Re: Mike M. Especially--And Others

From: tschibasch <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:44:12 -0000

Hm. I would love to read an excerpt of this murder mystery.

John


--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Joy McCann"
<joy.mccann_at_...> wrote:
>
> I expect to be finished with the first draft of my murder mystery by
> Halloween. Some of the chapters will still suck, but I expect to have
> an unbroken narrative at that point; problems can be fixed in second
> and third (and fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh) drafts.
>
> Still, some of the beginning and ending chapters should be reasonably
> polished, and I think it would be reasonable to try to get
> representation circa December/January, using sample chapters and my
> outline. If anyone knows anyone who handles crime fiction, please let
> me know. (This thing is probably at the median point on the tea
> cozy-to-mean streets continuum, and I'm trying to write a novel that
> would stand alone even if there weren't a dead body in it. There is a
> love interest, contra some old rules about these things, and the tale
> starts out with a lot of conversation and ends up with people waving
> guns around. Our heroine is a plucky tall woman with a photographic
> memory and a prudish streak; there are too many clever/sardonic
> characters in the narrative.)
>
> Really, enough about me. What do YOU think of the chances that this
> thing will Really Sell?
>
> --J
>
Received on 2006-10-11 10:44:48