Selling My Books on the Streets of Brooklyn 8/9 - Black

RIP Karen Black, 74, who succumbed to cancer. She has 194 titles listed at IMDb. She did not turn down work, even long after roles in A films stopped coming to her. Her role as a hooker in the LSD scene in Easy Rider (1969) perhaps forever typecast her as someone on the fringe of society. She had significant parts in only two other memorable works on the silver screen: Five Easy Pieces (1970) and Nashville (1975), for which she wrote and performed her own songs and was nominated for a Grammy. She also has seven screenplay credits, none of which made a large impact. She was married four times and had two children and an adopted daughter. There is a rock band named after her -- The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. A guitarist for another band, a guy named Abby Normal, wrote a song titled: Scream Karen Black. She starred on Broadway in 1965 in The Playroom, which ran only a month but garnered her great reviews. She wrote a play, Missouri Waltz, which debuted in L.A. in 2007. She described it as a play with music, rather than a musical. Although she certainly made her mark, she seems to have been a modern renaissance woman who deserved better. Her eyes always attracted my attention. There was something offbeat about them I am unable define. Here's a pic:

It looks like no one bit on the free offer of my short story, The Bat. Its Amazon ranking is right where it was before the giveaway. All one can do is try and hope for the best.

The floating book shop had great luck this week, not necessarily in dollars, although Wednesday's haul was good. Rain was in the forecast the past three days, but only stray drops fell. Today looked especially ominous, but I again maintained regular hours. "Take a shot," I always remind myself. Something good might happen and, if nothing happens, I will be no worse off than when the day started. My thanks to the folks who bought books, and to Ol' Simon, who donated two paperbacks, and the elderly woman who donated a hardcover romance.
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Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3
Vic's Website: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/
Vic's Short Story Collection (Print or Kindle): http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/6b86st6
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/94t5h
Vic's Screenplay on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3
Vic’s Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx