Bonnie Jo Campbell does not need my publicity...

...no, and I don't need her sympathy either.

But she's cool.

There, I said it and I'm not sorry.

If you want to know how cool, click you this link rightchere.

That's right. Cool enough to stand by unblinking and watch a donkey get gelded.

Oh, and she's written a few books too.

And if you want to know why I am posting a link to her on my site, it's because she and I briefly kept company if you'd Googled* the phrase "Love and beauty will endure until the game is called for darkness" in the wee hours this weekend, as one of my alert readers recently did.

Gene Fowler said it.

He also said, "Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead."

Shoot. Everybody knows that. Ask Bonnie Jo if you don't believe me.

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This particular search was not one of Google's finer moments, by the way. My blog actually did use this quote once, while as far as I can tell, Bonnie Jo's just happened to use all the same words. Only a few hours later, her site is still in the search and mine's out. Go figure.

"The most certain sign of being born with great qualities is to be born without envy."
--Francois de Rochefoucauld

That wouldn't be me.