Wayyyyyyyyyy Off Topic For This Crowd.

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj6cc0T1z7I

But useful for a few.

Ian Fleming (James Bond author) interviews Raymond Chandler (Philip Marlowe author).

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oapV2DzeYBw
RAYMOND CARVER.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeZQl2nvnfM
ELMORE LEONARD.

 

[squarejohn]

These are two writers worth reading again and again.

I read Ian Flemings works before anybody made movies of them. That 007 smoked 100 cigarettes a day would cause many of James Bond's fans to faint dead away.

When the first movie came out, it was very disappointing. The following movies were worse.

Raymond Chandler defined "gritty." His novels are worth reading just to get an idea of how people spoke before political correctness garbled everything.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Chandler was a better writer than most people believe. He wrote some horror stories that are pretty good. He even wrote some romance novels early on.

 

[squarejohn]

Chandler was a better writer than most people believe. He wrote some horror stories that are pretty good. He even wrote some romance novels early on.

It's easy to visualize him clicking away on his typewriter with a cigarette tucked in his lips, a wisp of smoke curling upwards, the long ash ready to fall. A pint of rye whiskey is within easy reach on his desk.

 

[michchick98]

Actually, this thread is more on topic than the other garbage you start here, JBJ. Maybe this one won't get moved to the GB. I notice your threads there die a quick death.

In any case, that was interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Actually, this thread is more on topic than the other garbage you start here, JBJ. Maybe this one won't get moved to the GB. I notice your threads there die a quick death.

In any case, that was interesting to watch. Thanks for sharing.

Dont go away mad, just go away.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF1sb9qB-_M
RICHARD MATHESON.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Elmore Leonard is, to my mind, the "How to write" guy. I've learned a lot from reading his books.

 

[Miss_Pixie]

Thanks JBJ, that was interesting.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

http://books.google.com/books?id=k1...rontcover&source=in&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE.

Elmore Leonard has a high opinion of George Higgin's dialogue. Here is some of it to sample.

 

[Stella_Omega]

"What made it hurt more," the stocky man said, "what made it hurt worse was knowing they were going to do it to you, you know?"

I just used that very sentiment in a BDSM story.

yeah, I can hear the beginnings of Leonard's style in this.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

"What made it hurt more," the stocky man said, "what made it hurt worse was knowing they were going to do it to you, you know?"

I just used that very sentiment in a BDSM story.

yeah, I can hear the beginnings of Leonard's style in this.

Its very effective. Lean, to the point, raw experience.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4bYv3uwDqc

HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN INTERVIEW.