The art of the thriller

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 [...]

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What’s wrong with US literary agents?

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. [...]

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The Cheltenham Screenwriters Festival

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 [...]

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My album has become a collector’s item

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”
They are calling it folk-psych (whatever that is). A new wave Irish [...]

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