The Detroit News is reporting the death of Elmore Leonard, one of America’s greatest novelists.
Damn it.
Edited to add: I’m not sure if I’m going to write more about Leonard. I’ve read, and enjoyed, some of his work (and am glad that there’s more left that I haven’t read) but I don’t feel the same personal connection to Leonard’s work that I felt to Robert Parker’s.
However, in honor of the late Mr. Leonard, here’s his rules for writing from the NYT website.