FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What are you doing?
I'm going to be a regular in Coronation Street  by sending three emails per day for one whole year to industry professionals.  It equates to 1,095 emails in total.  I just don't send any to the casting department at Corrie.
How will that help you to get into Coronation Street as a regular character?
By raising my profile or jogging people's memories, it may help me get more work.  Work breeds work, right?
Why don't you write to Coronation Street directly?
You sound like my parents!  That sounds sensible.  Of course, I've written to them over the years. However, there are 35,000 plus actors in the UK.  Their casting department gets inundated.  Therefore, I thought I'd try something different and out of the box...more like out of my tree!
Isn't it really naff and gimmicky?
Yes. Probably.  However, if I never try this, I'll never know.  I think it's a great discipline to have a pro-active project and, if nothing happens, I'll have great material for a book or a stand-up show.
What happens if you miss a day?
I cry and torture myself.  Nothing kinky, you understand.  No, it's only happened twice and I've just done double the following day.  When I went on holiday, a loser did it for me daily.  Thanks Loser! x
Will you do it on Christmas Day?
Of course.  I might send four as a treat!  I bet that industry professional won't know his/her luck.
Why not a small character or guest character?  Why a regular character only?
I like to think big and there are many child actors with very little experience that stay in series for years and learn on the job.  Why can't I?  I'm a big kid after all and I have experience.
What does your email say?
Well, that's obviously confidential. However, there's normally a death threat and a promise to uncover some dark and nasty secrets.  Let's just say, I ask for a meeting or a view of my reel.  Sometimes I will have seen their work, so will comment on it.  At the moment, I DO NOT mention Coronation Street.  The blog is a subtly in my signature.  If they're feeling curious, they'll click and end up here.  Perhaps, in months to come, I'll be more direct about the campaign.
Why don't you stand outside the studios wearing a sandwich board advertising your blog?
Stop it! I'm not that sad. #mustremainprofessionalsopleasedon'tgettemptednick
What can I do if I don't know anyone who could help you?
Many people tell me they can't help me.  Just by reading this, you most certainly are!  I'd love you to tell your friends, family, work colleagues, Rabbis and chiropodists.  It doesn't matter if they have nothing to do with the entertainment industry.  Please just spread the word.  Retweet.  Change that Facebook status.  Forward some links.  Six degrees of separation and all that...