The idea of Rear View Mirror was placed in Callinsky’s subconscious when she was sharing a heartfelt story about the loves of her life with a close friend and roomie named Karen. While hearing the story Karen went absolutely berserk. At the end she said all wishy-washy, “Oh, Cindy. That outta be a movie.”
It wasn’t until a few months later -after hearing a song at the local country store- that Cindy Callinsky would sit on her living room floor and write for days on end telling the story that revolves around the only place she will ever call home, Washington, and the truest love of her life, Jimmy.
Once she started she couldn’t stop. The first draft of the novel -up to the current moment- was done in three months. It was at that point in time that she had to wait for the remainder of the novel to unfold.
Unsure of herself, Callinsky took some rough drafts and passed them out to co-workers and wives of co-workers whom she had never met. The response was incredible. People would laugh at her, scream and holler at her, and some even cried. They would also ask questions. The questions were great because it allowed Callinsky to tie up any lose ends in the Novel. People were dying to know what was unfolding at the moment. It was then that Callinsky knew she had something and started looking for a fabulous English Major to edit the novel. While Callinsky was waiting for the story to unfold she performed many rewrites.
Rear View Mirror was published about a year and a half after it’s start. Early on it received a really cool review by Mike Barer of Maple Valley, Washington. Callinsky did not know Mr. Barer previous to this. They ended up becoming online friends. Not long after that Barer asked her when she was going to start on a screenplay based on the novel. Not knowing anything about it she was hesitant. When she put it into perspective she realized that she didn’t know anything about writing a novel either. She did it and did a damn, kick-ass job of it. She buys some books online, some script editing software, and she goes to work.
The screenplay -Orange Juice, Vodka, Zig~Zags- isn’t perfect yet, but it’s getting pretty close. Plus, Callinsky continues to work on it. The last contest the screenplay was entered in was The Golden Brad Awards. It made the Quarter-Finalists. She cannot wait to enter the next Golden Brad.
Callinsky is quoted as saying, “It has finally clicked. I think I can take the muffin next time.” This statement is followed by insane laughter.
“It’s take the cake.”
“What?”
“The phrase, it’s take the cake.”
Callinsky waves her hand. “Oh, what the f@*k ever. I’d prefer a muffin.”
C. Callinsky was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. She was part of a non-church-going Catholic family.
She has five brothers and two sisters. Apparently, her parents still had some Catholic principals when it came to birth control.
Callinsky was raised on The Littles by John Peterson and Roberta Carter Clark. She graduated to Dean Koontz in the fifth grade. That would be the year she would win a writing contest at McKinley Elementary School and take place in the Young Authors Conference.
She believes it’s the way a story is told that makes or breaks it. A large Catholic family isn’t funny or unexpected. Her mother saying, “Every time I saw your dad’s pants hanging on the bedpost I knew we were having another one,” is funny.
She also believes that if an author isn’t totally moved in the writing process, they can never expect to move others. Hello?
She currently resides in Virginia with her son and cats.
She continues to write.
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