Melody pure and sweet, singing

It was the best of plans, it was the worst of plans. But in the end, we gave our writer an expense account.

A tiny expense account.

Even so, to weeks later, we're getting odd things in the post.

Here at Eton Crow, we're currently working on a project, which is always nice. It began, quite simply, as two people sitting down and drinking themselves blind while reminiscing about their past, and all the good and interesting and boring and banal things that have happened.

Around the beginning of the second draft, suddnely, ghosts were involved. This was more, in fact, due to our editor discovering that the 'ghost' effect is - if the subject is standing perfectly still - remarkably easy, in theory, to do.

Instead, we kicked the script back to our writer, who now assures us he can cut down on the number of people involved and retain the quality and prestige we're famous for...