John Allen (He/Him)

YouTube video by James Lasing presents... (AKA John Allen) Hansella's Off Menu - Intro to the teaser

#hansellasoffmenu #teaser #shooting tomorrow!
Huge thanks to Christie Peto & Tayla Kenyon from @teepeeprods.bsky.social helping me with this. Seemed daft not to try as the script was a finalist @scriptsandco.bsky.social, Wiki, & now the FINAL 10 at PAGE International youtu.be/w3GpLIqXHRI?...

At a friend's funeral yesterday reminded me of the importance of staying connected, but also living more offline. There were no phones. No selfies. No one trying to jump up and down for attention. Just friends and family remembering, chatting, mourning and celebrating our friend.

If someone had told me 20 years ago that one day l’d be number 1 in breast cancer on Amazon I’d… probably not have been too happy about it.

Still, this is nice to see, today!

And you can buy the book here:

linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

#cansky

Hollow Knight: Silksong Reinforces the Metroidvania Genre’s Accessibility Barriers - IGN There are overarching accessibility problems in the Metroidvania genre, and Hollow Knight: Silksong is just perpetuating and reinforcing inaccessible barriers.

Fantastic article from @supercrip1994.bsky.social via @ign.com on #accessibility in videogames - and as a fan of Hollow Knight and it's sequel, Silksong, this really resonates. www.ign.com/articles/hol...

Replace the word "cat" with the word "baby" and it's closer to the mark.

Nice surprise this week. "Hansella's Off Menu" has made the final 10 in the TV Comedy category at The PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. And we aim to shoot a teaser in October! pageawards.com/past-winners...

Go on, have a peek inside my book!

“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” will be published NEXT WEEK!

Preorders are open now! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

Amazing!

Taking a brief break from Milford Critique Week (where I'm having a fab time at the wonderful Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social) to celebrate the #bookrelease of my #solarpunk short story collection "Futures to Live By" by Newcon Press 🌻

www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as...

Good opportunity for a little R&D for anything you might be working on. #playwright #screenwriting

Sabrina is really funny so if you like #comedy #horror do share this and if you can... chuck in a a few $ greenlit.com/project/grow

“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is now available for pre-order!

It’ll be published in the UK on 25 September.

Pre-order here: linktr.ee/ThisMightSur...

#cansky

Calling all Ghost fans! The polls have closed and the chart has been created! Join me Monday 18th August at 8pm on @phoenixfm.com for the Ghost Top 20 show!

This will be an evening of Ghost celebration so I would love to hear your stories

Tune in www.phoenixfm.com

Remember, if you have Ghost...

I'm so sorry Hayley! I'll reach out to Gaie separately. I only saw them a few months ago. You're all in my thoughts today and a lot more besides.

This is rather lovely - "Adventure SF with heart" - my latest story, out now in #analog

JOHN ALLEN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN ALLEN THE BEST WIKI WRITERS OF 2025.

Always nice to be interviewed! Especially about writing! www.wikiscreenplaycontest.com/john-allen-i...

Recommend!

My son does this when I leave a banana nearby. He loves bananas.

Why so silly? Having a 1 year old Supreme Leader dictating what I can and cannot do is limiting my social media time. Anyway, I actually got 5 minutes to collect my thoughts (and try not to cry over an empty wallet) this week! johnallenwriter.com/blog/why-so-...

And so it would transpire that Kneel Before Pod hit 300 regular format episodes (!!!), and we marked the occasion with a double-header Twitch/YouTube livestream.

You can now hear the audio edit on the feed, wherever you get your podcasts 🤩

Such a great night at Ryaknots Theatre's scratch night last Thursday. Not only was it great to see other works in progress, I couldn't have asked for a better cast to bring "Carrots for Mum" to life in such a short space of time! Kudos to Arabella Fraser, Ruth Piggot and Lucy Eddington! #theatre

Be kind. Do the right thing... Then eat a truckload of pizza, drink some beer, and tell the world to go do one whilst you're tapped out.

#Playwrights Great update from @mrdavebyrne.bsky.social at @royalcourttheatre.bsky.social Read! You won't regret it!

What a lovely post David! And yes, I think this is a much better way to encourage writers to keep sending work. I don't live in London but I love the Royal Court and any way I can take part and develop as a writer is a Godsend at the moment. Thanks for sharing!

What posh train are you on? 😅 I'm lucky to see a 3 pin plug in the ones I use!

Freelance Writing Jobs: June's awards, bursaries and residencies All the upcoming deadlines you need to know about.

There are over 40 hand-picked writing awards, bursaries and residencies in this special edition. All with upcoming deadlines. Go get ‘em. open.substack.com/pub/freelanc...

This Thursday, my short play "Carrots for Mum" is appearing in Ryaknots Theatre's scratch night in Chiswick. More info here: www.instagram.com/p/DK4R6UAMkL... and to tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ryaknots-s... Be lovely to see fellow Blueskyers there!

Panel discussion for "Building Women" at the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors in London

Panellists from the panel discussion lined up and smiling to camera at the RICS

Photo of Faye Allen, Author of "Building Women" introducing the book. A standee with graphics of the Cover art and a professional photo of Faye are to the left.

Launched today: "Building Women" by Faye Allen (my sister!) Stories and recommendations on how we can equalise the construction industry so that women and men feel safe and inspired to pursuse their careers! A must read for men and women trying to equalise igg.me/at/FayeAllen...

Ryaknots Theatre logo with ry and kno in red and the t in Theatre in yellow which doubles as the a in Rya. Dark Purple background.

Tickets available for Ryaknots Theatre's opening scratch night at Arcane in London's trendy Chiswick are now on sale. 5 short plays performed live including "Carrots for Mum" a comedy-drama wot I wrote. www.eventbrite.com/e/ryaknots-s... Limited space (small venue)

This is on Thursday! Who lives near Amersham? Please spread the word as I’m not sure why this is so hard to sell this time around. Is everyone on holiday? 🤣#amersham #comedy