On the unproduced scripts page there are thirty new or revised original screenplays up. We are heavy on the shorts this week which is perfect for those of you with short attention… Hey, let’s go ride bikes!… spans.

Thanks to Eleanor and the BBC for the heads up on this. The BBC has started a web series about how Science Fiction films have influenced your life. Take for example, Twelve Monkeys. Write about your recollections of the film and its influence on you. You have until April of 2007 to share your recollections about the place science fiction has had in your life. The aim is a collective, user-written autobiography of science fiction. - Don

First, warm thanks to my mysterious benefactor for the generous donation to the site. The result of the donation has afforded me the ability to remove some pesky advertising from the site, notably on the discussion board.

On the Unproduced Scripts page there are twenty new scripts up for your reading pleasure. - Don

On the Unproduced Scripts page, there are twenty-four new or revised scripts up for your reading pleasure. And, after you have read them, you can discuss them on the Discussion Board

For those of you familiar with George’s Fempiror/Vampire work, I’d thought I’d let you know that he’s finally gotten his site up and running at Fempiror.com. Those not familiar with George’s work, though keen on vampire mythology, you might want to check out The Fempiror Chronicles which is a series of stories following a race of people who resemble the mythological vampire in many ways.

For those of you who do your holiday shopping through Amazon.com, please consider using our search engine to find the gifts you are looking for and at the same time, help support the site. - Don

On this Thanksgiving eve (or as they call it in Canada, “Wednesday”), I have no script update. I do, however, have episode three of Puppet Television. This episode was written by our own Steven “Wesley” Cameron, admin of the discussion board who makes everyone (even me) follow the rules. Please note: this is for mature audiences. Even if you are a mature audiences, you might not “get it”. Even if you watch all the episodes in order.

Surround.verizon.net is why there haven’t been a lot of updates to the site, lately. Now that Verizon Surround is up and out and I’m working less insane hours, there should be quite a few updates to the site over the next couple of days. - Don

…I hope. The discussion board is back and open for business. I’m still uploading some of the older messages (Pre May, 2006), but for all intents and purposes, we are back in business. Apologies for the ‘resting’ period. - Don

On the unproduced scripts page we have twenty new scripts up for your reading pleasure. However, you can?t discuss them?

Were this happening to anyone else other than me, this would be laughable and extraordinarily funny. I spent the whole day uploading each and every message on the discussion board only to discover that I had uploaded the wrong backup files. (Well, the backup files would have been ‘right? if this were April 10, 2004.) The correct backup files are being uploaded as I type this. They will continue to be uploading long after I tottle off to bed which should be shortly. I do hope that when I wake up tomorrow morning that I can re-open the discussion board.

A long time ago, I used to call out each of the unproduced scripts I put up, but then there got to be so many that I was unable to give each and every one a mention. I tried, for a bit, to give a few a mention - randomly, however then I was inundated with emails from those writers who I didn?t mention asking why his/her script didn?t get mentioned. That I randomly select a few to mention didn?t seem to be a sufficient answer so I went to simply stating that there are ‘x? number of unproduced scripts up for your reading pleasure and left it at that.

Well, for today, since in a few days both SimplyScripts and I are coming up on our birthdays, (SimplyScripts will be a full eight years old this coming week and I will be a full “x” years old {where ‘x? is a number between 29 and 100), I thought that I?d switch things up and mention a few of the scripts up on the unproduceds scripts page.

Christopher Bate has up A Girl Called Simplicity. Christopher wrote Death Rides the Nine which was later produced. DRtN did appear on SimplyScripts for a while, though the hosting of the script and the later production were not connected. (Jeez, just google Death Rides the Nine if you want to know about the script and movie.)

Mike has up The Odds of Love. TOoL was on the site before, but was taken down when Mike sold the script. Mike has re-submitted it. I?m not sure if the production of TOoL has come to a bad end or if Mike simply wants to rub my face in the fact that he?s sold a script and I haven?t. I do hope it is the former because I am a small, petty man.

And, with that, I’m going to tottle off to bed and read a few more chapters of The Stars My Destination. - Don

NB: Both Mike and Christopher did not sell their respective scripts as a result of being posted to SimplyScripts. However, on rare occasions, scripts on the site are sold as a result of being posted on SimplyScripts. This does not happen often. - Don

The discussion board is still resting. The good news is that the restore went well. The bad news is that every single message needs to be re-uploaded. That is happening now we I type. That will take a couple of hours.

I’m guessing you want to hear more about what I got for my birthday.

I got Pevear’s new translation of The Three Musketeers, Kate Mosse’s Labyrinth , Jasper Fforde’s latest Nursery Crime novel, The Fourth Bear and Dava Sobel’s The Planets. - Don

Hi all,

The discussion board is ‘resting’ for a bit. I upgraded the board. There were some glitches. Once I got the glitches taken care of I noticed a few new enhancements that I didn’t like, which I thought added confusion to how the board operated, so I decided to revert back to the last upgrade. I am currently re-uploading the back-up (taken just before the upgrade so nothing should be lost).

I just returned from celebrating my birthday and thought I share what I got:

The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester

The two follow-up books to His Majesty’s Dragons (which I read at the beach), Throne of Jade and Black Powder War

and, Perils of the Atlantic: Steamship Disasters, 1850 to the Present.

Birthday lunch was held at The Back Door in downtown Carlisle, PA. Grabbed some good stuff to eat later at Appalachian Whole Foods where Sandy put me on to some great instant Indian meals and gave the boys some sugar free lollipops. Swung by The Whistlestop Bookshop to say hello to “Uncle Jeff” and Kara and add more books to my Christmas/Birthday list. We then dodged over to Casa Mani for a quick Cafe~ Mocha. Later that evening I had my birthday dinner at Amy’s Thai Cuisine. - Don