tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post638711096688987311..comments2024-03-27T08:03:12.221-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: The Witch of Lime Street will haunt bookstores in 2012John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-14555526954933444472015-10-04T10:06:24.876-07:002015-10-04T10:06:24.876-07:00Nowadays the only way an author and publisher make...Nowadays the only way an author and publisher make money on a non-fiction work is to sell the movie rights to Hollywood. That's the name of the game and everyone knows it. So ALL non-fiction books travel inside the character's head now. The days of Silverman are over. So the task of a writer of non-fiction these days is to make a book read like a movie without compromising the facts. John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-74590560281813619922015-10-04T09:19:35.882-07:002015-10-04T09:19:35.882-07:00Our fear is also that he is a screen writer, as we...Our fear is also that he is a screen writer, as well. Ala the The Secret Life of Houdini he may be looking for a movie deal. Which means embellished or using statements as though "he knows what the characters are thinking" or doing when he wasn't there.<br /><br />got this feeling when we began to browse the beginning of our copy of the book. But to be fair we have not had the Dick Brookz and Dorothy Dietrichhttp://houdini.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-23009834109897595682015-10-03T15:11:00.942-07:002015-10-03T15:11:00.942-07:00Screenwriter spooks me more than astrologer. ;)Screenwriter spooks me more than astrologer. ;)John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-80406789761840022792015-10-03T14:53:04.591-07:002015-10-03T14:53:04.591-07:00That's good to hear. Maybe a knee-jerk reacti...That's good to hear. Maybe a knee-jerk reaction to the idea of astrology and objective in the same sentence.<br />I'll give it a fair look.Festerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05553729464636228030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-75336256905886084732015-10-03T12:40:48.394-07:002015-10-03T12:40:48.394-07:00It would only seem fair to wait and read the book ...It would only seem fair to wait and read the book before leveling criticism. I'm 50 pages in and so far I think it's excellent. Objective and very well researched. He's also an excellent writer. I'll give it a full review when I finish, but from what I've read so far, I can say none of the fears you've expressed here are founded.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-38180954268495259402015-10-03T12:26:54.365-07:002015-10-03T12:26:54.365-07:00Here it is October 2015 and the book is finally ou...Here it is October 2015 and the book is finally out.<br />Don't expect much by way of objective writing.<br />David Jahar is a "screenwriter" and a "professional astrologer."<br />http://davidjaher.com/bios/david-jaher<br />He has no credits in the Internet Movie Database so he can't be too successful as a screenwriter.<br />Also this blurb does not seem to promise a Festerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05553729464636228030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-5138900649808492692011-01-29T07:55:39.151-08:002011-01-29T07:55:39.151-08:00John Cox: "Odd to think there are still pro-M...John Cox: "Odd to think there are still pro-Margery forces out there."<br /><br />“As a result of more than forty sittings with Margery, I have arrived at the definite conclusion that genuine supernormal phenomena frequently occur. Many of the observed manifestations might well have been produced fraudulently . . . however, there remains a number of instances when phenomena were Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-69489572425701176282010-12-29T11:57:52.951-08:002010-12-29T11:57:52.951-08:00It seems there is a David Jaher who is an astrolog...It seems there is a David Jaher who is an astrologer and a David Jaher who is a screenwriter. Or are they one and the same????? I hope somebody else knows or can find more than I.<br /><br />Given the effort Houdini put into discrediting that type of medium, I too am surprised that there are pro-Margery people still around. I have my own theory on why people continue to be drawn to this stuff melbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-67780230051289070462010-12-03T07:59:00.678-08:002010-12-03T07:59:00.678-08:00Thank you, Tracy. :)
I posted this on the Genii f...Thank you, Tracy. :)<br /><br />I posted this on the Genii forums (but I never get a response to anything there), but I really am uncertain whether this book will be pro or con. There's something about how the original article described it as being about Houdini's attempt to "discredit" Margery. <br /><br />Odd to think there are still pro-Margery forces out there, but when you John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-65214372189305712792010-12-01T20:28:01.366-08:002010-12-01T20:28:01.366-08:00By the way...You have your first customer right he...By the way...You have your first customer right here when you DO write your book! :))Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-59079097163398429292010-12-01T20:25:54.907-08:002010-12-01T20:25:54.907-08:00Glad to hear that this book WILL be written after ...Glad to hear that this book WILL be written after all. I've been looking forward to it! Thanks for the info. John.Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-81184082981984971162010-12-01T11:20:19.108-08:002010-12-01T11:20:19.108-08:00The book I'd write would be about Houdini in f...The book I'd write would be about Houdini in film. And we're talking 1901 right up to present day. It would be awesome. I have a nice proposal all written up and even got a few nibbles from publishers, but a guy's gotta eat! I'd need an advance that would at least match my screenwriting income so I could take a full year off and really research the book properly. Maybe some day. John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-83657535796679186072010-12-01T10:57:52.465-08:002010-12-01T10:57:52.465-08:00John, you'd be just the person to do it. Some...John, you'd be just the person to do it. Someone advance that man the money!melbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-78529907720728088672010-12-01T10:23:38.957-08:002010-12-01T10:23:38.957-08:00Well, it's an "advance", a fee paid ...Well, it's an "advance", a fee paid to the author that allows him to take the time to write the book. Many books like this are sold on a pitch/proposal and sample chapters.<br /><br />I gotta say, it's an extraordinary high advance for a book like this. When I explored the idea of an getting an advance to do a Houdini book, my agent told me I'd be lucky to get ten grand. John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-71261033523793830952010-12-01T10:17:09.326-08:002010-12-01T10:17:09.326-08:00How can a book that hasn't even been written y...How can a book that hasn't even been written yet be worth "high six figures" to a publisher?Anna Eva Pay Menoreply@blogger.com