{"id":260,"date":"2012-08-22T04:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jerrybegly.com\/superunleashedblog\/?p=260"},"modified":"2012-08-20T17:17:58","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T23:17:58","slug":"western-novelist-in-the-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrybegly.com\/superunleashedblog\/2012\/08\/western-novelist-in-the-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Novelist in the Making"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jerrybegly.com\/superunleashedblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/141.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"141\" border=\"0\" alt=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.jerrybegly.com\/superunleashedblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/141_thumb.jpg?resize=385%2C512\" width=\"385\" height=\"512\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writers have to look the part. That\u2019s a problem for me. As a comedy writer, what do I do, dress like Rob Petrie? I can\u2019t do Red Skelton\u2019s hair, or Jack Benny\u2019s horn-rimmed glasses.<\/p>\n<p>When my daughter took me horseback riding at the ranch she worked on, I stopped for this photo op. By the looks of things, I\u2019m on my 18th western novel by now. I think the title is \u201cShootout at the Starbucks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opening line in the book goes like this:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cForget about paying for the coffee for the chump behind you. Bart Slackline was here for his morning brew, and all of these coyotes surrounding him just made it that much harder. He was ready to horsewhip the barista when suddenly \u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maybe westerns are easier to write than comedy, after all.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just that during the photo shoot I&nbsp; shouldn\u2019t have squatted with my spurs on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writers have to look the part. That\u2019s a problem for me. As a comedy writer, what do I do, dress like Rob Petrie? I can\u2019t do Red Skelton\u2019s hair, or Jack Benny\u2019s horn-rimmed glasses. 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