tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post2694073584102227885..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: You Don't Want to Cross MeLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-27571881535672877402017-01-18T19:27:33.251-05:002017-01-18T19:27:33.251-05:00"The NCLB Murder" MAY have been based on..."The NCLB Murder" MAY have been based on an assistant principal who targeted certain female teachers and forced at least one out of the district. I may have bought her some time by convincing colleagues that fictional murder was better than their offer to "help hide the body." In the periodic meetings she set up to "improve" my teaching, at which I insisted the presence of a teachers' rep., she thought I was taking notes, but I MIGHT actually have been plotting the next page of the story -- very therapeutic.<br />*** It is entirely true that I was nowhere near her at the time of her recent death, which I didn't hear about until later, and no, I did not rejoice because of that "everyone's death diminishes me" poem. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-31042996423755908522017-01-18T15:17:14.924-05:002017-01-18T15:17:14.924-05:00Hi, Jeff. Thanks for stopping by. Yes, literary ve...Hi, Jeff. Thanks for stopping by. Yes, literary vengeance is a wonderful way to get revenge without risking going to jail. Good luck with the book!<br /><br />And Robyn, I'm glad you enjoyed the blog. If you want anyone specific to get some karma coming their way, email me and I can add their names to the list. My email address is on my website. Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-3837575206718485732017-01-18T10:07:37.635-05:002017-01-18T10:07:37.635-05:00Excellent and informative. Thank you for sharing. ...Excellent and informative. Thank you for sharing. I know a few people who definitely deserve some karma coming back to bite them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-1307407084324527872017-01-18T00:57:14.440-05:002017-01-18T00:57:14.440-05:00I have an (unpublished as yet) novella wherein I d...I have an (unpublished as yet) novella wherein I do in an a**h**e who gave me and my boss trouble over 16 years ago when we would make deliveries to the building he and another dipstick "managed." Felt good! And Barb, many writing careers have started with such literary vengeance!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50252665495936097812017-01-17T23:04:36.343-05:002017-01-17T23:04:36.343-05:00Strangely, Leigh? It's just a big coincidence?...Strangely, Leigh? It's just a big coincidence? Uh huh. :) And thanks about "Stepmonster." Glad you enjoyed it.<br /><br />And Becky, ah, the joy of homicide. Hope you're having fun. ;)Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22028235474707447832017-01-17T21:33:31.520-05:002017-01-17T21:33:31.520-05:00Love the post - and the short story. Coincidentall...Love the post - and the short story. Coincidentally, I'm killing someone off tonight. It really is cathartic.Becky M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12019253695981057768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50165136004598518562017-01-17T21:22:03.842-05:002017-01-17T21:22:03.842-05:00I enjoyed Stepmonster– 2 stories in one!
Strangel...I enjoyed Stepmonster– 2 stories in one!<br /><br />Strangely, if you reverse the first and last names of one of my back-stabbing bad guys, it's the same as a co-worker I used to have.<br /><br />The given name of one of the worst people I've ever known has made it into a couple of stories. He has the most innocent, almost flowery surname, wholly unlike the guy himself.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-51708920608267113942017-01-17T18:03:06.901-05:002017-01-17T18:03:06.901-05:00Thanks, everyone, for stopping by.
Paul, yes, I ...Thanks, everyone, for stopping by. <br /><br />Paul, yes, I have a lot of reasons the cops could come after me too. The People to Kill list is just the most obvious.<br /><br />O'Neil, isn't it nice that if someone has really pissed you off, you can kill them multiple times, in multiple ways, on paper? So satisfying. <br /><br />Melodie, very cheap therapy. (I have an unpublished story that I wrote a few weeks after my dog died that helped me work though it.)<br /><br />Eve, I'm so glad you liked me story. Thanks for letting me know.<br /><br />Elizabeth, how to kill someone with cyanide? Yep. That would be enough to make the Average Joe quake in his boots!<br /><br />Bonnie, I got a perverse laugh out of your story. Are you sure you didn't subconsciously use that name?<br /><br />Barb Goffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013123434790272424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-58945725691806319392017-01-17T12:11:16.160-05:002017-01-17T12:11:16.160-05:00Enjoyed your post, Barb. And yes, I've also na...Enjoyed your post, Barb. And yes, I've also named victims, murderers, and other despicable or ill-fated characters after people who have been unkind to me or members of my family, always being careful to change the name just enough so that anyone who accused me of doing it would seem paranoid, and nothing would stand up in court. Once, though, years ago, I was casting about for a name for a small-time loser and picked the perfect name out of thin air--or so I thought. Not until the story came out in AHMM did I realize it was actually the exact name of the husband of a woman I found annoying. And yes, he really was a small-time loser--no wonder the name seemed so perfect to me. Luckily, I don't think either the woman or her husband ever read the story. (I don't think either of them reads much.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-74193101012258648192017-01-17T11:07:12.639-05:002017-01-17T11:07:12.639-05:00I don't have any files on my puter with potent...I don't have any files on my puter with potential victims' names. But I keep a file called "clues2use.txt" explaining stuff like how much cyanide it takes to kill a person & how long it takes. Also scraps of info like the ones I posted yesterday having to do with the prison escape & miscellaneous things I will probably never use.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-65355996587112202602017-01-17T11:04:18.916-05:002017-01-17T11:04:18.916-05:00Oh, I do this too. It's one of the great adva...Oh, I do this too. It's one of the great advantages of being a writer. Loved "Stepmonster" - very well done!Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-52960448287504987942017-01-17T10:15:24.281-05:002017-01-17T10:15:24.281-05:00No question I draw from people who have 'done ...No question I draw from people who have 'done me wrong' to create villains. Makes them so real, with complex motivations, and not cardboard. At the same time, there is that little satisfaction in dealing with the critters on paper in a spectacular way, and thus being able to let go. Cheap therapy, eh Barb!Melodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-85058272850785476632017-01-17T09:51:41.117-05:002017-01-17T09:51:41.117-05:00I've made vile villains of people who have cro...I've made vile villains of people who have crossed me in real life. My friend George Effinger called me once to say he'd killed one of his wives - again. Oh, yes. Revenge is a writer's right.O'Neil De Nouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142721824657611738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-90039788682277614332017-01-17T04:06:55.384-05:002017-01-17T04:06:55.384-05:00Fun post, Barb. And my wife and I often kid that i...Fun post, Barb. And my wife and I often kid that if anyone from law enforcement came looking around here they'd find enough to convict fifty people. Books on poisons, files on murder, web searches on how hide a body. Also, like you, I like naming bad guys after people who've pissed me off. There's a great satisfaction in that!Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.com