Re: Re: Mike M. Especially--And Others

From: Joy McCann <joy.mccann_at_gmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:21:13 -0700

I've been meaning to. I've of course seen a couple of film adaptations
of his work: L.A. Confidential, Black Dahlia.

--J

On 10/11/06, mikal9000_at_comcast.net <mikal9000_at_comcast.net> wrote:
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> I wish I could provide advice or help, but I pretty much stick to
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> Plus, I prefer hardboiled mysteries -- the noir-er, the better. Ever read
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> From: "tschibasch" <tschibasch_at_yahoo.com>
> > Hm. I would love to read an excerpt of this murder mystery.
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> > --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Joy McCann"
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> > > 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.
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> > > 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.)
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> > > Really, enough about me. What do YOU think of the chances that this
> > > thing will Really Sell?
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> > > --J
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Received on 2006-10-11 12:06:01