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Latest short film 'Accidents Happen'
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Short Story Anthology @tales_of_the_forthcoming

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Journey through the unknown and the unknowable with my debut book @tales_of_the_forthcoming an anthology of 10 short stories blending science-fiction and supernatural for your entertainment.

Intergalactic relics, machines of science beyond compare, ghosts with moral warnings, and creatures of nightmares. High concept ideas are matched with human stories to provide a story for everyone with a range comparable to 'The Twilight Zone' and 'Tales of the Crypt'. This collection of stories is fun, meaningful and sometimes harrowing. The book has a range of tones and themes, a range only possible with the power of an anthology.

Find your ebook and paperback copy on @amazonkindle @barnesandnoble @kobobooks and all other major online book stores. You can even borrow the book through @borrowbox using your local library. taken in Time and Space by @steven_blows

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A year ago today filming for my short film began with a 4-day schedule in Key West Florida.

I can't thank those enough who were involved in bringing my vision into real life and realising it as their own in a way I had never thought of. Seeing the small and big ideas they brought to the project was inspiring. A special thanks to those at @madhoney.productions and @fortepictures who demonstrated that they are masters of their crafts.

I'm stunned at how the film turned out and can't wait for it to be released.

The final image is of the concept poster I created for the script. I hoped, but little did I know of what would come from it.

Drifters follows the story of four transient friends as they carry their beloved couch across Key West while in search of a pair of lost glasses. taken in Key West, Florida Keys by @steven_blows

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What a fantastic concept poster!
I'm excited to announce that my short script 'Catching Stars' will be turned into an animated film by the German based @malteserkreuzfilm.
The script trickled out of my brain and onto the computer screen 2 months ago and I can't wait to see how the story ends up looking.

Catching Stars is the story of a determined young girl who attempts to overcome the impossible to prove that stars are not unreachable lights in the sky. by @steven_blows

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That's a wrap on Accidents Happen. If you'd like to keep up to date with the progress of this short comedy film, follow @parrotroarproductions where I will posting so not to jam your feed here.

Earlier this year I decided to produce my own writing for the first time. After meeting Rory (director) by chance, things began to fall into place and before I knew it I was on my first film set, since my previous two scripts have been sold overseas. I thought it was about time I had my own indie film experience.

We had a blast while filming this. It took all of our might to hold in the laughter while the camera was rolling 😆. I can't wait to see an audience's reaction. The creativity that the cast and crew brought shone through and I can't thank them enough.

Director - @marshyfilm
1st Assistant Director - @_joe_deacon
Director of Photography - @cianjpg
Camera Operator - @bymax_visuals
Gaffer - @fb.lumen
Sound Operator - James Smith
Actor - @dibiase_acting
Actor - @stephen_cornelius_venables
Graphic Designer - Kathleen Marsh
Writer/Producer - Me by @steven_blows

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Around 1500BCE, humans placed iron into fire and hammered the cooling metal into tools that defined societies and continued progress that would eventually launch satellites and create the Iphone. In doing so they defined blacksmithing as we know it (minus a gas forge, powered tools and a hydraulic press).

I dipped my toe into this ancient craft and made a tomahawk throwing axe with @boneyardlondon

I enjoyed making this one, feeling like William Turner in Pirates of the Carribbean. I like the slim design and the rustic look that the axe ended up having. The skillful instructors made the process stress free. It's a shame that they couldn't do anything for the blisters and working in front of a 1000°C furnace during a heatwave. I doubt that I'll be putting the tomahawk to much use as I'm terrible at axe throwing, but it makes for a good shelf ornament with a story. taken in Boneyard London by @steven_blows

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Watching a solar eclipse has been a long awaited moment for me. It is something that is burned into my memory (and thankfully not my retina!).

An eclipse is something that offers visual beauty, but its true elegance comes from reflecting on its nature. To think that the million billion photons hitting the lens of my solar eclipse glasses were created by atoms colliding, spitting out particles in a chain reaction and creating the energy of light, light that possibly took hundreds of thousands of years to escape the dense clutch of the sun, travelling a vast distance at the fastest speed permissible as it journeys over the head of an object rarely explored and whose origins are unknown; the moon. It is a wonderful thought that so much has taken place just for me to see such a sight.

For a flashing moment in the lives of the sun and the moon, they cross paths as they hang on the patchwork of spacetime. In a moment so inconsequential to their clockwork routine, they cross paths and touch the lives of millions of sentient specks gazing up from the third rock from the sun. A moment too fantastic in its vision that its very existence means that we cannot view it. A moment we are able to see clearly with our own eyes through an unsuspicious looking pair of paper glasses. An everyday item that has taken hundreds of years of scientific endeavour to unintentionally create.

In order to tame the sun's light and view a solar eclipse, the most creative of minds throughout history had to discover a great deal, such as the fundamental nature of what light is and the creation of a whole new field of science, that of quantum mechanics. From Ibn Al-Haytham in 1021 writing on optics to Albert Einstein in 1905 standing on the intellectual shoulders of Max Planck and James Maxwell, science progresses because people wonder what things are and how they work, not for economic gain (as the research grants of today so statically demand) but for the fact that a question has no answer. It is in our nature to be curious and I hope that after so many people have looked to the sky today, seeing the moon dance with the sun for our pleasure, that curious minds will seek answers once more. taken in Planet Earth by @steven_blows

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Solo traveling to Norway to wild camp and kayak at Lysefjord in Stavanger then onto Oslo for the museums and more. This was a breath of a much needed fresh air.

The first four days were devoted to kayaking with 4 others. I signed onto a doubles kayak trip, but when the group size became 5, the opportunity to go single appeared and I embraced the change. The fjord was awe inspiring. It was a perfect mix of calm waters that changed into tougher conditions when wind presented itself or a passing ferry boat pushed its waves across my path. As fun as kayaking is, I'm more of a walker than anything else so I found hiking to Pulpit Rock the right level of challenging. My heart rate went over 150bpm! I never used to get a feeling of dread when looking down from a height, but peering over the cliff face of Pulpit Rock at 604m, I had a feeling telling me to step back. I blame bungee jumping for this. My body still hasn't recovered from that shock!

I fondly remember being woken up by the sound of a thousand hooves stampeding on the hollow ground around my head. In the shadows of a tent yet to open to the view of the blue salty fjord lit by an early risen sun hidden behind the veil of a grey overcast sky, and with a groggy mind forced awake and on the verge of a dream, my mind imagined the sight of a hundred stallions rushing past. I unzipped my tent to find the face of a sheep staring at me, it's ears pointing straight up as it stares me down, deciding if I am friend or foe. It calls to its flock, causing a chorus of baas to fill the air in a morning song (although it can be described more accurately as a shouting match).

The next three days were spent in Oslo, a city that I would describe as 'fine dining' and 'chic'. It is a place that has brought its history forward with its innovation. Surprisingly, I only found 3 days worth of things to do, whereas in Bucharest, I found enough to fill 5 days, much to the surprise of the locals at the time and that I have met since.

Thankful to all those I met along this journey. taken in Norway by @steven_blows

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Wing walking (although it's more like wing riding) with @thewingwalkcompany was thrilling and yet surprisingly peaceful and relaxing.

Flying at heights up to 700ft and speeds of 110mph, I was strapped in place atop a Boeing Stearman which has been taking to the skies since 1942 and was initially used for pilot training in WWII. We were so high that I wasn't sure if those on the ground could see me, but I performed the YMCA all the same.

I wasn't nervous about this one like some of the other experiences I've done (such as a bungee jumping and abseiling), although when the propeller starter rotating at what feels like a reachable distance just beyond my tip toes, there was a moment of, "What the hell am I doing?" 😆

Whilst your in the air, I recommend having fun and being silly, where else do you get to feel like Superman? But take time to soak in the surreal environment you find yourself in. If you look to the sky, you're flying.

P.S. The socks weren't a fashion choice but rather a safety one. I think that I pulled them off. Just. taken in Headcorn Aerodrome by @steven_blows

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3 months ago

Created this neon painting at @rembrandt.london where the process was aided (or hindered, I'll let you be the judge) with unlimited wine! The painting may be simple but I like it. At the workshop you can follow their guided template or get creative. I decided to go rouge and opted to do something original. Scroll along the photos to see the completed piece.

I am not an artistic painter and this was my first time painting since creating my only other painting around 10+ years ago (see last photo for reference) which was inspired by the Hubble's pictures of Pluto.
So after a long hiatus, I found the initial starting of the process to be very frustrating. I was all too aware of where I was placing the brush, afraid that a wrong movement would spoil that part of the painting and therefore my overall impression of the work because I would only be able to fixate on this potential flaw. I had a similar experience when creating my pottery work recently. A couple of flaws still remain in the painting due to neon paint being thin and looking bolder and complete under a UV light. Another miss placement of a brush created a binary star system. The majority stars orbit in pairs or more so maybe I should have done more in order to make the painting more realistic. After all, nothing else about the painting is unrealistic 👽.
Eventually, I gained confidence in my skills and began to enjoy to process. I wasn't able to complete the painting within the two hour time frame so the rest was done at home. I then did a couple of small paintings to test out the new paints that I bought.

It's been good this year to try my hands at different arts and crafts. I have a couple more workshops lined up which I'm looking forward too. I've enjoyed physically creating something. As a writer, my creativity is only ever expressed mentally, besides from designing concept posters and a book cover so these workshops have been a welcomed experience. taken in Angel, London by @steven_blows

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4 months ago

Disney and Universal theme parks provided some magical times, along with a trip to the Kennedy Space Center. by @steven_blows

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Pottery making with @classbento getting hands on with a potter's wheel was a wheel-y good experience.

We made 4 pieces over the 2 hours. It was surprisingly more stressful than I thought it would be! Wanting to make something nice that I would be proud of yet being putifuly underskilled to do so meant that every movement of a hand was in question, putting the fate of the hard work until that point in question, teetering on the edge of utter failure or consequential brilliance (when viewed through a lense of 'creative freedom'). There came a point in the making of an item where you had to accept that this was the best it was going to get and tinkering with it further would likely bring about destruction. I'm happy with these first attempts and looking forward to collecting them in 6 weeks after they have been in the kiln. I won't be collecting Attempt #1 on the right. That has been erased from existence. I'm pleased with the bowl inside a bowl design I free styled on the middle right. by @steven_blows

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"I'm afraid of grounds! It's the ground that kills you!" - Terry Pratchett

Jumping at Coram's Field with @ukbungee was a blast. I decided to do a bungee jump, because it's an experience like no other. Falling with no support, no control and no way out. The body recoils at the thought but not as quickly as the mind. Until recently, I never thought that I would do a bungee jump, because I have previously had no real desire for it and if truth be told, it filled me with fear, even if I was not particularly afraid of it, and it was this not being afraid of it that gave me no choice but to step up and confront that item of fear.

As the event approached, the nerves set in and they stayed all the way up until I was looking at the crane which was to lift me to a height of 160ft (50m). I became settled and ready. That was until the crane was lifted into position and a natural misplacement of my gaze saw the dirty top of a building below. I reminded myself not to look down. The instructor counted down 3... 2... 1... Logical thought slipped away as my legs threw me forward and the falling began, pushing natural instincts to the surface. I shouted (or was it a scream?). The bungee yanked tight and I was pulled up, enjoying this part as the wind brushed my hair. As I travelled further into the air, I remembered that this also meant I was to fall that much further. Down I went and the screaming continued. After a couple more bounces I was back on the ground, shaking with adrenaline and happy to be experiencing the ground accelerating me upwards. taken in Coram's Fields by @steven_blows

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