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Tall StoryTall Storyblog of novelist and screenwriter David Callinan exploring the human condition through books, movies, politics and metaphysics
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Everybody who?s anybody in film & trade publishing - hurry, hurry!
2007-09-02 18:55:00 For those of you who have never heard of Gerard Jones then it’s time to check him out. Gerard is a 65 year old writer living in the US who started to chronicle the 500,000 rejections he has so far received for his books and suggested screenplays. In so doing he compiled an online directory and ... More About: Books , Film , Publishing , Trade , Everybody
The battle of Trafalgar 2007 - one act play
2007-08-20 23:27:00 Nelson: “Order the signal, Hardy.” Hardy: “Aye, aye sir.” Nelson: “Hold on, that’s not what I gave to the signal officer. What’s the meaning of this?” Hardy: “Sir?” Nelson (reading aloud): “England expects every person to do his duty, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious persuasion or disability”. “What gobbledygook is this?” Hardy: ... More About: Play , Battle
Could Noah beat political correctness?
2007-08-16 12:07:00 I am indebted to Roy Tallis for this new spin on the Noah ’s Ark tale (with sting attached). A real TALL STORY. In the year 2007 the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in England and said, “Once again, the earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh ... More About: Political , Political Correctness , Beat , Poli
So, what is reality when it?s at home?
2007-08-14 00:04:00 I guess that the most fundamental question any one of us on this fragment of dust can ever ask ourselves, and one that can sound profound or pretentious is - what is reality? It’s an interesting question. It’s one that another blogger I’ve come across has had a stab at answering http://omniverse.blogspot.com/. But how many ... More About: Reality , Home , Ality
JK Rowling in my local pub - by ?Mugglewort? Wood
2007-08-05 19:23:00 It seems that either the day before or after the premiere of the latest Harry Potter movie, author JK Rowling was seen having lunch at “The Bell’, a pub in the village of Littledean in the Forest of Dean. No idea what she had but what was she doing there? A number of things come ... More About: Wood , Local , JK Rowling , Wort
The art of the thriller
2007-07-31 16:19:00 I have just finished the first draft of my new thriller. The result is a quite unnatural feeling of longing. It’s almost as though the book you couldn’t wait to finish writing you now cannot bear to end. I plan to leave it dormant for a while and let it stew in its own juices ... More About: Books , Thriller , The A , The Art
What?s wrong with US literary agents?
2007-07-24 09:45:00 It makes me mad. I contacted a UK-based film production company recently in the hope of getting a chance to pitch some film and TV projects. This, after spending time and money being stimulated and encouraged at the recent Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival. “We only accept submissions via literary agents’, I was told. That’s fairly normal. ... More About: Agents , Wrong , Tera , With U , Literary
The Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival
2007-07-18 15:55:00 It’s not often I go to festivals like this - in fact I don’t think I have ever been to one. For the UK film industry it did seem to attract some big names well worth listening to. There were people such as screenwriters Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix); William ... More About: Festival , Cree , Screenwriters
My album has become a collector?s item
2007-07-06 23:53:00 I was quite amazed when I found out that an album I made in 1972 has become a surprise underground rare hit and been sought after by fans and collectors all over the world. Here’s one site that people are dowloading tracks from http://www.last.fm/music/Callinan-Flynn&# 8221; They are calling it folk-psych (whatever that is). A new wave Irish ... More About: Music , Item , Album , Coll , Collector
Conspiracies are good for your health
2007-06-26 10:04:00 Below is an extract from the front page of an interesting site that documents just about every conspiracy or perceived conspiracy that exists. I love a good conspiracy theory and one part of me wants to believe it all. Much of this stuff COULD be true. The site has a similar name to the ... More About: Health , Conspiracies , Good , Cons , Heal
New book, new crime thriller hero on the way
2007-06-13 19:10:00 I am half way through writing a new crime thriller novel. It is the first of a series featuring a new kind of hero. I’m not going to say too much about him except he is kind of a cross between Father Brown and Jack Reacher. But comparisons are odious and so is that one ... More About: Crime , Thriller , Book , Hero , Rime
Is God a delusion - are babies a miracle?
2007-05-29 16:34:00 It has surprised me that an eminent scientist such as Richard Dawkins can many spend thousands of words writing a well argued polemic on the science versus religion theme. When you read between the lines, he avoids the ‘What is God’ discussion in order to argue that mankind essentially invented a supreme being that actually ... More About: Babies , Miracle , Sion , Mira , Babi
The Common condition
2007-05-20 20:40:00 Every so often (probably most days) something happens that drives me to distraction. I have long learned not to let these moments cause my blood pressure to rise. I guess wherever you are in the world and whatever state of the human condition your destiny has cast you in, similar events will take place that ... More About: Common , Condition , Comm , Condi
Book Fair or not
2007-04-15 16:52:00 I usually trot along to the London Book Fair but find that, as a writer, very few people want to talk to me. It’s understandable in a way. It’s a trade show and every agent worth their salt is locked away in the IRC pitching to publishers. And this year, as last year, you don’t ...
Film project changes before my very eyes
2007-03-23 16:45:00 Who’d be a writer? In earlier posts I told you about a long gestating film project that I thought was dead and buried. Suddenly, ‘Lark in the Morning’ - one of my few romantic dramas - burst back into life (we are talking years later). The original erstwhile producer and financier I had originally made ... More About: Film , Eyes , Change , Project , Changes
Barcelona and Gaudi - architect of nature
2007-03-23 16:05:00 I hadn’t been to Barcelona for years, about 20 to be exact, and I had forgotten what a vibrant place it is. The architect who is responsible for putting Barcelona on the cultural map and keeping it there is, of course, Antoni Gaudi , who died in 1926 - hit by a tram. His work is ... More About: Nature , Audi , Archi
The human condition and the God quandary
2007-03-11 18:48:00 Commentaries on the role of the novel in disentangling human lies and deceit and scraping away at carapace of the human condition until we can shed some light on our humanity and destiny always compel me if they are elegantly written and argued. Few can match MILAN KUNDERA in this and there is a New ... More About: God , Human , Anda , Condition , Uman
Dublin here we didn?t go
2007-03-11 18:32:00 Can you believe it? With my air tickets emailed to me for the trip back to Dublin to discuss a film project, the financier in Ireland postponed at the eleventh hour. The meeting is to be held in London in a couple of weeks. I’m not holding my breath. Will keep you informed. More About: Here
Dublin here I come
2007-03-09 21:11:03 The long awaited film meeting to discuss the development of my screenplay ‘Lark In The Morning’ is to take place this week in Dublin - a city much changed since I lived there. I have no idea what to expect except that an option is the obvious outcome. The screenplay has been lying in a ... More About: Come , Here
Catch a boat to England, baby or maybe to Spain
2007-03-09 21:11:03 I made my annual pilgrimage to a blues club in the Forest of Dean to bask in the superlative skills of guitar maestro John Renbourne - ex Pentangle - and someone I used to play on the same bill with when I was working in bands many years ago. Of course, John wouldn’t remember me. ... More About: England , Baby , Cat , Spain , Pain
?Your earliest memory? project: please take part
2007-03-09 21:11:03 This could be a web-wide project or experiment to document and record the earliest memories of anyone who takes part regardless of language, culture or creed. Curious? More About: Memory , Project , Take , Your , Part
Film deal, Bush goes green and the rise of PC
2007-03-09 21:11:03 A slight delay on the film deal meeting but I hear development monies have been put in place. I’ll be away from this blog for a week because I will be in Spain, in Almeria to be precise. I am assured the meeting will take place when I get back, possibly in Germany. So, there ... More About: Bush , Film , Green , Deal , Rise
Film deal - yes or no?
2007-03-09 21:11:03 January 10th 2007: It’s my birthday so many happy returns to me. And the wings of fate have brought me a present. News that I may have a film deal, or at least a meeting to discuss a film deal (there’s a HUGE difference) has just arrived. Next week I am to meet some producers ... More About: Film , Deal
Prophecy:
2007-03-09 21:11:03 Look into SuperIching (http://www.superiching.com). I became transfixed by this different methodology of interpreting the I-Ching. It is quite remarkable and astonishingly accurate. The man who developed the system based on ancient Chinese wisdom is Alex Chiu - a Chinese/American living in San Francisco, I believe. He follows the movements of stocks and shares and ... More About: Prophecy , Prop
Literary agents:
2007-03-09 21:11:03 I have had a number of literary agents and when trying the backbreaking job of trying to interest them in my work was more than amused to find that literary agents appear to have developed an insider notoriety with websites devoted to discussions about honesty, dealmaking, performance tables. A good agent is worth their weight ... More About: Agent , Agents , Lite , Liter , Tera
Conspiracy theory:
2007-03-09 21:11:03 I blow hot and cold about conspiracy theories and I would love to uncover one. There are hosts of websites purporting to reveal the most insidious conspiracies and one of these covert exercises in mind seduction appears to be the Bilderberger Society. This association, for want of a better word, takes its name from a ... More About: Piracy , Theory , Conspiracy , Conspiracy Theory , Cons
Travel writing:
2007-03-09 21:11:03 PERU - THE TALE OF A SECRET VALLEY AND THE CREDIT CARD AT THE BOTTOM OF LAKE TITICACA by David Callinan If you care to slip into a wet suit and dive to the bottom of icy Lake Titicaca, somewhere between the island of Taquile and the Peruvian mainland, you may discover the highest navigable, or should that ... More About: Travel , Writing , Rave , North Las Vegas
Science, religion and the alternative Holy Grail
More articles from this author:2007-03-09 21:11:03 Unlike the huge schism there appears to be between science and religion, I see no conflict between scientific discovery, metaphysics and religion. I explore these themes in my book ‘An Angel On My Shoulder’. There is a link to the synopsis and first chapter on my home page. What is that old aphorism? What is ... More About: Science , Religion , Alternative , Ligi , Rail 1, 2 |
