What I dun in 2009

(see I told you I could squeeze another blog out of this concept)

These are my ‘achievements’ slash things that happened:

- My sitcom got re-optioned by the BBC

- My sitcom got rejected by the BBC

- I performed in two shows at the Leicester Comedy Festival (Three Jesters in Leicester and Lest Fest)

- I performed in the Midnight Comedy Showcase at the Brighton Comedy Festival

- My teen fiction book got picked up by a publisher, and is still there while they decide if they want it or not

- I performed a full run at the Edinburgh Festival in my show It’s Got Jokes In with my esteemed colleagues Hannah George and Lou Sanders

- I performed an Edinburgh preview on the Isle of Wight

- I climbed Arthur’s Seat

- I performed in the Edinburgh Twitter gig

- I started writing two more sitcoms and pitched them

- I got told to re-write the pitches quite a few times

- I learnt how to write proper pitches in a more conventional sense

- I wrote some pitches for some comedy radio ideas

- I went on a 5 day clown course in Dublin and learnt all about clowning

- I gigged in Dublin (making me officially international)

- I beat the Frog at the Frog and Bucket in Manchester

- I performed paid gigs at The Comedy Café and The Stand in Edinburgh and Glasgow

- The guy that booked me at the Comedy Café left and the new guy ignores my emails and calls.

- I became a published writer by contributing to the bestselling Harper Collins book The Atheists Guide to Christmas

- I went on Australian radio to talk about it.

- I went to NY City and have been able to tick that off my list of things to do before I die.

- I wrote some sketches for The Works at Madam Jojo’s that have been performed by actual real actors in front of an actual real audience

- I wrote some sketches for Recorded For Training Purposes which have been short listed, and not yet rejected out of hand. Fingers crossed

- I re-wrote a comedy radio pitch as a comedy book pitch

- I wrote more radio pitch ideas

- I was a guest on Resonance FM show My First Gig

- I got commissioned to write an episode of Hotel Trubble for the BBC.

It’s kind of a bit like two steps forward and then two steps back. Like that song I liked in 1990 about opposites attract, with a cartoon fox. Except comedy might be my opposite I am attracted to. But I hope not. Now, next time I am ‘ahead’ can we please just freeze time? Thank you.

Oh yes, and happy new year! (unless someone gives me a job in the next 24 hours – in which case it will have to stay 2009 forever) forever…forever….forever…