Hit me baby one more time - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T15:16:49Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:115685?feed=yes&xn_auth=noMassively helpful thanks.
I t…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-17:537324:Comment:1158132008-01-17T16:52:00.254Zhelen blackhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/helenblack
Massively helpful thanks.<br />
I think my agent and publisher are both with you on how long she can continue ..what another dead body!!<br />
HB x
Massively helpful thanks.<br />
I think my agent and publisher are both with you on how long she can continue ..what another dead body!!<br />
HB x I'm not sure that we can answ…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-17:537324:Comment:1157622008-01-17T14:39:33.722ZI. J. Parkerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Ingpark
I'm not sure that we can answer that for another author. Every series is set up differently, and every author has a different level of flexibility when it come to obeying editorial commands.<br />
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As a reader, I dislike those insertions of canned back story. I would prefer to get a brief reference only where it is germane to the scene.
I'm not sure that we can answer that for another author. Every series is set up differently, and every author has a different level of flexibility when it come to obeying editorial commands.<br />
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As a reader, I dislike those insertions of canned back story. I would prefer to get a brief reference only where it is germane to the scene. I don't know if I've done it…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2008-01-17:537324:Comment:1157592008-01-17T14:37:32.794ZJack Getzehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/JGetze
I don't know if I've done it well or not--only the first one is published--but in working on my third Austin Carr mystery, I tried to focus on what the reader of THIS book needs to know for THIS story. I think the evolution of character shows up in what he says and does, not what I tell the reader.<br />
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And how many gruesome murders? In this third one, I had to mention sharkjumping. My protag is a stockbroker, and just how many lethal incidents can he get mixed up in?<br />
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About one a year, I'm…
I don't know if I've done it well or not--only the first one is published--but in working on my third Austin Carr mystery, I tried to focus on what the reader of THIS book needs to know for THIS story. I think the evolution of character shows up in what he says and does, not what I tell the reader.<br />
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And how many gruesome murders? In this third one, I had to mention sharkjumping. My protag is a stockbroker, and just how many lethal incidents can he get mixed up in?<br />
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About one a year, I'm guessing. As long as somebody wants him...