Crime novelist Elmore Leonard dies at 87 - latimes.com
Some might know him for the TV series, Justified, & the movie Get Shorty.
One book I might need to read because of the intriguing title....Naked Came The Manatee.
A quote....
Some might know him for the TV series, Justified, & the movie Get Shorty.
One book I might need to read because of the intriguing title....Naked Came The Manatee.
A quote....
"Never open a book with weather; avoid prologues; keep your exclamation points under control; use regional dialect sparingly; avoid detailed descriptions of characters, places, and things; and try to leave out the part the readers tend to skip.....if it sounds like writing, I rewrite it."
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