The 13th Greek Premiere
Remember, if you are on Symi this evening you can see the Greek Premiere of the film ‘The 13th‘ that was shot on Symi in 2013. It will be showing at the Horio sports centre at 21:00 tonight as part of The Symi Festival. The film has now picked up 14 or 15 laurels, awards at film festivals and has been shortlisted for two festival finales/screenings at two different festivals in India later in the year, and one in Africa, I think. The production company is waiting to hear back on several other submissions. The Symi cinema guys tell me that they have permission to show the film again, outside of the Symi Festival later in the year, and I think they will be showing it in September.
So, how was your weekend? I spent much of last week preparing ‘Honestly’ for a Kindle publication in a couple of weeks, and some of Saturday trying to work out how to convert the files and make the thing look right on Kindle. I’ve had to call in expert help as I couldn’t figure it out. Meanwhile, my designer is working on the cover, and I should be able to see that in a couple of days. If you want to read more about my writing activities, I’ve put a quick update on my other, less frequent blog here http://jamescollinsauthor.com/
We were in Yialos on Saturday having a complete day off, apart from Neil having to work at the bar in the afternoon. We picked up some varnish, a new shower mat, a new hat for me and some shopping, and then stopped for a beer at Pacho’s. A quick lunch at Meraklis (ham and cheese omelette and yemista for me – that’s stuffed tomatoes/peppers) and a taxi up the hill, a long afternoon in the square and then some time on the balcony listening to some old cabaret CDs for some reason.
The weather’s been wonderfully calm and ‘just right’ if you like it warm/hot. The fan is still going on, on my desk at seven in the morning and I tend to forget what it’s like outside. I spend all day indoors working in front of one fan or another and then if I do go out in the afternoon, I am hit by this wall of heat that I’d not noticed before. Not complaining!
A few photos from Saturday for the blog today, more to come during the week. I’ve not got much in the diary this week, an interview on Sunday to help a college student in Canada, the film showing on Monday night, a dinner invite for Saturday and a new novella to get ready and publish; standard kind of week. Whatever you are up to, have a good one, and I’ll be back tomorrow.
