This site began as a means for me to express my thoughts in review form for various movies and television shows I’d seen (as well as pop concerts etc). The aim was to practice writing to further my ultimate ambition of becoming an author. By my last review in May 2021, I was yet to write anything however I set the reviewing aside to focus on writing my book and as of November 2025, I had completed it.

I’m now looking for an agent and publisher.

A little about me

I’m a 50-‘something’ Welsh librarian who works in London and lives in Brighton.  My mother got me into watching old movies on television when I was very young, she also read to me at bed times when I was younger still. ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ and ‘Worzel Gummidge’ were big favourites and I remember the feeling of being taken away to these amazing places just through words that my mother spoke out loud from the written page. A few years later, I read ‘A Christmas Carol’ and wept as Bob’s children cried out in grief at the loss of their younger brother, Tim. I knew then that I wanted to do that, to move people like that.

The title of this website

Admittedly, my title needs an explanation…  A long time ago when I was thinking of ideas for stories, I thought about Toto in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and how we had a non-speaking character who’s there every step of the way.  I saw him as an observer (even though it’s because of him that key events happen) and so I thought a film-related name from a film I love for a blog site about watching would be fitting.

I figured that as I already had the name and a lot of content, I’d keep it all and repurpose to promote my current works.