News
Involvement in Upcoming 4k Restoration of a Cult Classic: 16/10/25
While I can't reveal all the details yet I will be taking part in a 4k release of a cult classic film. I'll be involved with filming a documentary to accompany the movie as well as doing the audio commentary. The plan is for a February 2026 release.
It'll be the first time I've done a commentary track for a DVD or Blu-ray so I'm excited to do it. I'm also suggesting other ideas for extras as it is a movie that's previously had a Blu-ray release that fans of the movie will no doubt have so we want it with new special features to entice them/you!
Discovering Some Old Ideas: 20/08/25
Now I have finally finished writing my second book I have been exploring ideas for what that book would have been before I settled on writing about really grisly horror movies.
Simply put; I found a folder on my laptop with documents mentioning only an idea for a book topic, other documents were actual chapters I had written before I 'rested' the idea in favour of the 'winning subject' I would go on to write about.
So, it's safe to say some ideas had more merit, or were at least more intriguing to me, than others. As the second book won't be released for at least another five months I was reading through these docs and thinking "Well, what if I start a third book while I wait for the second to be released?"
As it will have taken six years between my first and second books I find it a little silly that I'm tempted to go for a third. After all, I took bloody ages writing/drafting/proof reading/editing the second one (two and a half years) so another one would probably take just as long based on my over cautious nature, wouldn't it?
I don't think it will and here's why. The idea I plan on using, which I had back in summer 2020 from the looks of what I've written and when the file was last updated, is something I have thought of writing about for years, even before 2020. It is also an idea entirely dependent on me and those I know and my memories of certain events. This would surely speed me up; writing about things that actually happened to me.
Without giving too much away I will shortly post an article style feature that is based off of this idea I have oh-so-crypitcally been writing about. Consider it a prototype. I genuinely do think it will be something people would like to read and even laugh at.
I hope 2020's loss will be 2025's gain...
Book 2 Update: 14/08/25
It's good news/bad news when it comes to my second book.
Good is that I have submitted the final manuscript. Bad is that the book won't be released in December '25 as planned. Currently working on when in early 2026 it will go on sale. The sooner the better is what I'm hoping will happen!
I might post a teaser chapter or some other info from the book until then just to give people a taste of what is to come in '26.
The name is pretty much set in stone now so I plan on announcing that within the next few weeks.
Thanks,
James.