This shot shows the beautiful Denise Nicholas, who as an actress is known for Let’s Do It Again, Blacula, A Piece of the Action, and the television series Room 222. After all those credits she became a novelist and wrote Freshwater Road, which was selected as one of the best books of 2005 by the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and several other papers. That’s a feat—not just writing a novel but writing a widely acclaimed novel—we don’t think very many other film performers have managed. At the moment Nicholas seems to be retired, but you never know when it comes to writers. The above image is from around 1975.
Sometimes you have to write your own second act.