You didn't happen to run into "your No. 1 fan" -- looking suspiciously Kathy Batesish -- up there in Arrowhead, did you?

It seems that people who really want to write, write, no excuses. I think it's Ron Bass who used to get up at 3:00 a.m. with kids at home and a full-time job as an attorney just to write.

I've read several interviews with / articles on Ron Bass which confirm your point, about how he got up in the wee hours of the night to write while he worked as a successful entertainment lawyer. Here's a quote from an interview with him in The Guardian; can't find the link, it's just something in my notes: "I've written 103 screenplays in 18 years though inevitably only a small percentage of these have been made. I write five to six screenplays a year, I can only think of a few other writers who do that."

That interview was at least 3 years ago, so you can add at least 15 scripts to the total. Bass accomplishes that with his "team" who, somewhat controversially, help bust the story, which he takes, writes, and gets sole credit for. That's described in this New Yorker article from January, 2000.

He runs his shop like a law partner with 6 associates. Financially, it's extremely astute. And creatively, he's very attuned to what audiences like. So congrats all around.

However, I'm still trying to figure out what "they feel obscurely threatened" means, referring to his attending meetings with his version of a paralegal in tow.

Did a little digging. Bass's team that works with him have been dubbed "The Ronettes" by others. Found a lengthy article about Bass from March, 1999. I'll post that soon.

And thus my goal: The Tom Tom Tommies.

7 of 'em (to best Bass).

Tom Tom Tommies or "Triple T" to me!