Yesterday, I wasn't 'Girl With Yo-Yo, ' I WAS THE YO-YO.
First, a huge UP! I learned that my Quirky Tales - The Great Wheelie Bin Robbery and The Mysterious Disappearing Flower were ON AIR from 11.30 a.m. every weekday. Fun Kids Live is a London-based digital radio station but anyone can listen on-line here
I was SO delighted! (As I write this, the time is ticking towards 11.30 when I'll be able to hear them for myself!)
Then, another huge UP without even coming down. (Is that possible with a yo-yo?)
I received an e-mail from the production company for whom I wrote a screenplay - and re-wrote...and re-wrote some more...and added extra scenes at short notice, even though I had already well-exceeded the hours I was paid for...and revised pages of dialogue at even shorter notice whilst on holiday in Canada...
It was an invitation to the premiere! WHOO HOO! I was so excited, I posted the link on Facebook.
Then I noticed...
This is the invitation:
If you can't read the writing it says:
"Co-written by Stoke-on-Trent female victim survivors and based on their actual experiences"
There is a GLARING omission in that statement. Not only that, the first part of the sentence is factually inaccurate. It's simply NOT TRUE.
I have e-mailed the production company. I think they think I'm some sort of prima donna. The invitations have already gone out. I have requested that all other publicity has me properly credited.
So there we are...
It's one huge learning curve for me.
The good bit - I was so angry that I shifted a load of hay bales!
Note to self: Get angry more often then will possess super-human strength and be able to perform heavy physical tasks with no problem at all.
I've said it before...
Is it just me?
That is not right! I'm sorry. I hope they give you proper credit.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Brianne. I hope so too!
ReplyDeleteI hate making a fuss about things. I'd really rather keep my head below the parapet. However, to do that would be doing a disservice to myself and to all the other writers out there who are treated with such blatant disrespect.
I noticed it on their facebook page. I thought you knew or I'd let you know.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe they (producers in general) do that...
I was too excited at first so I noticed nothing...
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering if that's the reason they didn't tell me about the Facebook page (which has been up since November!)
...so that I wouldn't see what they had put about the writing.
That's true. Sometimes one person has to put up a fight so that others may experience the blessings =)
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