by Mary | Dec 31, 2011 | Current events, DOC, Just for fun!
Well, not mine, specifically, but she did refer in a sort of general way to my announcement back in July that I intended to form an exploratory committee to help me decide if I should get a reality show and/or be a commentator on radio and TV so I can talk about why I...
by Mary | Dec 1, 2011 | DOC, DOC on HBO, The Sparrow movie
Lots of readers are asking if I’ll be writing any episodes of the HBO series based on Doc. There’s a two-part answer to that question. Part 1: Not a chance. In Hollywood, it is customary to ignore the author of “source material” once the...
by Mary | Nov 22, 2011 | DOC, DOC on HBO, The Cure For Anger
People, I have never kept a secret this long in my life. This has been brewing since June, 2011. Here’s what I heard originally: Ron Howard’s father Rance Howard has a longtime fascination with Doc Holliday. He read Doc when it first came out and took it...
by Mary | Nov 9, 2011 | DOC
There is some controversy about whether John Henry Holliday was born with a cleft palate and lip. As a member of his family, biographer and historian Karen Holliday Tanner had unprecedented access to private family documents and memoirs. To my knowledge, those primary...
by Mary | Oct 30, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
All the bruises have faded to yellow. The scrapes and cuts have healed. The idea of swinging into a saddle no longer makes me shudder. Several people have asked, “Was it worth it? Did you learn anything?” The answer is not just yes. It’s hell, yes....
by Mary | Oct 23, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
… when a gentleman dressed as Doc Holliday or Wyatt Earp stops by to chat at my book table, it is a thrill. Yesterday, I spent seven hours in the bookstore and gift shop at the O.K. Corral, while hundreds of people shuffled through, buying souvenirs and tickets...
by Mary | Oct 21, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
You have to be mounted and tossed off, for it to count as being thrown. I had my left boot in the stirrup and was on my way into the saddle when the horse started to spin away from me. When I hit the ground, it was just plain falling. And I fell in the best possible...
by Mary | Oct 20, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
Remember that line from Dances With Wolves? Kevin Costner and a teamster come across a skeleton and the teamster says, “Somewhere back east, his sister is wondering, Why don’t he write?” I’m not dead, but I’ll put it this way: 1500+...
by Mary | Oct 18, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
We did 12 miles. Appalling terrain. Shattered mountains –like riding over broken bricks for hours. BIG thank you to Abby, who loaned me the chaps. I’d have been shredded without them. As it is, I am sore, swollen, and seriously questioning the wisdom of...
by Mary | Oct 17, 2011 | DOC, The Cure For Anger, What I'm working on now.
It was only 5 miles, an easy beginning while we got used to our horses and they got used to us. We rode through some high desert chapparal (see Carey Granger’s comment on the last post for a definition) and then through the set for Tombstone and several other...
