I am just putting the final touches on a film script I have been working on for six years. By finishing touches I mean that I have achieved a script that we (writer, director, potential producer) feel is good enough to start thinking about finding some money to make it.

Photo: Me atop Ben Nevis

Recently I went for a big walking trip, the West Highland Way in Scotland. It wasn't very difficult. It was very wet. For 10 days I had no real need for a computer. I took a cell phone and a Kindle (I loooved the Kindle, perfect for travel away from reliable power). I also took a small notebook (a paper one) and a pen. In the past I would have taken a sketch book but it needs to be warm and dry to really be able to sit on the side of a hill and draw, so I left the pencils behind.

A friend of mine asked me if it was rubbish having a toddler and trying to write. She asked via twitter so I tried to write a pithy 160 character reply. But I failed because there are two sides to this story:

A side.