It's about that time on a Wednesday...

Wow, now that's what I call an October! For Horror Works, I was basically double and triple stacking my weekend days with various events (mostly haunted houses). Then, during the week, I would hustle to catch up on writing my coverage and, usually, post additional photos from each event in respective photo albums on the Horror Works Facebook page.

In the course of my adventures, I have been meeting some really talented and cool people -- some of whom I may be collaborating with in the not-so-distant future. In any event, now that I've gotten past Halloween, my event coverage will be significantly lessened; this means that I'll have more time to dedicate to other projects. Mind, I'll still be updating the Horror Works calendar of horror-related events for LA horror fans and keeping tabs on the horror community -- as well as finally getting the Reviews section of the site going and doing a few profiles on various horror artists in the Los Angeles area; however, it's about time I got back to some of that good old film work, especially since I've had a new feature screenplay in the almost completed stage since September. Additionally, I've got another story that's been pouring out of my mind in the form of images and themes, and it's calling for my attention to give it a solid form.

For my final announcements, I've gotten a couple more horror magazine writing assignments, and, just because I'm a swell guy, I also wrote a short piece on Hammer horror films for Zombie Hamster (the website of my buddy and fellow horror scholar Colin McCracken). Oh yeah, I believe Fangoria issue #328 just came out. In it, I interview comic archivist and publisher Russ Cochran regarding the historic and artistic importance of the classic EC horror comics (Tales from the Crypt, The Vault of Horror and The Haunt of Fear) which are just now continuing publication in the beautiful Archive volumes, courtesy of Dark Horse.

All right, I think that's all I've got for you right now. Peace be with y'all!

Wednesday at the end of July

And with the re-creation of the official Dervish Pictures website, I get to cross another thing off of the old "to do" list. It's not fine-tuned yet, and in fact there are some pages which I haven't tackled yet; however, it's a start!

Over the past few weeks, I've been working on new original music for my musical film project. Things are coming along very well with that. There have been some frustrations, much trial and error, and, ultimately, some significant steps forward in the project's development. The project, incidentally, will be a short, live action / animated film called The Orange Man: Adrift.

Apart from that, I will be attending and reporting on the first ScareLA convention on August 10 and 11th. The event will feature Halloween-themed artists, filmmakers, designers, panels, exhibitors, etc. And, unless one of the many horror magazines to which I am currently contributing is interested in my coverage, it will be among the exclusive articles that will grace the pages of the Dervish Pictures website for the purposes of informing and celebrating the Horror Community, of which I am a proud member.

I guess that's about it for now, so, until next time, y'all be good now, y'hear?