Jimmy Callaway's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T15:24:51ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallawayhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60988113?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=JimmyCallaway&xn_auth=noMy poor, neglected CrimeSpace...tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-05-03:537324:BlogPost:2342102010-05-03T22:29:32.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
<p>I feel just terrible. If you were my children, the DCFS would have hauled you all away by now, and with good reason.</p>
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<p>First things last:</p>
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<p>The lovely Patti Abbott recently tossed down the gauntlet to write a flash-fiction incorporating that smash hit by The Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)." Here is my entry, hosted at Powder Burn Flash by the virile Aldo Calcagno: <a href="http://powderburnflash.com/?q=node/428">"Everybody's Looking for Elisa…</a></p>
<p>I feel just terrible. If you were my children, the DCFS would have hauled you all away by now, and with good reason.</p>
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<p>First things last:</p>
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<p>The lovely Patti Abbott recently tossed down the gauntlet to write a flash-fiction incorporating that smash hit by The Eurythmics, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)." Here is my entry, hosted at Powder Burn Flash by the virile Aldo Calcagno: <a href="http://powderburnflash.com/?q=node/428">"Everybody's Looking for Elisa Ortiz"</a></p>
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<p>Also, this week, Title Fights went live. What it is, see, is every couple'a months, the editors call a theme and dispense titles based on that theme to the writers interested. The stories can be about whatever, so long as they tie into the title assigned. For this first go-'round, the theme was trucker lingo, and yours truly penned a little number called "<a href="http://titlefights.blogspot.com/2010/05/tr-switch-by-jimmy-callaway.html">T.R. Switch</a>," and it sure was fun to write. Also, while you're there check out Josh Converse's "Baby Bear," and drop a line to them Title Fights cats and tell 'em you want in on the action.</p>
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<p>On the non-fiction side of things, the aforementioned doll-face Patti Abbott invited me to participate in her weekly Friday's Forgotten Books column, and so I took on the 1953 novel by CIA agent and Watergate convict Howard Hunt entitled <em><a href="http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2010/04/fridays-forgotten-books-april-23-2010.html">Lovers Are Losers</a></em>. Have a gander.</p>
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<p>And surprisingly to no one moreso than myself, I was asked by the fine folks over at Spinetingler Magazine to answer a few questions as part of their "<a href="conversations-with-the-bookless-jimmy-callaway">Conversations with the Bookless</a>" series. If you've ever wondered just what goes on in my addle-pated skull, you can get a glimpse here. But seriously, if you have, check yourself into the hospital.</p>
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<p>Kids, it just doesn't end there. I have certainly been a busy boy. <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/contributor/553">PopMatters</a>, that glorious internet dispensary of smarty-pants criticism on all things popular (or at least, quasi- so), has been keeping me hopping as a staff writer for the Comics section (though I have delved into a couple other disciplines). This is in addition to my own monthly spoutings on the glory of comical books at my regular site, <em><a href="http://attentionchildren.blogspot.com/">Attention, Children. Sequential Art.</a></em> I and some of the other kids in the hall have been hard at work deconstructing the slasher film sub-genre over at <a href="http://letskilleverybody.blogspot.com/"><em>Let's Kill Everybody!</em></a> And, of the many fiction projects I am currently juggling, one is a story for Sgt. Jason Duke's <a href="http://bloodyknucklescallusedfingertips.blogspot.com/2010/04/attention-writers-jason-duke-wants-you.html">crime-fiction contest</a>, wherein you too may compete for not only cash prizes, but the envy and admiration of friends and enemies alike. So get on that, forthwith.</p>
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<p>Anyways, enough about me. What have you been up to?</p>When the Whistle Blowstag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-03-27:537324:BlogPost:2310132010-03-27T17:19:46.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
<p>The brand new Crime Factory is up, y'all. Josh Converse, Patti Abbott, Chad Eagleton, and yours truly.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.crimefactoryzine.com/main/HOME.html">Crime Factory</a></p>
<p>The brand new Crime Factory is up, y'all. Josh Converse, Patti Abbott, Chad Eagleton, and yours truly.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.crimefactoryzine.com/main/HOME.html">Crime Factory</a></p>A Hundred Gozintatag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-03-24:537324:BlogPost:2307612010-03-24T18:48:09.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
<p>As part of the festivities at A Twist of Noir for reaching 400(!) stories, we have two more entries in my own Divisible-by-a-Hundred series:</p>
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<p><a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/03/twist-of-noir-399-jimmy-callaway.html">Three Hundred</a></p>
<p><a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/03/twist-of-noir-400-jimmy-callaway.html">Four Hundred</a></p>
<p>As part of the festivities at A Twist of Noir for reaching 400(!) stories, we have two more entries in my own Divisible-by-a-Hundred series:</p>
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<p><a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/03/twist-of-noir-399-jimmy-callaway.html">Three Hundred</a></p>
<p><a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/03/twist-of-noir-400-jimmy-callaway.html">Four Hundred</a></p>Busy week.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-03-06:537324:BlogPost:2291592010-03-06T02:05:43.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
<p>So, kicking off the week in style, Dan O'Shea's flash fiction challenge hit the interwebs like a shotgun full of rock salt. The challenge was to write a flash-fiction that took place in some sort of place of worship. All comers brought all kinds of evil, and you can check out the whole God-damned rundown right <a href="http://danielboshea.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/let-us-prey/">here</a>. Christopher Grant was kind enough to host my entry, entitled…</p>
<p>So, kicking off the week in style, Dan O'Shea's flash fiction challenge hit the interwebs like a shotgun full of rock salt. The challenge was to write a flash-fiction that took place in some sort of place of worship. All comers brought all kinds of evil, and you can check out the whole God-damned rundown right <a href="http://danielboshea.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/let-us-prey/">here</a>. Christopher Grant was kind enough to host my entry, entitled <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/02/dan-oshea-flash-fiction-contest_28.html">Sanctuary, Hold the Sanctuary</a>, at my home away from home, A Twist of Noir.</p>
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<p>Then, after reading Grant's own submission to said contest, <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/search/label/Dan%20O%27Shea%20Contest%20Submission%3A%20Christopher%20Grant">Reverberations</a>, I found myself compelled to pen another little adventure for The Deaf Guy. Again, Christopher Grant hosted it at ATON, but not before having <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/03/introduction-to-jimmy-callaways-closed.html">many kind words</a> to say about yours truly, making me blush like Carrie White on prom night. So please enjoy <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/03/twist-of-noir-378-jimmy-callaway.html">Closed Captioned</a>.</p>
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<p>Now, I'm gonna go get drunk.</p>This is what happenstag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-02-14:537324:BlogPost:2270472010-02-14T06:54:15.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
<p>when one goes to a nudie bar the same week one re-reads <em>The Road.</em></p>
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<p><a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/02/twist-of-noir-355-jimmy-callaway.html">Night Train to Mundo Fine</a></p>
<p>when one goes to a nudie bar the same week one re-reads <em>The Road.</em></p>
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<p><a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2010/02/twist-of-noir-355-jimmy-callaway.html">Night Train to Mundo Fine</a></p>I got kicked outta Sam's Clubtag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-12-02:537324:BlogPost:2213382009-12-02T03:26:11.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
Hey, read my story <a href="http://www.powderburnflash.com/?q=node/370" target="_blank">here</a> along with five others in the "WalMart, I Love You" flash-fiction challenge, including that of my good buddy, Garnett Elliott.
Hey, read my story <a href="http://www.powderburnflash.com/?q=node/370" target="_blank">here</a> along with five others in the "WalMart, I Love You" flash-fiction challenge, including that of my good buddy, Garnett Elliott.This is what should happentag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-11-24:537324:BlogPost:2207052009-11-24T00:12:45.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
if somebody doesn't respect Chuck Jones.<br />
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<a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/11/twist-of-noir-265-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">Baby, Cartoons Are On</a>
if somebody doesn't respect Chuck Jones.<br />
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<a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/11/twist-of-noir-265-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">Baby, Cartoons Are On</a>Bringing up the reartag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-10-18:537324:BlogPost:2167682009-10-18T00:45:56.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
So, the good news is I placed third in Eric Beetner's FIST contest with my flash "Uncle Sal". The bad news is my prize of Eric's new novel, <i>One Too Many Blows to the Head</i>, co-written with JB Kohl, is still at the printers. I guess I'll just have to be patient. Anyways, in the meantime, please enjoy my story up now on Eric's <a href="http://ericbeetner.blogspot.com/2009/10/3rd-place-winner-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">blog</a>.
So, the good news is I placed third in Eric Beetner's FIST contest with my flash "Uncle Sal". The bad news is my prize of Eric's new novel, <i>One Too Many Blows to the Head</i>, co-written with JB Kohl, is still at the printers. I guess I'll just have to be patient. Anyways, in the meantime, please enjoy my story up now on Eric's <a href="http://ericbeetner.blogspot.com/2009/10/3rd-place-winner-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">blog</a>.Two for the show.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-10-08:537324:BlogPost:2158722009-10-08T01:31:51.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
Over at A Twist of Noir, I've got two stories up, and each one's title is also its word count. Keep your eyes peeled for the aptly-titled follow-ups.<br />
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<a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/10/twist-of-noir-201-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">One Hundred</a><br />
<a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/10/twist-of-noir-202-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">Two Hundred</a><br />
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Sex and violence to you all,<br />
Jimmy
Over at A Twist of Noir, I've got two stories up, and each one's title is also its word count. Keep your eyes peeled for the aptly-titled follow-ups.<br />
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<a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/10/twist-of-noir-201-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">One Hundred</a><br />
<a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/10/twist-of-noir-202-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">Two Hundred</a><br />
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Sex and violence to you all,<br />
JimmyTwo down, one to go.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-10-01:537324:BlogPost:2153162009-10-01T18:45:10.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
I'm not a very goal-oriented guy, if you can believe that. But when it comes to today's crime fiction scene, to me, there's a Holy Trinity to shoot for: Out of the Gutter, Plots with Guns, and Thuglit. Well, I've gotten into Plots with Guns twice now, and today we can cross another one off the to-do list. Yes, my story "Your Own Saturday Night" is now live in the current issue of <a href="http://www.thuglit.com/zine/Thug33/thuglit33.html" target="_blank">Thuglit</a>, appearing alongside good…
I'm not a very goal-oriented guy, if you can believe that. But when it comes to today's crime fiction scene, to me, there's a Holy Trinity to shoot for: Out of the Gutter, Plots with Guns, and Thuglit. Well, I've gotten into Plots with Guns twice now, and today we can cross another one off the to-do list. Yes, my story "Your Own Saturday Night" is now live in the current issue of <a href="http://www.thuglit.com/zine/Thug33/thuglit33.html" target="_blank">Thuglit</a>, appearing alongside good ol' Garnett Elliott's latest and one by my new pal Matthew Quinn Martin. So hop on over and give it a read.<br />
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OOTG, you're fuckin' next.Often late, and hardly worth the wait.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-10-01:537324:BlogPost:2152762009-10-01T00:59:56.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
As usual, I've been negelcting this personal little corner of the internets, and so have forgotten to tell you darlings about the story I recently had up at Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers. It's a little love letter to blaxploitation I wrote a couple summers back. For a while, I began developing it as a comic book series, but as so often happens, that died on the vine. But this little seed is now up for your enjoyment. Take a gander and witness just how…
As usual, I've been negelcting this personal little corner of the internets, and so have forgotten to tell you darlings about the story I recently had up at Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers. It's a little love letter to blaxploitation I wrote a couple summers back. For a while, I began developing it as a comic book series, but as so often happens, that died on the vine. But this little seed is now up for your enjoyment. Take a gander and witness just how <a href="http://thrillskillsnchills.blogspot.com/2009/09/panther-mcdaniels-works-for-no-man-by.html" target="_blank">Panther McDaniels Works for No Man.</a>If You Died Today, Who Would Take Care of Your Family?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-05:537324:BlogPost:2093062009-08-05T03:06:21.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
My very first flash over at <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/04/if-you-died-today-who-would-take-care.html" target="_blank">A Twist of Noir</a> is now a short film, ready to watch right <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRZIMGwE_ts" target="_blank">here</a>. And when I say "short," I'm not kidding.<br />
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Seriously, guys, I'm really pleased with how this came out. I've already begun work on the follow up. Fuck Hollywood, we're making our own.
My very first flash over at <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/04/if-you-died-today-who-would-take-care.html" target="_blank">A Twist of Noir</a> is now a short film, ready to watch right <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRZIMGwE_ts" target="_blank">here</a>. And when I say "short," I'm not kidding.<br />
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Seriously, guys, I'm really pleased with how this came out. I've already begun work on the follow up. Fuck Hollywood, we're making our own.A new flash (and I don't mean Wally West).tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-06-29:537324:BlogPost:2056642009-06-29T22:03:22.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
Dig my new flash-fiction up at <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/06/twist-of-noir-113-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">A Twist of Noir.</a> It feels good.
Dig my new flash-fiction up at <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/06/twist-of-noir-113-jimmy-callaway.html" target="_blank">A Twist of Noir.</a> It feels good.How the new Plots with (Ray) Guns breaks down:tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-05-31:537324:BlogPost:2009662009-05-31T19:00:00.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
Kyle Minor's "Ill Nature" will either make you sick or make you cry or both.<br />
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Fred Zackel’s “Creepier than a Whorehouse Kiss” will either make you think Asimov was a giant pussy or make you never use an ATM again or both.<br />
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Cameron Ashley's "Nadia-Verdinique's Saturday Night Superlative" will either make you horny or not ever again horny or both.<br />
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Yours truly's "Nailed Up with Fudgsicles" will either make you something or some other thing or both.<br />
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Pinckney Benedict’s “Go Killer Go! Run Killer…
Kyle Minor's "Ill Nature" will either make you sick or make you cry or both.<br />
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Fred Zackel’s “Creepier than a Whorehouse Kiss” will either make you think Asimov was a giant pussy or make you never use an ATM again or both.<br />
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Cameron Ashley's "Nadia-Verdinique's Saturday Night Superlative" will either make you horny or not ever again horny or both.<br />
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Yours truly's "Nailed Up with Fudgsicles" will either make you something or some other thing or both.<br />
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Pinckney Benedict’s “Go Killer Go! Run Killer Run!” will either make you giggle like you did when you read your first issue of <i>The Uncanny X-Men</i> or make you not be able to wait for the 26th century to get here or both.<br />
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Garnett Elliott’s “Strontium Dreams” will either make you want to go outside and play or make you fully stock your fall-out shelter or both.<br />
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Richie Narvaez’s “Rough Night in Toronto” will either make you want to watch the second Lee Marvin episode of <i>The Twilight Zone</i> or make you not feel so inadequate about the dude your ex-girlfriend is going out with now or both.<br />
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Keiran Shea’s “Koko Takes a Holiday” will make you get the Dead Kennedys stuck in your head for the rest of the day or will make you re-think your vacation to Southeast Asia or both.<br />
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See for yourself at <a href="http://plotswithguns.com">Plots with Ray Guns.</a>Another flash in the pan.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-05-28:537324:BlogPost:2004162009-05-28T13:42:17.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
And by "pan," I mean <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/05/twist-of-noir-088-jimmy-callaway.html">A Twist of Noir.</a> So dig it.
And by "pan," I mean <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/05/twist-of-noir-088-jimmy-callaway.html">A Twist of Noir.</a> So dig it.30 seconds of your life.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-04-30:537324:BlogPost:1966822009-04-30T21:37:30.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
I inexplicably have two (count 'em!) flash-fictions going live today. First, we have this little ditty at <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/04/if-you-died-today-who-would-take-care.html">A Twist of Noir.</a> Extra special thanks to Paul Brazill for giving me the correct submission e-mail, or this one mighta been lost to the ages. Then you can whip on over to <a href="http://theflashfictionoffensive.blogspot.com/">The Flash Fiction Offensive</a>, and check that one out. All new,…
I inexplicably have two (count 'em!) flash-fictions going live today. First, we have this little ditty at <a href="http://a-twist-of-noir.blogspot.com/2009/04/if-you-died-today-who-would-take-care.html">A Twist of Noir.</a> Extra special thanks to Paul Brazill for giving me the correct submission e-mail, or this one mighta been lost to the ages. Then you can whip on over to <a href="http://theflashfictionoffensive.blogspot.com/">The Flash Fiction Offensive</a>, and check that one out. All new, all crime, all of half a minute to read 'em.<br />
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Then write your own and get it/them out there. Don't make me do all the work, you lazy bastards.Flash bang.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-03-03:537324:BlogPost:1860052009-03-03T01:23:50.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
Y'know what, Internet? I'm gonna take back some of the things I've said about you.<br />
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In this, the Information Age, we are inundated with factoids, trivia, and all other sorts of communique, but mostly to the same degree that you'd get from watching the TV Guide channel 24 hours a day. Obvious niches of sweetness and light--<i>Plots with Guns</i>, <i>ThugLit</i>, et al--are great, but it's really easy to dry your eyeballs out reading entire short stories on-line (not to bite any hands that have…
Y'know what, Internet? I'm gonna take back some of the things I've said about you.<br />
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In this, the Information Age, we are inundated with factoids, trivia, and all other sorts of communique, but mostly to the same degree that you'd get from watching the TV Guide channel 24 hours a day. Obvious niches of sweetness and light--<i>Plots with Guns</i>, <i>ThugLit</i>, et al--are great, but it's really easy to dry your eyeballs out reading entire short stories on-line (not to bite any hands that have fed me here). Along those lines, then, we have the flash-fiction site. I've always liked flash fiction, writing and reading it, but you often only get so very little at a time. <i>Out of the Gutter</i> is the only tangible publication off the top of my head that actively keeps this nifty little genre going. It seems to me that no one wants to "waste" paper by publishing stories less than two pages long. So enter the Internet machine.<br />
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Take .15 seconds to google flash-fiction and see how many bite-sized delights you can find. Or your Uncle Jimmy here can make it easier for you and direct you to his own flash-fiction now up on <a href="http://www.powderburnflash.com/?q=node/272">Powder Burn Flash.</a><br />
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And as long as you've got five or ten minutes, check out some more on Powder Burn, and then bang a flash-fiction or three out yourself. It is good for what ails you.The Truth is Enia.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-12-18:537324:BlogPost:1728622008-12-18T03:30:37.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
So it's not crime-y at all, but a story I writ up got published here: http://www.truthenia.com/<br />
I'll be back probably when I publish something else. So don't hold your breath.<br />
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Oh, and I got my own web-blog thing that the kids seem to like, all about comic books and their goodness: attentionchildren.blogspot.com<br />
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Kisses,<br />
jtw
So it's not crime-y at all, but a story I writ up got published here: http://www.truthenia.com/<br />
I'll be back probably when I publish something else. So don't hold your breath.<br />
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Oh, and I got my own web-blog thing that the kids seem to like, all about comic books and their goodness: attentionchildren.blogspot.com<br />
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Kisses,<br />
jtwPlots with Guns is up, son!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-06-10:537324:BlogPost:1454292008-06-10T00:08:41.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
Yes, it's true. Go to Plotswithguns.com right now to read a story by me and other, more talented (if slightly less sexually attractive) writers, and then tell a friend.<br />
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And then somebody give PayPal a neck so I can wring it.
Yes, it's true. Go to Plotswithguns.com right now to read a story by me and other, more talented (if slightly less sexually attractive) writers, and then tell a friend.<br />
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And then somebody give PayPal a neck so I can wring it.Honorable mention, motherfucker!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-04-01:537324:BlogPost:1346602008-04-01T07:00:17.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
Ha ha! I'd like to thank my good, good friend, Ray Nessly, for giving me much needed revisions, and also The Dwarves, for being the greatest band ever.<br />
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Honorable mention!<br />
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(I spell it without a "u" because I'm a bleedin' yank.)
Ha ha! I'd like to thank my good, good friend, Ray Nessly, for giving me much needed revisions, and also The Dwarves, for being the greatest band ever.<br />
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Honorable mention!<br />
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(I spell it without a "u" because I'm a bleedin' yank.)Neil Smith owes me a Pabst.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-03-11:537324:BlogPost:1300202008-03-11T22:30:00.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
So I had a story accepted today for <i>Plots with Guns</i> (http://www.plotswithguns.com/index.htm) in a record four minutes. It's also a record because it'll be my first published story. I had a bunch of other writing planned for today, but I'm nearly too excited to focus. But focus I shall, because this goddamn comic script has been a year in the making, and it's really not good enough to have taken that long. So back to the limestone.<br />
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Man, I don't wanna jinx anything, but shit's certainly…
So I had a story accepted today for <i>Plots with Guns</i> (http://www.plotswithguns.com/index.htm) in a record four minutes. It's also a record because it'll be my first published story. I had a bunch of other writing planned for today, but I'm nearly too excited to focus. But focus I shall, because this goddamn comic script has been a year in the making, and it's really not good enough to have taken that long. So back to the limestone.<br />
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Man, I don't wanna jinx anything, but shit's certainly been coming up Milhouse lately.It ain't gonna spend itself.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-22:537324:BlogPost:961532007-11-22T17:16:16.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
<p>I just dropped $25 I could probably use for food or something. Instead, it's going to Ebay for books, of all things. Like I don't have enough of them. Pronzini, Lansdale, McCarthy, and Ellison: I hope you're pleased with yourselves.</p>
<p/><p>Oh, who am I kidding, I can't stay mad at you guys.</p>
<p>I just dropped $25 I could probably use for food or something. Instead, it's going to Ebay for books, of all things. Like I don't have enough of them. Pronzini, Lansdale, McCarthy, and Ellison: I hope you're pleased with yourselves.</p>
<p/><p>Oh, who am I kidding, I can't stay mad at you guys.</p>G'day.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-18:537324:BlogPost:944442007-11-18T08:16:35.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
Managed to crank out a first draft for my entry into the Crimespace Australia contest. I feel way less gay for having made steps to participate in this particular contest. Anyways, blah blah blah.
Managed to crank out a first draft for my entry into the Crimespace Australia contest. I feel way less gay for having made steps to participate in this particular contest. Anyways, blah blah blah.Meh.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-16:537324:BlogPost:939522007-11-16T14:14:10.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
<p>Re: that last blog of mine.</p>
<p>Turns out you gotta join up with that Gather website to view my entry. And then the entries that recieve the most votes of ten stars get to move on to the next round. So basically a contest to see who can shill Gather.com to the most people.</p>
<p>Fuck.</p>
<p>That.</p>
<p>Not for nothing, but judging by some of the other people on that site and some of the other entries, if nobody votes for me, then I'm on the right track. And so far, I couldn't be more…</p>
<p>Re: that last blog of mine.</p>
<p>Turns out you gotta join up with that Gather website to view my entry. And then the entries that recieve the most votes of ten stars get to move on to the next round. So basically a contest to see who can shill Gather.com to the most people.</p>
<p>Fuck.</p>
<p>That.</p>
<p>Not for nothing, but judging by some of the other people on that site and some of the other entries, if nobody votes for me, then I'm on the right track. And so far, I couldn't be more on the right track.</p>
<p>Do I sound bitter? Because I'm really not. I'm just tired, that's all. I gotta go to work.</p>Oh, yeah, here I am.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-11-14:537324:BlogPost:929382007-11-14T04:42:25.000ZJimmy Callawayhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JimmyCallaway
<p>Y'know, I'd almost forgotten I had a profile on here. My internet presence leaves much to be desired. Or not desired, depending.</p>
<p>Anyways, yeah, crime. Crime's rad. Except when my car gets stolen. Or the passenger's side door lock busted in. Or when my roommate's checks get boosted from our mailbox. But even then, I at least get an opportunity to use the word "paper-hanger."</p>
<p>Been reading Joshua Armstrong's <em>The Seekers.</em> It's pretty good. I could do without some of the…</p>
<p>Y'know, I'd almost forgotten I had a profile on here. My internet presence leaves much to be desired. Or not desired, depending.</p>
<p>Anyways, yeah, crime. Crime's rad. Except when my car gets stolen. Or the passenger's side door lock busted in. Or when my roommate's checks get boosted from our mailbox. But even then, I at least get an opportunity to use the word "paper-hanger."</p>
<p>Been reading Joshua Armstrong's <em>The Seekers.</em> It's pretty good. I could do without some of the blowhard-y philosophy, but that's just me. The guy still makes Dog the Bounty Hunter look like a mullet-headed douche (here's where you say, "Well, Dog the Bounty Hunter makes Dog the Bounty Hunter look like a mullet-headed douche." Then we chuckle smugly). Anyways, it sucks that I couldn't find a decent book on bounty hunting in any local library, but God bless that E-bay. I found this book and Bob Burton's excellent <em>Bounty Hunting</em> on there for less than the gas money it would take me to drive down the street to the library if they'd had it anyway. Blah, I'm rambling.</p>
<p>I'm reading up on this stuff, in case you're interested (you're not), as research for the comic my other roommate and I are working on, <em>The Nine Lives of Panther McDaniels.</em> <em>Truck Turner</em> is one of my favorite movies, and serious blaxploitation comics (as opposed to stuff like <em>Super Bad James Dynomite</em>) seem to be lacking. Although if somebody can point me to a counter-example of that, I'll buy you a beer.</p>
<p>My writing output ain't what it used to be these days, and what it used to be wasn't much to begin with. I entered that Court TV contest the other day, though who's to say it'll lead anywhere. It's something to do, y'know, better than a kick in the face. You can read my entry here (or at least, I hope you can): <a href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977171713">http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977171713</a></p>
<p>I'm always wary about stuff like this, ever since I lost that one writing contest in the 5th grade (I'll tell you that story later, if you want). In the meantime, I'll try and keep up with the ol' crimespace a bit more. I've been far too old for myspace for a while. Ta.</p>
<p/><p>ADDENDUM: I tried that link after I posted and it says "article unavailable." Maybe once the actual contest starts on Thursday, then you can see it. I'll let you know.</p>