tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7232257657474820822..comments2024-03-18T19:00:03.047-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Character, character, characterLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50236116633058795222011-09-24T17:42:08.095-04:002011-09-24T17:42:08.095-04:00Congratualtions, my friend, on this additional blo...Congratualtions, my friend, on this additional blog. Reading your comments about your aspirations and knowing my own - which are the opposite of wanting to be outrageous - except maybe to my cat or a verrry selected audience! it is wonderful that on this god-blessed earth we can be different and yet be good friends. God bless! Look forward to the art theft! Thelma StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-66634201720899620092011-09-24T15:21:49.007-04:002011-09-24T15:21:49.007-04:00For me character and plot are inseparable.
Welcome...For me character and plot are inseparable.<br />Welcome aboard.Louis A. Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16563842429688123421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-53364649164289574642011-09-24T14:55:25.378-04:002011-09-24T14:55:25.378-04:00Funny timing on this topic, Liz. I just had this c...Funny timing on this topic, Liz. I just had this conversation with my wife as we both read a lot of crime/detective/police procedurals. The writers we like-Dibdin, Leon, Nadel, Kellerman, Martin Walker for example-- all create interesting characters whose lives reflect change, growth, a personal history. Recently we've added a second layer: most of these protagonists have some sort of "ordinary" life with a partner, kids, outside interests. The noir loner--screwed up, tormented, obsessed with the darkness, usually violent--has lost our interest. <br /><br />Looking forward to your future posts.Ronaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00782953582585078127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-90137494833546724242011-09-24T14:25:26.997-04:002011-09-24T14:25:26.997-04:00Elizabeth,
It's great to see that you're ...Elizabeth,<br /><br />It's great to see that you're part of this terrific new blog. Your upcoming story in EQMM sounds great! I look forward to reading it.<br /><br />-Bob D.Bob D.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-67236135626562390422011-09-24T11:59:36.870-04:002011-09-24T11:59:36.870-04:00Liz
When you get your CD recorded I'll swap y...Liz<br /><br />When you get your CD recorded I'll swap ya for one of mine. <br /><br />Good column. I find that character is easy, plot is hard. As I said once before, my head is a wating room stuffed with people impatiiently expecting me to give them something to do.Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22413522018244511602011-09-24T10:14:47.818-04:002011-09-24T10:14:47.818-04:00I'm for multiple "O's"! (Outrage...I'm for multiple "O's"! (Outrageous, Older, you can figure out the rest of the O's).<br />I agree with character. If the reader doesn't care about your characters, they're not going to get to your plot.Tanya Goodwinhttp://web.mac.com/tanyagoodwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-70135604637631357812011-09-24T09:46:15.396-04:002011-09-24T09:46:15.396-04:00Great post.
I'm well on my way on the "ol...Great post.<br />I'm well on my way on the "older" and the "outrageous" part. It's very liberating to stop giving a @&%^ what other people think. The wisewoman part? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.Julie Godfrey Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246100763110953098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50206213904773980562011-09-24T08:35:40.411-04:002011-09-24T08:35:40.411-04:00I think part of being an outrageous older woman is...I think part of being an outrageous older woman is discarding such categories as "youthful" and "sell-by date." I still do almost everything I did when I was younger, including occasionally embarrassing my nearest and dearest with my exuberance and outspokenness.Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-22513414176884933442011-09-24T07:58:55.470-04:002011-09-24T07:58:55.470-04:00I'm back! I want to apologize to the Little P...I'm back! I want to apologize to the Little People of America for referring to Little Fiddlin' Fred as a dwarf in my first comment. I know "little person" is the preferred term, but he is technically an achondroplasic dwarf, which is explained in the book.<br /><br />Velma, some of us females have been eccentric, weird, or outrageous if you prefer, our whole lives. I'll bet you're just like your mother, but far from reaching the sell-by-date.<br /><br />Good luck with the album, Liz. Just wait 'til you hear some DJ play a song from it on the radio. It's a great thrill.Fran Rizerhttp://www.franrizer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-15289926733039034582011-09-24T06:49:57.875-04:002011-09-24T06:49:57.875-04:00My mother perfectly understood the desire to be &q...My mother perfectly understood the desire to be "an outrageous older woman," although we politely used the word 'eccentric'. But it was oddly clear she had little interest in remaining youthful past the sell-by date.<br /><br />We're glad to have you with us, Elizabeth.Velmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922496600366632604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-64147943106890237242011-09-24T05:11:57.819-04:002011-09-24T05:11:57.819-04:00Liz, glad to get to know you better. Dixon led in...Liz, glad to get to know you better. Dixon led into what I wanted to say about the "weapon". Note, Dixon, that I did not say "machinegun." The specific weapon may not matter to the writer, but if he or she names an inappropriate weapon, it's going to distract readers who are knowlegable about guns, knives, or whatever weapon is mentioned. I never want to distract my readers from the characters or the plot. I have a gun expert who advises me. In my second Callie novel, Hey Diddle, Diddle, the Corpse & the Fiddle, the first weapon is a tuning fork. The guys at my favorite music supply store and I had great fun<br />experimenting until we determined exactly which one worked for the plot to kill a dwarf fiddle player. BTW, thanks for the tips on posting. I needed them.Fran Rizerhttp://www.franrizer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-27499075614100873342011-09-24T02:39:59.003-04:002011-09-24T02:39:59.003-04:00Loved your intro, Elizabeth. And, I have to agree...Loved your intro, Elizabeth. And, I have to agree with not crying over the specs of an AK. I only cry if somebody calls it a machinegun. lol<br />I'm going to look for your new book at the Poisoned Pen, when it comes out.Dixon Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11220791609338404147noreply@blogger.com