On this day in music history - Keep the Faith, by Bon Jovi (1992)

Keep the Faith

by Bon Jovi,

was released on November 3, 1992.

On this day in music history: The album Bursting with Flavor, by Carolyn Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys (1997)

Bursting with Flavor

by Carolyn Wonderland & the Imperial Monkeys

was released on November 3, 1997.

On this day in music history: The album Christmas in New York, by Renée Fleming (2014)

Christmas in New York

by Renée Fleming

was released on November 3, 2014.

Stephen King, on writing:

 

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer.

But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

- Stephen King.

Recommended reading - Jacob's Ladder, by Bruce Joel Rubin (2000)

Jacob's Ladder

by Bruce Joel Rubin

Published 2000.
Published by Applause Books.
 
ISBN-10: 155783086X
ISBN-13: 978-1557830869
 
Back cover description:
 
From the director of Fatal Attraction…
and the writer of Ghost…

Jacob’s Ladder.

Written by Bruce Joel Rubin.
An Adrian Lyne Film.
From Carolco Picture.
Produced by Alan Marshall.
Directed by Adrian Lyne.

With over 100 photographs from the film.

“… the screenplay moves from the nightmarish to the visionary … page for page, it is one of the very few screenplays I’ve read with the power to consistently raise hackles in broad daylight … Read it. It’s extraordinary.” – American Film.

“… one of the most original and powerful screenplays to be seen in Hollywood in years … One feels in the hands of a benevolent and sophisticated teller.” – Cinefantastique.

“… a humanistic thriller that hits like a thunderbolt.” – Fangoria.

The complete final shooting script in professional screenwriter’s format together with an annotated appendix of deleted scenes.

Jacob’s Chronicle, Bruce Joel Rubin’s book-length account of Jacob’s odyssey to the screen.

Applause screenplay series.

Author humor...on books:

Born on this day – Alice Brady:

Alice Brady

Actress

November 2, 1892 – October 28, 1939

Credits:

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Zenobia (1939); Joy of Living (1938); Goodbye Broadway (1938); In Old Chicago (1938); Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937); One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937); Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937); Call It a Day (1937); Mama Steps Out (1937); Three Smart Girls (1936); Mind Your Own Business (1936); Go West Young Man (1936); My Man Godfrey (1936); The Harvester (1936); Metropolitan (1935); Lady Tubbs (1935); Let 'em Have It (1935); Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935); The Gay Divorcee (1934); Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934); Should Ladies Behave (1933); Stage Mother (1933); Broadway to Hollywood (1933); Beauty for Sale (1933); When Ladies Meet (1933); The Snow Bride (1923); The Leopardess (1923); Anna Ascends (1922); Missing Millions (1922); Hush Money (1921); Dawn of the East (1921); Little Italy (1921); The Land of Hope (1921); Out of the Chorus (1921); The New York Idea (1920); A Dark Lantern (1920); Sinners (1920); The Fear Market (1920); His Bridal Night (1919); The Redhead (1919); Marie, Ltd. (1919); The World to Live In (1919); The End of the Road (1919); The Indestructible Wife (1919); In the Hollow of Her Hand (1918); Her Great Chance (1918); The Better Half (1918); The Death Dance (1918); The Whirlpool (1918); The Ordeal of Rosetta (1918); At the Mercy of Men (1918); The Trap (1918); The Spurs of Sybil (1918); The Knife (1918); Woman and Wife (1918); Her Silent Sacrifice (1917); A Maid of Belgium (1917); Betsy Ross (1917); A Self-Made Widow (1917); The Divorce Game (1917); Maternity (1917); The Dancer's Peril (1917); A Hungry Heart (1917); A Woman Alone (1917); The Rack (1916); Bought and Paid For (1916); The Gilded Cage (1916); The Gilded Cage (1916); Miss Petticoats (1916); La vie de Bohème (1916); Tangled Fates (1916); Then I'll Come Back to You (1916); The Woman in 47 (1916); The Ballet Girl (1916); The Lure of Woman (1915); The Cup of Chance (1915); The Boss (1915); As Ye Sow (1914).