Those groovin' lions of the word biz

Good writing is like sensational blues and jazz music. It enriches one's inner soul. A fun thing for me is to get into reading the shiny word artists like the groovin' Mr. Elmore Leonard and of course the bit of a powerful introspective one, Mr. Philip Roth. When I was a younger guy I went a little madly wild over the chuggin' along smooth prose art of Ernest Hemingway. About the same time I got into reading the elegant conversational work of John O'Hara. All these people are much like the zesty musical individualists. They got the real fire of fine art going. That means a lot just like the mystery art of Dali and Warhol. Reading Leonard now and enjoying the modal finesse notes of Milt Jackson on vibes...That is a delicious fun kind of cultural recipe, for sure. Getting in the track race with these literary lions...that's a good thing.