Lynda Spargur
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Screenwriter, Author, Creative Writer
Writer, dreamer, creator of new imaginary souls. Using my experiences to develop a better future. Crime stories, baseball and The Beach Boys are my passions.
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Writing Fanfic Saved My Life. Runner-Up in Writers Challenge. Top Story - September 2023.
When I was a very young girl, I lived in a world built inside my head. My external world was a very scary place. My father drank a lot. And when he drank, he got loud and sometimes… he got violent. It was a lot to take in as a child. My internal world often included myself and the characters from a tv show or movie I recently watched. Mostly, it was Bonanza. I loved and still love that show and I wanted Adam Cartwright to be my dad.
By Lynda Spargur2 years ago in Writers
Dashiell Hammett and Sam Spade: the Character is the Man
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life. Oscar Wilde Write what you know, that is what all young writers are told to do; for Samuel Dashiell Hammett, he wrote what he lived. Knowing that Hammett lived the life of a detective brings a more poignant sense of realism to The Maltese Falcon. From 1915 to 1921 Hammett worked on and off as an operative for the Pinkerton detective agency, serving on the scandalous Fatty Arbuckle rape case and on the 1920-1921 Anaconda copper mine strike. Hammett's Pinkerton tenure (would) provide the material for much of his fiction. (2) From the way he lived his life to the places he chose to live, Hammett peppered his writings with the story of his own life. Spade is the first of a new breed of detectives: rough, street-wise, wise-talking, chain smoking, hard drinking men who use women to gain their own means to an end. Sam Spade is the mirror mental image of his creator. Sam Spade is Dashiell Hammett.
By Lynda Spargur2 years ago in Art
Night of the Zombie Wranglers
Title: Night of the Zombie Wranglers Genre: Comedy - Supernatural - Mystery Logline: A pair of skeptical city dwellers get an education in the world of the supernatural when they are sentenced to spend 24-hours as Zombie Wranglers by a judge in a small New England town.
By Lynda Spargur3 years ago in Humor
Why Celebrate Getting Older?
When I was young, we didn’t do a lot to celebrate birthdays in my house, maybe a homemade cake or your favorite dinner, but no outlandish parties with balloons and presents or friends and music. Birthdays were marked as route of passage and you just moved on. As I got older and lived on my own I began to meet people who made this day a special occasion.
By Lynda Spargur3 years ago in Humans
The Diamond Heist
Eyes wide open, nostrils flare. My opponent stands with his back to me. The air is fresh and clean as I take another breath and calm my jangled nerves. Shaking my hands, I take another step. Stop. He glances over his shoulder at me. Our eyes meet briefly before he turns away once more.
By Lynda Spargur3 years ago in Fiction
