I’m quite proud to announce that my short script, Flypaper, has been selected as a finalist in this year’s H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival Screenplay Competition! The short is a nasty little piece of work, and I’m glad that the jury found something of interest in it. This is all the more true given the ever-increasing quality of the work submitted to this competition.
The HPLFF has long been my home festival. In the spirit of their tagline, it sometimes does feel like they are “the only festival that understands.” There are other fests now–more than there used to be–but these folks are my people. Many of them are the very same ones who were in Providence a few weeks ago for NecronomiCon, so it will be a treat to see them again so soon.
This is also the same festival where two years ago I pitched the idea for Memento Mori: The Fathomless Shadows to Ross Lockhart of Word Horde. And you all know how that turned out! This will also be the first time that I am coming to the festival as a published author within the community, and hopefully I’ll be able to be a part of the excellent literary events that are held there each year like the Saturday morning author signing and a number of great readings and panels.
I do want to say, for the record, that this is one more sturdy pillar in what has been an outstanding year for me as a writer. I was talking with Christina this morning, and she wisely noted how both in academia and in creative endeavors, the successes and the validation that come with them are often so few and far between. It can take years to see them develop and come to fruition, if they do at all. More often, they fall apart at some point, or set out into the world, never to be heard from again.
In all honesty, it is an honor just to be nominated in this instance. I can’t wait to see everyone in Portland next month. You can be sure I will write a wrap-up for you afterward.