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Tom Marlowe
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Just nine scenes and 1/3 into Ep7, and I've got two murders on my hands already (and one poor bugger doesn't even get a name)!
In my defence, it's been quite a stabby-free show up to now, and Roberts WAS getting a little antsy!

#scriptsky #filmsky
Screenshot of part of a screenplay. The text reads: INT. ABANDONED FACTORY/CORRIDOR - NIGHT A blood-soaked ROBERTS strides along the corridor and away from the office, holstering his gun as he leaves. He steps over the slumped form of the MAN and disappears into the darkness. Through the still open office door, the dead body of SULLY lays dead on the floor, the table leg stump sticking out of his face, and an ever-expanding pool of blood seeping across the dusty floor of the abandoned factory.
October 28, 2023 at 11:50 AM
If you're looking for smut, comedy, and action rolled into one, then download your copy of Kat Amongst the Pigeons!

Available for just $1.99/£1.99 from Oct 29 - Nov 02 (PDT) on Amazon.
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October 28, 2023 at 8:00 AM
SCREENWRITING PROBLEMS #174
When you have the perfect cliffhanger ending for your half-hour episode...

But you're still on page 13!

#scriptsky
Screenshot of part of a screenplay. The text reads: --- Still staring at the couple, who are now talking earnestly, Roberts makes a call. ROBERTS Yeah, it’s me. Change of plan. I’ll only be bringing one of them in... (beat) What...? Oh, the usual... No! I’ll take care of it. Roberts looks up at the couple in the courtyard. He focuses on Milo, who is laughing now. ROBERTS (cruelly) It is one of the perks of the job, after all.
October 24, 2023 at 8:36 AM
Stop getting so wound up by AI taking our creative jobs!
(stolen fro... ehem. Found on Threads)
a screenshot of comedy computer code: 10 PRINT "Scanning websites, books, and images for data..." 20 FOR I = 1 TO 5 30 PRINT "Analyzing data set ", I 40 NEXT I 50 PRINT "Generating low-quality examples as AI learns..." 60 PRINT "Oops! AI seems to have gone haywire!" 70 FOR J = 1 TO 3 80 PRINT "Error in iteration ", J 90 NEXT J 100 PRINT "Now, it's scanning its own low-quality examples..." 110 FOR K = 1 TO 4 120 PRINT "Reviewing self-generated example ", K 130 NEXT K 140 PRINT "This is the epitome of AI's downfall!" 150 GOTO 140
October 12, 2023 at 7:05 AM
Not me bragging that my recent release - 100 Lewd Limericks - just broke the Top 50 in two categories! If you've not got yours yet, you can find it here, as part of the Pervy Poetry collection on Kindle, or as a super-sexy, matte-finished, coffee-table book.

mybook. to/pervypoetry

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A rendered image of the square, coffee-table book 100 Lewd Limericks, showing the tan-coloured front and back covers, with cartoon people laughing, and three open books, showing different parts of the interior, including the introduction, one limerick, and the 'about the author' section. A screenshot of an Amazon page, showing book rankings. 100 Lewd Limericks is shown to be number 41 in Limericks and Humorous poetry, and number 86 in Erotic Poetry.
October 11, 2023 at 7:03 AM
As you can see, I ended up having to quit writing last night :)
A ginger cat and a gray-striped cat lay fast asleep on a computer keyboard.
October 2, 2023 at 7:04 AM
Guess I have to give this guy a writing credit now...
I've written worse than this myself :)))

#scriptsky
A ginger cat lays asleep on a computer keyboard. a photo of a computer monitor showing part of a screenplay. The text says: Marion: Well, I did it for twenty-odd years. It's your turn now. Tyrone: I can do that, I guess. So tell me. Do I get magic po... The rest of the screen is full of random numbers and letters, from where the cat has lain.
October 2, 2023 at 6:43 AM
Not the best review. But I'll take it...
mybook.to/tommarlowe
#books #erotica #comedy
A ginger cat sits beside a book. The title is "The Barman", and shows a handsome, topless, bearded male holding a cocktail.
September 29, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Cold Open is hot!
Ep 5 truly underway.
#scriptsky
A screenshot or part of a screenplay. It reads as follows: The light surrounding Roberts goes out, leaving the faintest of silhouettes, created by whatever ambient light exists in the room. ROBERTS (ironically) Well... I guess that means the meeting’s over. END COLD OPEN BEGIN MAIN TITLES
September 29, 2023 at 6:58 AM
How very altruistic of them...
A screenshot of part of a webpage form. Below a teal-coloured "Start Writing" button is the following text: "You may receive email updates from The Authors Guild, the sponsor of this letter campaign."
September 28, 2023 at 8:57 AM
Time for the obligatory, periodic 'BUY MY BOOKS" post.

Nude and lewd (occasionally food).
Imbued with "rude", when secretly viewed.
Don't be a prude. Go on, get crude.
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Paperbacks to make you hard, hardbacks to make you.. ummm, wait!, and eBooks that, err... Ah, bollocks!
mybook.to/tommarlowe/
A grid of 14 book covers with such titles as "Demon in the Dark, Kat Amongst the Pigeons, 100 Horny Haiku, and Sensual Sonnets.
September 26, 2023 at 2:18 PM
You didn't say which site...
A ginger kitten lays on a wooden floor on its back and exposing his belly.
September 17, 2023 at 10:15 AM
Ooh, well that's a nice surprise. Finally, after a year, my show (rewrites/acting) has just dropped the first episode.
It was good to see what they did with it.
Unf, it's behind a paywall - sorry!

Terrible strapline - Don't blame me.

#scriptsky
A thumbnail that says The House of Van Helsing in gothic writing, Underneath - one hundred years later, a debt comes back to bite. All these words are on a smoky blue background
September 16, 2023 at 4:48 PM
And then there were three...
A montage of three separate cat photos. The top half is a tortoiseshell, the bottom two quarters are a gray striped kitten, and the other is a pale ginger. All three lay on a wooden floor, and peer up at the camera. A white vignette surrounds the square image, giving it an old feel.
September 16, 2023 at 11:00 AM
3rd ep done yesterday, a good night's sleep (despite 2 kittens playing 'kill the feet' under the sheets), and a new morning!

Time for a prayer to the energy gods (coffee), then onwards, to attack another cold open...
#ScriptSky
screenshop of the ending of a tv episode. It reads as follows: Hanging half out of the upturned vehicle’s shattered windshield, and covered in the blood of a thousand cuts from his brief-but-violent journey through the glass, the DRIVER stares glassily up at the night sky. Just inches from his outthrown arm, The Driver’s cracked cell phone, still gripped by pieces of the broken phone holder, lays in the grass, its screen shining brighter than that of its dead owner. We move closer to the phone. Closer, closer... After a beat, the screen turns black. CUT TO BLACK: END OF EPISODE
September 16, 2023 at 7:27 AM
I started a nonsense poem "The Tale of the Spleaze" in 1983. I return to it periodically and add a few more verses. It's up to about 80, by now.
I have no expectation that it will ever be finished.
A screenshot of a google docs document showing a small portion of the poem mentioned. Other than the title, and a list of the years the writer returned to it, it shows the first two verses - starting with the title "The Protestors’ Plea". “Please don't jump into the seas” They cried out to the Spleaze. “It's a fate that no one can abide. You'll float up to your neck, and you'll soon get quite vexed When you're gone with the outgoing tide.” “You will drift through the ocean A terrible motion. Get trapped in a whirlpool or worse. You may even get caught by The Old Man of Gort Who will knit your hair into a purse.
September 16, 2023 at 7:16 AM
JUUUUUST for confirmation - are we talking what we Brits would call 'braces'?
a young man in a plaid shirt and bright red braces (suspenders in the US), standing before vertical offcuts of wood, giving him a rustic look.
September 15, 2023 at 3:37 PM
ATTENTION AUTHORS!
Author genre notebooks, Hex/Square Mapping Paper, Submission Trackers, and possibly the best Character Development Sheets (CDS) out there.

Today, we're looking at our best-selling, 20 x 6-page, 8.5x11 CDS, available in paperback or (1 range) hardback.

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a grid of 9 book covers showing the available CDS range. 3 opens books showing the different pages of the advertised range. 3 opens books in a different, spread layout, showing the six pages of the advertised range.
September 15, 2023 at 11:35 AM
These may be the best Character Development Sheets out there; they're certainly my best sellers. Available in 8.5x11 paperback, & one (orange spine) in hardback too:

20 x 6-page character sheets, plus a BONUS couple of double-page hex & square pages for your world/location sketches.

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A grid showing the covers of a range of Character Development Sheets for authors, in all different styles - romantic, olde worldie, ones with typewriters on, generic, etc.
September 14, 2023 at 6:21 AM
Pushing my low-content side hustle here:

After a few rejections, our first Book Review Journal has finally been approved and is available now on Amazon.• 20 x 4-page review sheets covering (we hope) everything you need to record and remember your reviews.

mybook.to/bookreview1
rendered image of several copies of a book review journal. Some show the cover (the title alongside stacked books), and others show the inside pages. Rendered images of the inside pages of a Book Review Journal.
September 8, 2023 at 8:59 AM
Starting my BSky account on the same day I finish my latest TV screenplay.
Yep... that coincidence means absolutely nothing!
September 7, 2023 at 1:48 PM