Thanks very much to John (and Mark and Nathan) for the
extremely kind reviews of my books. This is a tough crowd, so
I'm particularly pleased when my work cuts the rara mustard
with any of the birds.
I recently bought the last 500 copies of Blonde Lightning
that were sitting in the Ballantine warehouse so that I could
offer them for sale on my website. Anyone who wants a copy of
that or any of my other books, please contact me off-list for
the super duper rara-avis discount.
WHISKEY
I've been watching a lot of film noirs lately (at least
that's the way they are advertised on the video jackets) due
to the many recent releases and I've caught a lot of
references to bourbon, and a few generic "whiskey"s, but I
don't think I've heard rye mentioned by name during any of my
recent viewings (although I certainly have in other films, I
just can't remember which ones). Which is a rambling way of
saying that I think it was quite popular for noir characters
to order bourbon, even back in the forties.
In the early eighties I went to bartending school so I would
have something to fall back on between writing gigs, but I
soon found out that that was the wrong side of the bar for
me. I had a tendency to sample too much of the product.
Nevertheless, a popular saying with the instructors back then
was "All bourbon is whiskey, but all whiskey is not bourbon."
Over the years, I've seen a few non-drinking writers forget
that rule.
TL
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