Damian McNicholl's Blog

A wee update and twitter on Sep 23, 2009 in film director Fathers Dads screen writing screen play Ireland Twitter Roman Catholic film treatments Final Draft Have not been blogging much of late as I am under pressure to get a film treatment finished for the Irish director who purchased the film rights.Some time ago I invested in the Final Draft software so I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into that...

Smorgasboard on Sep 10, 2009 in Pandomonia Atlantic City health care insurance Tropicano Hotel cirque du soliel Fame Philly right wingers USA President obama Old City Taj Mahal Cuba Libre restaurants rightwingers We went to Atlantic City a week ago where we stayed at the Tropicana Hotel, which is really rather lovely. It's basically a casino with an Old Quarter replete with cobbled stones, overhead fans reminiscent of an Havana restaurant blowing gentle breez...

Thoughts about Ted Kennedy on Aug 29, 2009 in Irish universal health care Senator Kennedy JFK Rose Kennedy Ted Kennedy Princess Diana I'm Irish and, of course, that means I'm supposed to hero-worship the Kennedy's as a matter of principle.Well, I didn't. In fact, I never really was much concerned about their doings as I went about my life. I was a kid when JFK died. What I read abo...

A Tale of Two Towns on Aug 22, 2009 in Massachusetts drag queens provincetown Southern Baptist Evangelicals Gay Bingo Rehoboth beach Delaware Bucks County boston new hope cape cod Back from a beautiful relaxing week in Provincetown, Cape Cod.It was my first time to P-town and I loved it. In many respects, New Hope in Bucks County is a little similar in that lots of artists, writers and gay and lesbians live there and it's a 'l...

ABBA and a Russian couple on Aug 9, 2009 in fireworks Abba Russian Pierre DuPont Longwood Gardens fountains Go my ABBA and fireworks display fix last night at Longwood Gardens, the former home of Piere duPont which he then gave to the nation. We didn't have the greatest view as we were underneath a beautiful sprawling Cypress tree due to arriving a little...

LOL on Aug 1, 2009 in humor memorials On way to dentist I saw this sign outside business selling granite memorials"Drive carefullyWe can wait."Guy's got a good sense of humor.

On writing on Jul 27, 2009 in novel writing publishers feedback bible belt literary agents novel Realized I haven't blogged for a bit.Been very busy as I got some brilliant feedback on the new novel, now called THE MISSIONS OF NOAH YOUNG, that necessitated some major first chapter revisions.One person who gave me the feedback said "Take everythi...