Vickie Karp, on reading and writing:

When we read, we start at the beginning and continue until we reach the end.

When we write, we start in the middle and fight our way out.
- Vickie Karp.

Recommended reading - Fire in the Hole: and Other Stories

 

Fire in the Hole: and Other Stories

by Elmore Leonard

Published by Mariner Books.
Published 2012.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0062120344
ISBN-13:‎ 978-0062120342
 
Filmed as the TV series Justified, directed by Graham Yost.

Description:

“If Leonard were a new kid instead of a past master, this fiction collection would make his name.” – People.
 

“Rummaging through Leonard’s attic via these nine stories revives some fond memories and turns up a couple of forgotten treasures.” – Kirkus Reviews.

“Elmore Leonard’s 39th book ...finds one of America’s most accomplished novelists presenting his most accomplished female characters in years.” – USA Today.

 

“[Leonard’s] most satisfying book since Out of Sight…. Top-notch work from one of our most gifted and consistently entertaining writers.” – New York Times Book Review.

“Vintage Leonard…. Nine stories with booze and shotguns and lowlifes…and lots of scenes that ought to be in movies.” – Detroit Free Press.

 

Originally published as When the Women Came Out to Dance, Elmore Leonard’s extraordinary story collection, Fire in the Hole reconfirms his standing as the “King Daddy of crime writers” (Seattle Times) – a true Grand Master in the legendary company of John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, and James M. Cain. These nine riveting tales of crime and (sometimes) punishment – including the title story starring U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, which was the basis for the smash hit TV series Justified – feature all the elements that have made the great Elmore Leonard great: superb writing, unforgettable characters, breathtaking twists, and the sharpest, coolest dialogue in the mystery-thriller genre.

Born on this day – Alec Seward:

Alec Seward

Blues singer

Guitarist

Songwriter

March 16, 1901 – May 11, 1972

Credits:

Albums:

Creepin’ Blues (1965); Late One Saturday Evening (1996); The Back Porch Boys (2002).

Songs:

Be Kind Blues; Big Hip Mama; Big Hip Mamma; Blues All Around My Head; Blues All Around My Head #2; C.C. Rider; Cousin John; Creepin’ Blues; Early Morning Blues; Evil Woman Blues; Feel So Good; Feels so Good; Friday the Thirteenth Blues; Goin’ Back Home; Goin’ Down Slow; Her Ways Are so Sweet; Hide Me In Thy Bosom; I Made A Mistake In Life; I Wish I’d Listened; It’s My Desire; Late Evening Blues; Late One Saturday Evening; Let A Good Thing Do; Little Annie Blues; Me and My Baby; Piney Woods; Risin’ Sun Shine On; Rock Me Darlin’; Sorry Woman Blues; Sweet Woman; Trouble in Mind; What Has Annie Got.

 

Born on this day – Mildred Washington:

 

Mildred Washington

Actress

March 16, 1905 – September 7, 1933

Credits:

A Man of Sentiment (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); Blonde Venus (1932); Hearts in Dixie (1929); In Old Kentucky (1927); Morning Glory (1933); Only Yesterday (1933); Roman Scandals (1933); Tenderfeet (1928); The Shopworn Angel (1928); The Thoroughbred (1930); Torch Singer (1933); Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).

Born on this day – Frances Fuller:

 

Frances Fuller

Actress

March 16, 1907 – December 18, 1980

Credits:

Homebodies (1974); They Might Be Giants (1971); Love of Life (1967); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1961); Play of the Week (1961); Harbourmaster (1958); Omnibus / Plays of the Irish Renaissance (1956); Appointment with Adventure (1956); The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955); Studio One (1949–1954); Curtain Call (1952); Lux Video Theatre (1951); Crime Syndicate (1951); Elmer and Elsie (1934); One Sunday Afternoon (1933).

 

Born on this day – Mercedes McCambridge:

Mercedes McCambridge

Actress

March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004

Credits:

99 Women (1969); A Farewell to Arms (1957); ABC Stage 67 (1966); About Faces (1960); All the King's Men (1949); Amazing Stories (1987); Angel Baby (1961); Bewitched (1968); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bonanza (1962–1970); Cagney & Lacey (1988); Charlie's Angels (1978); Cimarron (1960); Climax! (1955); Dr. Kildare (1964); Echoes (1982); Flying High (1978); Front Row Center (1955–1956); Giant (1956); 'Giant' Stars Are Off to Texas (1955); Gunsmoke (1971); Hagen (1980); Here's Hollywood (1961); Illinois Special: I Remember Illinois (1968); Inside Straight (1951); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); Johnny Guitar (1954); Killer by Night (1972); Lamp Unto My Feet (1963); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lightning Strikes Twice (1951); Lost in Space (1966); Lux Video Theatre (1950–1952); Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures (1983); Magnum, P.I. (1981); Marquis de Sade's Justine (1969); Medical Center (1970); Night Line (1964); One Man's Family (1949); Overland Trail (1960); Panic! (1958); Rawhide (1959–1965); Riverboat (1959); Run Home, Slow (1965); Schlitz Playhouse (1959); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1951); Sixteen (1972); Spectrum (1958); Studio One (1953–1956); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Tales of Tomorrow (1953); The 18th Annual Tony Awards (1964); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954); The 26th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1952); The 26th Annual Tony Awards (1972); The 29th Annual Academy Awards (1957); The 60th Annual Academy Awards (1988); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The Alan Young Show (1951); The Bob Braun Show (1975–1981); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1950); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Counterfeit Killer (1968); The Dakotas (1963); The David Frost Show (1972); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Exorcist (1973); The Ford Television Theatre (1952); The Girls of Huntington House (1973); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Loretta Young Show (1956); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1974); The Name of the Game (1971); The Other Side of the Wind (2018); The President's Plane Is Missing (1973); The Red Skelton Hour (1957–1959); The Sacketts (1979); The Scarf (1951); The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1963); Thieves (1977); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); Touch of Evil (1958); Two for the Money (1972); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Wagon Train (1957); Warner Pathé News Issue # 87 (1955); What's My Line? (1951); Who Is the Black Dahlia? (1975); Wire Service (1956–1957).

Born on this day – Leo McKern:

Leo McKern

Actor

March 16, 1920 - July 23, 2002

Credits:

2nd House (1974); A Man for All Seasons (1966); A Slight Ache (1965); A Tale of Two Cities (1958); Agent 8 3/4 (1964); Alice in Wonderland (1966); All for Mary (1955); Arena (1976); Armchair Theatre (1959–1967); Assignment Foreign Legion (1957); Assignment K (1968); BBC Play of the Month (1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1956–1958); Beatles Help Unseen Film Footage (1965); Bird's-Eye View (1969); Candleshoe (1977); Chain of Events / London Story (1958); Children of the Damned (1964); Chronicle (1978); Churchill's People (1975); Circles of Deceit: Sleeping Dogs (1996); Confess, Killer (1957); Contrasts (1968); Damien: Omen II (1978); Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968); Doctor in Distress (1963); Drama (1977); Drama 61-67 (1962); Federation (1999); Film Night (1970); Flight of the Dove (1957); Good King Wenceslas (1994); Great Performances (1986); Hawkins' Rivers (1982); Help! (1965); Holiday in Spain (1960); Horizon (1990); Hour of Mystery (1957); I Like Money (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1961); ITV Playhouse (1982); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1973); ITV Television Playhouse (1957–1961); Jazz Boat (1960); King & Country (1964); King Lear (1983); Ladyhawke (1985); Late Show London (1966); Leading the Blind (1962); Lieutenant Kije (1979); Lisa (1962); Love Story (1965); Mafia No! (1967); Massacre in Rome (1973); Molokai (1999); Murder in the Cathedral (1951); Murder with Mirrors (1985); Noah (1960); Now You're Talking (1979); Omnibus (1978); Our Mutual Friend (1976); Play for Today (1975–1981); Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983); Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–1992); Ryan's Daughter (1970); Saturday Playhouse (1960); Screen One (1993); Screen Two (1992); Sea Tales: The Return (1977); Shades of Greene (1975); Snow, Sand and Savages: The Life of Frank Hurley (1972); Some of Our Airmen Are No Longer Missing (1990); Space: 1999 (1975); Sunday Night (1965–1966); Sunday Story (1964); Sykes and A... (1961); Tempo (19664); The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1962); The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965); The Blue Lagoon (1980); The Chain (1984); The Comet Is Coming! (1981); The Critical Point (1957); The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961); The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981); The High Commissioner (1968); The House on Garibaldi Street (1979); The Last Tasmanian (1978); The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (1979); The Magical World of Disney (1963); The Man Who Shot the Albatross (1972); The March of the Peasants (1952); The Mouse That Roared (1959); The Nativity (1978); The Omen (1976); The Prisoner (1967–1968); The Respectful Prostitute (1964); The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film (1959); The Savage (1977); The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968); The Sun Is God (1974); The Voyage of Bounty's Child (1984); The Wednesday Play (1968); The Widows of Jaffa (1957); The World About Us (1968); Theatre Night (1959–1989); They All Died Laughing (1964); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1966); Time Without Pity (1957); Travelling North (1987); Travelling North: Original Cast Screen Tests (1986); Web of Evidence (1959); Wogan (1989); X the Unknown (1956); Yesterday's Enemy (1959).

Born on this day – Jerry Lewis:

 

Jerry Lewis

Comedian

Actor

Singer

Director

Humanitarian

March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017

Credits:

3 Ring Circus (1954); Arizona Dream (1993); Artists and Models (1955); At War with the Army (1950); Batman (1966); Ben Casey (1965); Boeing, Boeing (1965); Brothers (1985); Cinderfella (1960); Cookie (1989); Cracking Up (1983); Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009); Don't Give Up the Ship (1959); Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968); Fight for Life (1987); Funny Bones (1995); Good Grief (1991); Hardly Working (1980); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hook, Line and Sinker (1969); How Are the Kids? (1990); How to Smuggle a Hernia Across the Border (1949); It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); It's Only Money (1962); Jerry Lewis Live (1984); Jumping Jacks (1952); Komedy Kapers (1956); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006); Li'l Abner (1959); Living It Up (1954); Mad About You (1993); Max Rose (2013); Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis (2011); Money from Home (1953); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); My Friend Irma (1949); My Friend Irma Goes West (1950); Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000); One More Time (1970); Par où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortir (1984); Pardners (1956); Pink Lady (1980); Red Line 7000 (1965); Road to Bali (1952); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Sailor Beware (1952); Saturday Night Live (1983); Scared Stiff (1953); Sheriff Who (1967); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Startime (1959); Super Force (1990); That's Life (1979); That's My Boy (1951); The Bellboy (1960); The Big Mouth (1967); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1970); The Caddy (1953); The Day the Clown Cried (1972); The Delicate Delinquent (1957); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Errand Boy (1961); The Family Jewels (1965); The Geisha Boy (1958); The Jerry Lewis Show (1963–1969); The King of Comedy (1982); The Ladies Man (1961); The Nutty Professor (1963); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Nutty Professor (2008); The Patsy (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1970); The Sad Sack (1957); The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (1966); The Simpsons (2003); The Stooge (1951); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1970); The Trust (2016); Three on a Couch (1966); Till Luck Do Us Part 2 (2013); To Catch a Cop (1984); Visit to a Small Planet (1960); Way... Way Out (1966); Which Way to the Front? (1970); Who's Minding the Store? (1963); Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970); Wiseguy (1988–1989); You're Never Too Young (1955).

Born on this day – Scott L. Schwartz:

 

Scott L. Schwartz

a.k.a. The Ultimate Bad Guy

Actor

Stuntman

Wrestler

March 16, 1959 – November 26, 2024

Credits:

2020 (2020); Actors Entertainment (2012); A-Date (2007); Agent Red (2000); Alibi Boys (2015); Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997); Angel (1999); Back in Action (1994); Bank on us 2 (2020); Betrayal (2013); Better Criminal (2016); Between the Wish and the Thing (2011); Black Scorpion (2001); Blood Ranch (2006); Boost (2009); Bridge of Dragons (1999); Buddies (2013); Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002); Cain and Abel (2006); Carman: The Champion (2001); Castle (2012); Centurion Force (1998); Changing Hands (2010); Changing Hands Feature (2012); Crash Point Zero (2001); Crazy as Hell (2002); Ctrl (2009); Daddy's Home (2010); Dangerous Waters (1994); Daydream Believer (2005); Dick and Bob (2012); Dilemma (1997); ELI (2007); Epic Movie (2007); Final Voyage (1999); Fire Down Below (1997); For Christ's Sake (2010); For Parents Only (1991); Fun with Dick and Jane (2005); Garlic & Gunpowder (2017); Gedo (2000); Harry Potter in the Hood (2007); Heartless (2015); High Voltage (1998); Holding St. Peter's Conquest [Us] (2017); Homecoming (2011); Human Giant (2007); I'm a Soap Star (2011); Inventing Adam (2013); Jackie's Back! (1999); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2007); Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015); Journey to Promethea (2010); Jurassic Predator: Xtinction (2010); Just Sue Me (2000); L.A. Heat (1999); Listen to Your Heart (2010); Lone Tiger (1996); Lost in Oz (2000); Lost in the Woods (2009); Lost Treasure (2003); Martial Law (1999); Martin (1993); Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon (2004); Measure (2014); Meet Wally Sparks (1997); Mercy Grace and Crab Meat (2010); Mind of Mencia (2006); My Giant (1998); Nash Bridges (1998–2001); Not Now John (2012); Ocean's Eleven (2001); Ocean's Thirteen (2007); Ocean's Twelve (2004); Oliver Beene (2004); P.U.N.K.S. (1998); Pet Crazy (2011); Placebo (2008); Plates (2008); Punk'd (2003); Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003); Savate (1995); Shock 'Em Dead (1991); Silent Fury (1994); Smoked (2006); Southlander (2001); Spider-Man (2002); Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1994–1995); Star Trek: Enterprise (2004); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Sting of the Black Scorpion (2002); Stuntman (2009); Super Day (2012); Terminal Island (2004); Terminal USA (1993); The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000); The Black Rose (2000); The Capitol Conspiracy (1998); The Challenger (2015); The Drifter (2005); The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000); The House Webshow (2007); The Mentalist (2011); The Misadventures of James Spawn (1998); The One (2001); The Pizza Joint (2021); The Scorpion King (2002); The Set Up (1995); The Shoes (2024); The Sinners (2010); The Tick (2002); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1996); The Young & Rebellious (2011); The Young and the Restless (2009); Tomcats (2001); Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) (1991); UWF Fury Hour (1990–1993); V.I.P. (1999); Vagabond (2006); Vengeance (2016); Veterans Day (2024); Weeds (2007); What We Do Is Secret (2007); Wonder Girls (2012); Wrong Side of Town (2010).

On this day in movie history - Breathless (1960)

Breathless

French title: À bout de souffle,

directed and written by Jean-Luc Godard,

based on a story by François Truffaut and Claude Chabrol,

was released in the United States on March 16, 1960.

Music by Martial Solal.

Cast:

Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Roger Hanin, Van Doude, Claude Mansard, Liliane Dreyfus, Michel Fabre, Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Luc Godard, Richard Balducci, André S. Labarthe, François Moreuil, Jacques Lourcelles, Liliane Robin, Gérard Brach, Philippe de Broca, José Bénazéraf,Jean Domarchi, Jean Douchet, Raymond Huntley, Louiguy, Michel Mourlet, Guido Orlando, Madame Paul, Jean-Louis Richard, Jacques Serguine, Jacques Siclier, Virginie Ullmann, Emile Villion.

On this day in movie history - For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

a documentary directed and written by Gerald Peary,

was released in the United States on March 16, 2009.

Music by Bobby B. Keyes.

Narrated by Patricia Clarkson.

On this day in television history - Justified (2010)

Justified
Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Fire in the Hole.

Released March 16, 2010.

Directed and written by Graham Yost.

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

Music by Steve Porcaro.

 

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Joelle Carter, Natalie Zea, Damon Herriman, Matt Craven, Peter Greene, Doug E. Doug, Kevin Rankin, Ryan O’Nan, Joel Marsh, Daniel Stewart Sherman, Walton Goggins, John Eddins, John Ciccolini, Danny Wildman, David Michael Holmes, Paul Aldanée, Michael Keith Allen, Giovanna Angle, Xavier Cortes, John W. Iwanonkiw, William Kania, Christian Lopez, David Dale McCue, Tiffany Sander McKenzie, Phil Nardozzi, Jackson Nunn, William Ragsdale.

On this day in television history - Justified (2011)

Justified
Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Blaze of Glory.

Released March 16, 2011.

Directed by Jon Avnet.

Written by Graham Yost and Benjamin Cavell.

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

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, William Ragsdale, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Chris Coy, Conor O’Farrell, Connie Ray, Scott Wilson, Jill Basey, Mel Fair, Rodney J. Hobbs, Andy Hoff, Roderick McCarthy, Kinsey McLean, Stefan Marks, Casey Sander, Tom Schmid.

On this day in music history - The album King of the Blues | My Kind of Blues, by B.B. King (1960)

 

King of the Blues | My Kind of Blues

by B.B. King

was released on March 16, 1960.

Track list:

King Of The Blues; I've Got A Right To Love My Baby; What Way To Go; Long Nights; Feel Like A Million; I’ll Survive; Good Man Gone Bad; If I Lost You; You’re On The Top; Partin’ Time; I’m King; You Done Lost Your Good Thing Now; Mr. Pawnbroker; Understand; Someday Baby; Driving Wheel; Walking Dr. Bill; My Own Fault, Baby; Catfish Blues; Hold That Train; Please Set The Date; Whole Lotta Love; Woke Up This Morning; Let’s Do The Boogie; Story From My Heart And Soul; Jump With You Baby; Bye Bye Baby.

On this day in music history: The album He Said She Said, by Peter Karp & Sue Foley (2010)

He Said She Said

by Peter Karp & Sue Foley

was released on March 16, 2010.

Track list:

Treat Me Right; So Far so Fast; Wait; Rules of Engagement; Hold on Baby; Mm Hmm; Danger Lurks; Ready for Your Love; Scared; Valentine's Day; Dear Girl; Baby Don't Go; Regret; Lost in You.