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 – I.A.R. Wylie:

I.A.R. Wylie

Writer

March 16, 1885 – November 4, 1959

Credits:

Written work:

A Feather in Her Hat (1934); All Sorts (1919); Ancient Fires (1924); Armchair Stories (1916); Black Harvest (1926); Brodie and the Deep Sea (1920); Candles for Therese (1951); Children of Storm (1920); Claire Serrat (1959); Dividing Waters (1911); Eight Years in Germany (1914); Five Years to Find Out (1914); Flight to England (1943); Furious Young Man (1936); Happy Endings (1915); Ho, the Fair Wind (1945); Holy Fire: And Other Stories (1920); Home Are the Hunted (1959); In Different Keys (1911); Jungle Law (1923); Keeper of the Flame (1942); My German Year (1910); My Life With George: An Unconventional Autobiography (1940); Prelude to Richard (1934); Rambles in the Black Forest (1911); Rogues & Company (1921); Side Shows (1923); Some Other Beauty (1930); Storm in April (1946); Strangers Are Coming (1941); The Dark House (1922); The Daughter of Brahma (1913); The Duchess in Pursuit (1917); The Germans (1911); The Hermit Doctor of Gaya (1916); The Inheritors, and With Their Eyes Open (1936); The Mad Busman, and Other Stories (1926); The Native Born, or, The Rajah's People (1910); The Novels of Elinor Wylie (1934); The Paupers of Portman Square (1913); The Red Mirage (1913); The Shining Heights (1918); The Silver Virgin (1929); The Temple of Dawn (1915); The Things We Do, and Other Stories (1932); The Undefeated (1957); The Underpup (1938); The Young in Heart (1938); To The Vanquished (1934); Toward Morning (1918); Tristram Sahib (1915); Where No Birds Sing (1947).

Movies and television:

A Feather in Her Hat (1935); A Man Must Live (1925); Evenings for Sale (1932); For Valour (1917); Four Sons (1928 / 1940); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Matinee Theatre (1957); Phone Call from a Stranger (1952); Pilgrimage (1933); Rheingold Theatre (1956); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1952); Shattered Idols (1922); Someday (1935); Stronger Than Death (1920); That Man's Here Again (1937); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The Birth of Patriotism (1917); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Foreign Legion (1928); The Gaiety Girl (1924); The Grass Orphan (1922); The Man in Motley (1915); The Price of Redemption (1920); The Road to Reno (1938); The Secret's Price (1915); The Under-Pup (1939); The Unknown (1915); The Wonderful Story (1922 / 1932); The Young in Heart (1938); Torch Song (1953); Two Mothers (1916); Vivacious Lady (1938); Young Nowheres (1929).

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).