convincing people to fund a second season or any other webshows, they just couldn’t visualise how it would all work. Things are miles better now, people get it, and there are lots of talented folk out there.

The idea for Mina came a couple of years ago, but I didn’t write it down or do anything about it, as I didn’t know if anyone would be interested, or if it would even work. Attending my first GeekyCon convention, I was inspired by the amazing, creative attendees - I realised that they would get it, they’d know what I was trying to do.

So I wrote it up, got some very cool, clever people involved, and now it’s officially A Thing. It wouldn’t have existed without the GeekyCon audience inspiration, so I did a sneak peek at ep1 while I was there this year to thank them for giving me the motivation to do it.

It’s funny, it’s scary, it’s aimed at audiences of all ages, so there won’t be gore or swearing, which may surprise you if you’re only familiar with my horror work, but I’ve done plenty of family and kids’ shows too. I really wanted to do something fun and different, and hopefully I’ve managed that.

May.

You know what’s happening in May?

EUROVISION

Colonel Brandon might be a bit older, but - as a military man - the guy knows how to fight. He’s smart, too. He’d immediately size up the other guys, decide who was the biggest threat, and wait for an opening.

Rochester is definitely the wildcard in this line up, though. You never know what that guy is hiding. He might have some sort of training up his sleeve. Who knows? We sure don’t. And he has size on his side. But remember: his vision is shot. Since his disability is a recent thing, (rather than lifelong) he hasn’t necessarily had the time to develop his instincts without the use of his eyes. So while his wild, powerful swings will be a threat, he’ll probably get knocked out of the running pretty easily.

Darcy doesn’t have the training, or the brute strength. Knowing this, he would excuse himself from the situation, and half the people in the bar would tell it like he was very noble and dignified, and the other half would say that he should have stayed and gotten his ass beat up rather than behave in such a cowardly manner.

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