Lyla Lane's "The Best Little Motel in Texas," the movie

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Since I got the inspiration for The Best Little Motel in Texas from the Dolly Parton/Burt Reynolds movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, I would absolutely want Colin Higgins to direct if he were still alive. He was bold and unafraid of taking chances, and I think my book would be the right kind of bonkers to appeal to him.

Since my book is about a reserved 30-year-old librarian inheriting a brothel for senior sex workers and trying to solve a murder that happened at her place of business, I’d want to cast someone known for more prim and proper roles for my main character, Cordelia. Probably Emily Blunt because I think she plays that role so well.

For the chicks, the 60-year-old sex workers, I’d cast...[read on]

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My Book, The Movie: The Best Little Motel in Texas.

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