Well done, Anthony! You appear to have had enormous success in a relatively short period of time. Out of interest, how much time do you spend on self-promotion, and do you go through the same process with every 'short'? I've been reading a few of your articles, very informative.

Many thanks Tony.

LC - Yes, I've been incredibly lucky in a relatively short period. I think all the elements covered in the articles (glad they are useful) certainly contribute to that... and it's worth pointing out that I think something like 20% of the options that get taken end up lapsing ;-( and I have to start again in trying to find homes for the scripts.
I' ve even had one get filmed, only for the director to disappear and the film never to come out of post production, frustrating to say the least.
I probably spend an hour a day or so on promotion, average that is. Normally includes updating my own site, log lines on other sites and looking at and responding to ads on Stage 32, Network ISA, SSU etc.
Is it the same with each short, yes, more or less...
1) Write it
2) Get feedback on here.
3) Add it to my pages on Stage 32, Movie Bytes, Network ISA, etc
4) Post it on Inktip
5) Start trying to send it to producers looking for shorts where it fits the brief.

Oddly not Tomino, been a bit slow with a couple of the steps...  

Hey Anthony,

I just read this.  It was good.  I can see why this got optioned.  It was a familiar story, but, it had a nice twist.  Kind of like Candyman meets the end of the original lawnmower man where all the phones ring at the same time.  

One question, what was Cortana?  Is that a search engine, or did I miss something?  

Other then that, I really can't add anything.  It was good, I had no issues following it.  Well done.  

Dan

Thanks Dan glad it worked for you...

Cortana is the voice interface on Windows smart phones... so same as Siri but different OS,

Anthony

You're a liar Anthony! Cortana is that hot babe from Halo!

Tryna keep her to yourself are we?

LOL - found out

You're a UK dude btw right? Have you ever sent anything into BBC writers room?

I am UK, so aware of writers room but it's largely aimed at TV and I've never had a script that seemed to fit what they were looking for at the right time... One of these days I'll submit something!
I think Dustin (Biwcott) has submitted before.

The option on Tomino has now lapsed... so its available again!