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| Tuesday, January 30, 2007 |
| Best Selling Writer Sheldon Dies |
Sidney Sheldon, who won awards in three careers - Broadway theatre, movies, television - then at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels about stalwart women who triumph in a hostile world of ruthless men, has died. He was 89.
Sheldon died of complications from pneumonia at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Warren Cowan, his publicist of more than 25 years, said. His wife Alexandra and his daughter, author Mary Sheldon, were by his side.
Sheldon's books, with titles such as Rage of Angels , The Other Side of Midnight , Master of the Game and If Tomorrow Comes , provided his greatest fame. They were cleverly plotted with a high degree of suspense and sensuality and a device to keep the reader turning pages. “I try to write my books so the reader can't put them down,” he explained in a 1982 interview. “I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of a chapter, he or she has to read just one more chapter. It's the technique of the old Saturday afternoon serial: leave the guy hanging on the edge of the cliff at the end of the chapter.” Analysing why so many women bought his books, he commented: “I like to write about women who are talented and capable, but most important, retain their femininity. Women have tremendous power - their femininity, because men can't do without it.” Unlike other novelists who toiled over typewriters or computers, he dictated 50 pages a day to a secretary or a tape machine. He corrected the pages the following day, continuing the routine until he had 1,200 to 1,500 pages. “Then I do a complete rewrite - 12 to 15 times,” he said. “I spend a whole year rewriting.” Several of his novels became television miniseries, often with the author as producer. Sheldon began writing as a youngster in Chicago, where he was born Feb. 17, 1917. At 10, he made his first sale: 10 dollars for a poem. During the Depression, he worked at a variety of jobs, attended Northwestern University and contributed short plays to drama groups. At 17, he decided to try his luck in Hollywood. The only job he could find was as a reader of prospective film material at Universal Studio for $22 a week. At night he wrote his own screenplays and sold one, South of Panama to the studio for $250.
During World War II, he served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps.
Source: Times of India
So Salute to such a Man |
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| Monday, January 29, 2007 |
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Hai Guyz,
Myself Nikhil Alex.Friends are the best part of your life. As they stood with you in all the phases of your life.This is my Psychology. So dont be afraid of making friends.
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