Reading and Film Screening
I will be reading from the manuscript for Butterfly in the Typewriter and screening the documentary film, John Kennedy Toole: The Omega...
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- Jan 4, 2011
- 1 min
Great Start to the New Year
The holidays were filled with hours and hours of writing and editing. Through those hours I dove deep, a depth from which I have yet to...
cmaclauchlin
- Dec 17, 2010
- 1 min
Happy Birthday Ken
Toole was born this day in 1937 in New Orleans. His mother called him her “Beauteous Babe.” I have spent the day thinking about Toole’s...
cmaclauchlin
- Dec 2, 2010
- 1 min
Two more chapters down–almost
I am making steady progress. I finished two more chapters this month. I focused on Toole’s days at Tulane and his first year at Columbia....
cmaclauchlin
- Nov 28, 2010
- 2 min
On Writing
Over Thanksgiving, as there was much chatter about the book deal, one of my cousins asked me about the writing process. How do you go...
cmaclauchlin
- Nov 18, 2010
- 1 min
Book Deal!
It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks. I recently returned from New Orleans where we had two screenings of the documentary, one at...
cmaclauchlin
- Oct 21, 2010
- 3 min
Beyond Freud
Over the last few weeks the topic of suicides related to bullying has made headline news. And in many of these cases the bullying focused...
cmaclauchlin
- Oct 9, 2010
- 1 min
We are close
We are getting closer to a deal. Hopefully there will be good news to report soon. In the meantime I have made contact with many people...
cmaclauchlin
- Aug 18, 2010
- 1 min
Updates
The documentary on Toole has been accepted to the New Orleans Film Festival. Congratulations to Joe Sanford! I will be attending. It...
cmaclauchlin
- Jul 7, 2010
- 2 min
The Mallord Mystery Continues
You bring up a great point that this could be self-promotion. In fact, someone placed a newspaper ad for the book on the inscription...
cmaclauchlin
- Jun 3, 2010
- 2 min
Untitled
I spent this past weekend in New York. I visited the room in which Toole lived while he attended Columbia University. The trip offered...
cmaclauchlin
- May 18, 2010
- 1 min
Screening a Success
The first screening was sold out. It was wonderful to hear the audience respond to interviews with people that Joe, Joel and I have come...
cmaclauchlin
- Feb 9, 2010
- 1 min
Bravo Mr. Sanford!
Today I had the pleasure of watching the documentary John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point with my good friend and author Joel Fletcher. I...
cmaclauchlin
- Jan 24, 2010
- 2 min
The Importance of Boogie Woogie
Over the holidays I took some time to revise my book proposal. One of the editorial suggestions I received from one of the most...
cmaclauchlin
- Dec 14, 2009
- 1 min
Mallord: One Step Closer
Susanna Powers reminded me that Mallord published two books, a fact that I had filed away during my last search. Today my copy of Moving...
cmaclauchlin
- Nov 16, 2009
- 1 min
Searching for a lost poet
His full name is Richard Mallord Silverman. He published a book of poems in New Orleans in 1969 titled Love Alone Finds Cold (Silver...
cmaclauchlin
- Oct 23, 2009
- 1 min
Elemore Morgan Jr.: LA Artist and Toole’s Friend
Two years ago when I approached Joel Fletcher about this project, he recommended I contact Louisiana artist Elemore Morgan, Jr. who had...
cmaclauchlin
- Oct 2, 2009
- 2 min
The Yellow Brick Road
After several revisions my agent has placed his seal of approval on the book proposal. How nice the title page looks with an agency logo...
cmaclauchlin
- Sep 16, 2009
- 1 min
Rest in Peace–Dr. Patricia Rickels
Dr. Patricia Rickels, one of Toole’s dearest friends, passed away on Tuesday. I only had three conversations with Dr. Pat, as she was...
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