Blogs about: Elmore Leonard

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Honey's Room

Don Meredith wrote 4 days ago: Up in Honey's Room by Elmore Leonard One of my favorite authors is Elmore Leonard. If you are lo … more »

Tags: Reading, german pow, Honey's Room, Leonard, Up in Honey's Room, World War II, writing style

Elmore Leonard's Crimes of Conscience

joemckinney wrote 2 weeks ago: Every once in a while, Elmore Leonard steps back from the screwball crime stories that made him famo … more »

Tags: Cat Chaser, Bandits, Pagan Babies

3:10 to Yuma

John wrote 3 weeks ago: 3:10 to Yuma, James Mangold, 2007 Hook: Russell Crowe gets punched repeatedly in the face. Story … more »

Tags: film, film classics, John Lehman, Movie Review, Movies, 3:10 to Yuma, Add new tag, Christian Bale, Hopalong Cassidy

the quintessential boy book

delzey wrote 1 month ago: I got asked “What’s a quintessential boy book?’ yesterday from someone.  Quintess … more »

Tags: boys v. girls, genre vs. literature, Opinion, teen, Boy Books, boys, Harry Potter, Huck Finn, Philip Pullman

Correction: Leonard vs. Kelton

adamtree wrote 1 month ago: In the previous post I incorrectly identified Elmore Leonard as a Texas author. I was thinking of E … more »

Tags: Writing & Literature, Family & Spirituality, Elmore Kelton, Texas, Texas author, San Angelo TX, Eggemyers General Store, Cactus Book Shop, San Angelo Standard-Times

Mastersvo Heroes #5: Elmore Leonard

jwakeham wrote 1 month ago:   The author of The Big Bounce, Out of Sight and Get Shorty, Elmore Leonard is one of our gre … more »

Tags: film, Fiction, Heroes

Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard

jdlomax wrote 2 months ago: Everyone tells me to read Elmore Leonard. I never had. Good escapist crime fiction, is what ever … more »

Tags: Book Reviews, Crime Fiction, tishomingo blues

not stealing, borrowing,12 comments

Paul wrote 2 months ago:     “I try to leave out the parts people skip.” Elmore Leonard Now don … more »

Tags: writing, prosepoemthingy, Paul Squires, George Bernard Shaw, burt bacharach

More on Richard Price from the NYRB

Jake Seliger wrote 3 months ago: Michael Chabon opines on Richard Price in the New York Review of Books. As usual regarding that publ … more »

Tags: Books, Links, Lush Life, Novels, richard price

Not your grandparents' western6 comments

whatistechnoagain wrote 3 months ago: 3:10 to Yuma is a movie directed by James Mangold that was released last year as a remake of the 19 … more »

Tags: Movies, Reviews, 3:10 to Yuma, Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, James Mangold

Lush Life and Richard Price in Seattle

Jake Seliger wrote 3 months ago: Richard Price’s Lush Life is a study in power—who has it, who doesn’t, who is trying t … more »

Tags: Books, Art, Novels, Literature, Tom Wolfe, richard price, Clockers, Lush Life, Claire Messud

Mr Paradise - Elmore Leonard

Ray wrote 3 months ago: The first thing you need to know about Elmore Leonard’s characters is that they are all imposs … more »

Tags: Fiction, Detective/Mystery, Mystery, police, Crime, Black Dahlia, Gangsters, Love

Film Hick: Jackie Brown

insomnihack wrote 4 months ago: If there is such a thing as an under-rated Tarantino film  then I would posit that this is it. Not … more »

Tags: Blogging, film, Quentin Tarantino, Updates, film hick, jackie brown, Movie, pam grier, Samuel L. Jackson

rebus: books on the craft (-ft) +p of writing

delzey wrote 4 months ago:  Update to those finding me via ElmoreLeonard.com:  it should be noted that my comment of E.L. bei … more »

Tags: Opinion, Essay, writing, Process, 10 rules for writers, John Gardner, rust hills, Craft, TWI

3:10 to Yuma (2007)3 comments

Arti wrote 4 months ago: How many movies have inspired you to read the original book or story right after you’ve watch … more »

Tags: Movies, Reviews, Entertainment, Short Stories, film, Book into film, DVD, Film Adaptation, Oscars

3:10 To Yuma3 comments

Adam wrote 6 months ago: “Even bad men love their mommas.” Rated R. Out on DVD. Directed by James Mangold, ba … more »

Tags: film, Film Review, Movie Review, Movies, 3:10 to Yuma, Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster

Elmore Leonard’s 10 rules of good fiction writing

Jim Kingsepp wrote 6 months ago: Source: blog.rightreading.com 1. Never open a book with weather. 2. Avoid prologues. 3. … more »

Tags: rules of writing

All-but-Irish Men in Ireland and Non-American Cowboys8 comments

kalafudra wrote 6 months ago: P.S. I Love You was exactly as it should be: wonderful. Funny and sad and full of gorgeous guys. I m … more »

Tags: 3:10 to Yuma, Alan Tudyk, American Psycho, Ben Foster, Cecelia Ahern, Christian Bale, Freedom Writers, Gerard Butler, Get Shorty

DVD Review: 3:10 to Yuma1 comment

treyka wrote 6 months ago: This movie is about a humble, down-on-his-luck rancher who crosses paths with a bad-guy–a lik … more »

Tags: Movies, Television and Entertainment, Entertainment, Movies, Actors, Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, train, 3/10, Yuma


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