Harold Ross, on writing:

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories,

and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece on paper

and then went back and filled in the spaces.

- Harold Ross.

Recommended reading - Unknown Man #89

Unknown Man #89

by Elmore Leonard.

Published by Mariner Books.
First published 1977.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 006218928X
ISBN-13: 978-0062189288

Description:
“The greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever!” – The New York Times Book Review.

“An absolute master.” – The Detroit News.

“No one is Leonard’s equal,” declares the Chicago Tribune – and anyone who might doubt it would only have to read Elmore Leonard’s riveting noir classic, Unknown Man #89, to become a true believer.

Detroit process server Jack Ryan has a reputation for being the best in the business at finding people who don't want to be found. Now he's looking for a missing stockholder known only as "Unknown Man No. 89." But his missing man isn't "unknown" to everyone: a pretty blonde hates his guts and a very nasty dude named Royal wants him dead in the worst way. Which is very unfortunate for Jack Ryan, who is suddenly caught in the crossfire of a lethal triple-cross and as much a target as his nameless prey.

The twisty tale of a Detroit process server whose search for a missing stockholder leads him into more serious peril than he ever imagined possible, Unknown Man #89 is a gourmet stew of mystery, suspense, and double and triple cross, peppered with the razor-sharp dialogue for which Grand Master Leonard is justifiably famous.

Exhilarating old-school crime fiction that the late, great John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and Robert Parker would have been proud to call their own, Unknown Man #89 is a gem – nothing less than we’d expect from the man who created the incomparable U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of the hit TV series Justified.

Born on this day – Raoul Walsh:

Raoul Walsh

Director

Actor

March 11, 1887 – December 31, 1980

Credits:

11:30 P.M. (1915); A Bad Man and Others (1915); A Distant Trumpet (1964); A Lion Is in the Streets (1953); A Man for All That (1915); A Private's Affair (1959); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); Along the Great Divide (1951); Artist and Models (1937); Baby Face Harrington (1935); Background to Danger (1943); Band of Angels (1957); Battle Cry (1955); Betrayed (1917); Big Brown Eyes (1936); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blue Blood and Red (1916); Camino del infierno (1931); Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951); Carmen (1915); Cheyenne (1947); College Swing (1938); Colorado Territory (1949); Come September (1961); Dangerous Business (1920); Dark Command (1940); Desperate Journey (1942); Die große Fahrt (1931); Distant Drums (1951); East of Suez (1925); Esther and the King (1960); Evangeline (1919); Every Night at Eight (1935); Fighter Squadron (1948); For His Master (1914); From Now On (1920); Gentleman Jim (1942); Glory Alley (1952); Going Hollywood (1933); Gun Fury (1953); Helen of Troy (1956); Hello, Sister! (1933); High Sierra (1940); His Return (1915); Hitting a New High (1937); Home from the Sea (1915); Hot for Paris (1929); I'll Say So (1918); In Old Arizona (1928); In This Our Life (1942); It's a Great Feeling (1949); Kindred of the Dust (1922); Klondike Annie (1936); La femme à abattre (1993); La gran jornada (1931); Lest We Forget (1914); Life in Hollywood No. 4 (1927); Life in Hollywood No. 5 (1927); Lost and Found on a South Sea Island (1923); Manpower (1941); Marines, Let's Go (1961); Me and My Gal (1932); Me, Gangster (1928); Montana (1950); Northern Pursuit (1943); Objective, Burma! (1945); On the Jump (1918); One Sunday Afternoon (1948); Out of the Deputy's Hands (1914); Paid with Interest (1914); Peer Gynt (1915); Pillars of Society (1916); Pursued (1947); Rosita (1923); Sadie Thompson (1928); Sailor's Luck (1933); Salty O'Rourke (1945); San Antonio (1945); Sands of Fate (1914); Saskatchewan (1954); Sea Devils (1953); Serenade (1921); Should a Husband Forgive? (1919); Sierra Jim's Reformation (1914); Silver River (1948); Siren of Hell (1915); Spendthrift (1936); St. Louis Blues (1939); Stallion Road (1947); The Angel of Contention (1914); The Artist's Wife (1915); The Availing Prayer (1914); The Baited Trap (1914); The Banker's Daughter (1914); The Big Trail (1930); The Bowery (1933); The Buried Hand (1915); The Celestial Code (1915); The Cock-Eyed World (1929); The Comeback (1915); The Conqueror (1917); The Death Dice (1915); The Deep Purple (1920); The Delta Factor (1970); The Detective's Stratagem (1913); The Dishonored Medal (1914); The Double Deception (1915); The Double Knot (1914); The Enforcer (1951); The Exposure (1914); The Fatal Black Bean (1915); The Fencing Master (1915); The Final Verdict (1914); The Greaser (1915); The Great Leap: Until Death Do Us Part (1914); The Honor System (1917); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); The Innocent Sinner (1917); The King and Four Queens (1956); The Lady of the Harem (1926); The Lawless Breed (1952); The Life of General Villa (1914); The Little Country Mouse (1914); The Lone Cowboy (1915); The Love Pirate (1915); The Loves of Carmen (1927); The Lucky Lady (1926); The Man I Love (1946); The Man Who Came Back (1931); The Monkey Talks (1927); The Mystery of the Hindu Image (1914); The Naked and the Dead (1958); The Oath (1921); The Old Fisherman's Story (1914); The Only Clue (1914); The Outlaw's Revenge (1915); The Pride of New York (1917); The Pseudo Prodigal (1913); The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914); The Red Dance (1928); The Regeneration (1915); The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956); The Roaring Twenties (1939); The Second Mrs. Roebuck (1914); The Serpent (1916); The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958); The Silent Lie (1917); The Smuggler (1915); The Spaniard (1925); The Stranger (1913); The Strawberry Blonde (1941); The Strongest (1920); The Tall Men (1955); The Thief of Bagdad (1924); The Unpainted Portrait (1914); The Wanderer (1925); The Woman and the Law (1918); The World in His Arms (1952); The Yellow Ticket (1931); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); They Drive by Night (1940); They Never Knew (1914); This Is the Life (1917); Uncertain Glory (1944); Under Pressure (1935); What Price Glory (1926); When Fate Frowned (1914); When Thief Meets Thief (1937); White Heat (1949); Who Shot Bud Walton? (1914); Wild Girl (1932); Women of All Nations (1931); You're in the Army Now (1937).

Born on this day – Peter R. Hunt:

Peter R. Hunt

Director

Editor

Producer

March 11, 1925 – August 14, 2002

Credits:

A Cry from the Streets (1958); Assassination (1987); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1953–1959); Damn the Defiant! (1962); Deadline Midnight (1961); Death Hunt (1981); Doublecross (1956); Dr. No (1962); Eyes of a Witness (1991); Ferry to Hong Kong (1959); Gold (1974); Goldfinger (1964); Gulliver's Travels (1977); Hell in Korea (1956); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Loss of Innocence (1961); Next to No Time! (1958); Night Games (1980); On the Fiddle (1961); Paradise Lagoon (1957); Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983); Probation Officer (1960); Rough Cut (1980); Salute to Show Business (1957); Shirley's World (1972); Shout at the Devil (1976); Sink the Bismarck! (1960); Strange Portrait (1966); The Beasts Are on the Streets (1978); The Ipcress File (1965); The Last Days of Pompeii (1984); The Persuaders! (1971); The Persuaders! (1971); The Secret Tent (1956); The Six Proud Walkers (1954); The Venusian (1954); There Was a Crooked Man (1960); This Man Craig (1966); This Week (1956–1959); Touch and Go (1955); Wild Geese II (1985).

Born on this day – Valerie French:

Valerie French

Actress

March 11, 1928 – November 3, 1990

Credits:

One of the Boys (1982); One Life to Live (1977); The Adams Chronicles (1976); All My Children (1977); Shalako (1968); Armchair Theatre (1968); Champion House (1967); ITV Playhouse (1968); The Prisoner (1967); Love Story (1967); The Nurses (1965); A Flame in the Wind (1964); The Best of the Post (1961); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959–1960); Alcoa Theatre (1958–1960); The Alaskans (1960); Goodyear Theatre (1958–1960); Bold Venture (1959); The Story on Page One (1959); The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959); The Third Man (1959); Ten Little Indians (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); The George Sanders Mystery Theater (1957); The Hard Man (1957); Trackdown (1957); Decision at Sundown (1957); The 27th Day (1957); The Garment Jungle (1957); The Ford Television Theatre (1956); Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956); The Edge of Night (1965); Jubal (1956); Marriage a la Mode (1955); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Tonight's the Night (1954); Maddalena (1954); Strictly Personal (1953).

Born on this day – Angelique Pettyjohn:

 

Angelique Pettyjohn

Actress

March 11, 1943 – February 14, 1992

Credits:

A Guide for the Married Man (1967); Batman (1967); Biohazard (1985); Body Talk (1982); Bracken’s World (1969); Cargo of Love (1968); Childish Things (1969); Clambake (1967); For Singles Only (1968); Get Smart (1967); Going in Style (1979); Good Morning World (1968); Good-bye Cruel World (1982); Heaven with a Gun (1969); Hell’s Belles (1969); Hotel (1967); Love, American Style / Segment: Love and the Modern Wife (1969); Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968); Mr. Terrific (1967); Professor Lust (1967); Repo Man (1984); Rough Night in Jericho (1967); Stalag 69 (1982); Star Trek (1968); Takin’ It Off (1985); Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970); The Cool Ones (1967); The Curious Female (1969); The Curse of Her Flesh (1968); The Felony Squad (1967); The G.I. Executioner (1971); The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Green Hornet (1967); The Lost Empire (1984); The Love God? (1969); The Love Rebellion (1967); The Monkees (1968); The Odd Couple (1968); The Touch of Her Flesh (1967); The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988); The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988); Up Your Teddy Bear (1970); Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968).

On this day in television history - Justified (2014)

 

Justified
Season 5. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Wrong Roads.

Released March 11, 2014.

Directed by Michael Dinner.

Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Michael Rapaport, A.J. Buckley, Dale Dickey, Joshua Harto, Steve Harris, Wood Harris, Deidrie Henry, Damon Herriman, Mickey Jones, John Kapelos, Jesse Luken, Jacob Lofland, Eric Roberts, Alicia Witt, Muse Watson, Justin Welborn, Alex S. Alexander, Jolene Andersen, Jonathan Kowalsky, James Logan, Angie Simms, Reggie Watkins, Russell Bertolino, Leonard Chang, Anthony Ledesma, David Meunier, Lisa Pevc.

On this day in music history - The album The Schubert Album, by Renée Fleming and Christoph Eschenbach (1997)

The Schubert Album

by Renée Fleming and Christoph Eschenbach

was released on March 11, 1997.

Track list:

Heidenroslein, D257; Die Forelle, D550; An Die Nachtigall, D 497; Im Fruhling, D882; Die Junge Nonne, D 828; Nacht Und Traume, D827; Auf Dem Wasser Zu Singen, D774; Ave Maria, D839; Fruhlingsglaube, D686; Gretchen Am Spinnrade, D118; Du Bist Die Ruh', D776; Der Tod Und Das Madchen, D531; Viola, D786; Die Manner Sind Mechant!, D866.

On this day in music history - Atmospheres, by Rudy Adrian (2014)

Atmospheres

by Rudy Adrian

was released on March 11, 2014.

Track list:

Apple Tree Bay; Atmospheres; Willow Bank; Blue Horizon; Through a Cave into Another World; Amber Skies; Beyond the Silver River; The Temple on an Island; Dreams of SUBAntarctica.

On this day in movie history - Diva (1981)

Diva

directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix,

written by Jean-Jacques Beineix and Jean Van Hamme,

based on the novel by Delacorta,

was released in France on March 11, 1981.

Music by Vladimir Cosma.

Cast:

Frédéric Andréi, Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, Roland Bertin, Richard Bohringer, Gérard Darmon, Chantal Deruaz, Jacques Fabbri, Patrick Floersheim, Thuy An Luu, Jean-Luc Porraz, Laure Duthilleul, Dominique Pinon, Dominique Besnehard, Isabelle Mergault, Anny Romand, Jean-Jacques Moreau, Raymond Aquilon, Eugène Berthier, Gérard Chaillou, Andrée Champeaux, Nathalie Dalyan, Laurence Darpy, Michel Debrane, Etienne Draber, Nane Germon, Gabriel Gobin, Jim Adhi Limas, Louise Malapert, Dimo Mally, Vaneta Mally, Alain Marcel, Marthe Moudiki-Moreau, Robyn Bernard, Yann Roussel, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Louis Vitrac, Tania Zabaloieff, Vladimir Cosma.

On this day in movie history - 9 Rides (2016)

 

9 Rides

directed and written by Matthew A. Cherry,

was released at the South by Southwest Film Festival in the United States on March 11, 2016.

Music by Donald Hayes.

Cast:

Dorian Missick, Omar J. Dorsey, Robinne Lee, Xosha Roquemore, Amin Joseph, Thomas Q. Jones, Skye P. Marshall, Aasha Davis, Tracie Thoms, Andra Fuller, Sujata Day, Nadine Ellis, Frank Califano, Dominique Columbus, Alice Ensor, Malcolm Matthews, Jake McLean, Brittany Richards, Capri Sampson, Kayla Smith, Tiffany Snow.