Southern Fried Chicas

After years of watching movies and television, I made an observation that clever writers and directors have probably instinctively known since the dawn of—well, writing and directing.
The best bad guys are the ones we always thought of as good ones.
Billy Wilder used this idea long ago when he filmed Agatha Christie’s “Witness for [...]

I have an old friend, a gentleman who shall remain nameless, who paints fine art. I suppose they might be called abstracts (although he wouldn’t say so), and he’s had several lucrative sales and exhibited in quite a few galleries in the area.
There are lots of things you can say to this guy about [...]

When I first started in “the business”, I wasn’t really worried about getting an agent. I thought I was a fairly decent writer. Figured I could find one after the first book or two, maybe manage on my own, at least at the beginning.
Uh-huh.
Well, now I would very MUCH like to [...]

Forgive me if this rambles a bit. It’s been a hellified week at work!
I was struck by something I saw in a review I read on Amazon this week. I don’t make a habit of reading them, but in this case it was a book I was thinking of buying.
One of the posted [...]

(With a wave to same-wavelength Chica Tanya…)
I found this link posted as a Tweet by the author J.T. Ellison, and went to check it out. I was curious. If you can spare a couple of minutes, I hope you’ll have a look:
FAMOUS LITERARY DRUNKS AND ADDICTS
My curiosity led me to slowly [...]