The Writer's Life 7/28 - Day In

Yesterday I received notification of a class action suit vs. Facebook. I threw it in the trash. FB has been a boon to me. I made a few grand on the stock, and the site allows to me to advertise my works for free. Many of my sales are directly attributable to it. And it has allowed me to remain in contact with people I would likely have never heard from again, and to make new friends. How, in good conscience, could I join a lawsuit against it?

Last night at ten Decades, channel 112 on Cablevision in NYC, ran back to back episodes of Peter Gunn, the detective series that ran from 1958-’61, 114 episodes. I watched a few when it first went into syndication in the 60‘s. Like most everyone else, I don’t remember much about it besides its stars, Craig Stevens and Lola Albright and, of course, the theme, which Henry Mancini composed, garnering him several awards. As far as I know, Sarah Vaughn has done the only vocal of it, and it rocks. Here’s a link to that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZgy9MblMg8 The show runs only a half-hour. It is gritty, mini film noir featuring jazzy music. I was shocked when the lovely Albright, in the series debut, did Day In, Day Out (Music: Rube Bloom, lyrics Johnny Mercer), which has been covered by every successful interpreter of standards since its debut in 1939. Albright’s take was more spoken than sung. Apparently, her range was very limited. Still, she did 38 songs on the show and recorded two albums, which I would guess appealed to the fantasies of men. Judge for yourself --here's a clip of her doing How High the Moon (M: Morgan Lewis, Lyrics: Nancy Hamilton) in which she sings traditionally and conservatively: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4jFd0XYYb0 She has 97 credits listed at IMDb, not counting multiple appearances on many TV shows. Born in 1925, married three times, she is still living. She has made only one appearance since 1984, in an episode of The 3 Bits, which shot only four shows and for which there is not much info available. Here is a pic of her in her prime:

Today's session of the floating book shop was one that highlighted its unpredictable nature. Given the heat, I wasn't expecting much activity and when a gentleman immediately bought five books I was happy that opening paid off. What was really surprising was that donors assumed I'd be there. Four dropped off marketable books. Even when the sun encroached on the major portion of the display, a few people still made purchases. Thanks, folks. I, of course, kept to the shade 99% of the time.

Vic's 5th Novel: http://tinyurl.com/okxkwh5Vic's 4th novel: tinyurl.com/bszwlxh

Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3

Vic's Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
Vic's Short Story Collection: http://www.tiny.cc/Oycgb
Vic's 2nd Novel: http://tiny.cc/0iHLb Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/kx3d3uf
Vic's 1st Novel: http://tinyurl.com/l84h63j

Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp

Vic's Horror Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3f

Vic's Blog: http://vicfortezza.blogspot.com/

Vic's Web Site: http://members.tripod.com/vic_fortezza/Literature/