I loved her novel, "The Impersonator" so much, I put it at the top of one of my Amazon Listomania lists. Diana is not just a novelist though. She's also a screenwriter and used to live in Hollywood, making a fortune from prolifically writing screenplays, irrespective if some of them didn't get made.
Over lunch, I confessed in the past I had showed my work-in-progress novels to people with horrific results. One well-meaning editor had even suggested a plot line for my new book which blocked me for months. Diana was horrified. She never shows her work to anyone until after she has finished it. We both agreed we belong to the breed of writer who doesn't like writing an Outline for their book before commencing writing. I find that when I do write a detailed synopsis of my unwritten book before I start, I feel I'm restricted by a straightjacket .... and tend to write to formula.
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OH dear, how wonderful to believe that you've found a dear, old friend through a blog. I'm a relatively new reader and enjoy your thoughts of the day. I was particularly touched reading your Friday, May 25 "high" when you lunched with Diana Hammond. It put an end to my wondering where/how she has been. I worked with Diana in Beverly Hills when she was beginning her writing career. She's so warm and wonderful and witty and creative ... I still have the wicker etagere that I bought from her as she began moving about the world. If you ever see her again, please say that Dianne from Kaufman-Lansky said hello! DEKleppinger@aol.com
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