carole gill

, Female

United Kingdom

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Hometown:: Manhattan.
About Me:: I have written horror and have eight books out.
After my husband suddenly died, I underwent the biggest change of my life
I had been through so much horror, I no longer wished to write it
Hence, I am writing a thriller.
I Am A:: Reader, Writer
Website:: http://carolegillauthor.blogspot.co.uk/
Books And Authors I Like:: A wide variety from Raymond Chandler to Anne Rice, to Susan Hill and Poe.
Quite a wide range, don't you think?
Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Most classic sci fi films and some t.v.
latecomer to True Blood
I prefer though, Interview with A Vampire.

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James K. Bashkin

Thanks for the kind comments! Most people delight in telling me how much they hated chemistry in college. Chemistry has changed a lot as a field for my generation (I'm 49) vs earlier generations- company jobs have been insecure and academic funding has been hard to obtain and keep, so it is an adventure (more than just a profession). These days, I only recommend it to people who are truly bitten by the bug. I have been pretty lucky, though.

I am American, but did my postgraduate work in England (which I finished way back in 1982), so . I've lived in St. Louis for 22 years.

It is fun for me to meet writers via this site.

I hope you have a great new year. Jim

The Big Sleep is a favorite film of mine.

Jan 8, 2008
Harding Young

I've been thinking about you kitten. I hope you had a killer holliday and a ripping new year. Ah hell... for you... your best is yet to come.

Jan 8, 2008
James Oswald

Hi Carole, thanks for the invitation. That's a scary looking collection of beasts there. I have a Patterdale Terrier who looks almost exactly the same, only black;}#

Jan 10, 2008
J. D. Webb

Thanks for the invite, Carole. My "beast" is not so scary. A five-year-old toy poodle, Ginger. She allows me to live in my house and always sides with my wife in arguments. If you like cozies, please visit my website - www.jdwebb.com. I include no graphic violence or sex in my books. However there are murders and mayhem. You can read the first chapters of my books.
Happy to be your Crimespace friend. I agree with your book and movie choices.

Jan 10, 2008
helen black

Loved the MD trck.
HB x

Jan 18, 2008
Marcia Moore

Hi Carole,

Thanks for the invite and I love the pups. Good luck!

Jan 24, 2008
Dennis Leppanen

Hi Carole,

I'm working on a wacky, lovable homicidal maniac. In other words, a wacabldalmanac.

Jan 30, 2008
Mari Sloan

What cute pups!!!!! You'd better hide your shoes!!! Thank you for the invite. I'm looking forward to getting to know you.
:-) Mari

Feb 13, 2008
Mari Sloan

I think my Sweetie is both. He's another writer and is the heart behind It's ME! Ink Press. We are meant to be together. Our son, the cat, fills out our family nicely. We both have grown children too who call us occasionally.

Feb 13, 2008
L.J. Sellers

Hi
I know what you do after a long writing session; you know what I do...let's be friends.

Feb 19, 2008
L.J. Sellers

It is late, and I'll be up and going again in six hours.
Have a great day!

Feb 19, 2008
JackBludis

So you DID get the reply?

Jack

Mar 7, 2008
Brian M Kennedy

Dear Carole:
;
Much in common, dog loving writers. Fortunately we don't share the same climate. Sunny and 82 here. you?

Brian

Mar 8, 2008
Steven Craigh

Hi Carole,
thanks for the sound advice. i've never been one for mittens. makes typing awkward too.

Mar 8, 2008
Brian M Kennedy

Dear Carole:

Only if I forgot to feed them, and they never let me forget. Prominent role for dog in "Improved Lies"
Hang in there. Spring just around the corner. but which corner?

Brian

Mar 8, 2008
Brian M Kennedy

Dear Carole: Thx for giving the book a read. Hope you like it.

Best:

Brian

Mar 9, 2008
Lee Lofland

Hi Carole. I'm glad you enjoyed the book. Comments like that make writing it worthwhile.

The 87th is a great place to visit. Ed McBain is one of my favorite authors.

Mar 10, 2008
Lee Lofland

Wow, Carole. Thanks so much for the great review!

Mar 10, 2008
Neil White

Hi Carole,

Actually, it wasn't the legal side to Infamous that interested me as much as the contrast between Capote's fancy New York ways and the small town Kansas ways. That contrast doesn't come across as much in the book, as that it is an account of the murder (a few years since I read it), but the film dealt well with the senseless nature of the murder and also the idiosyncrasies of Capote.
The main problem with being a criminal lawyer is that nothing shocks anymore. There are some real sick puppies out there (unlike your little collection, of course, who look very happy!).

Mar 15, 2008
Kenneth L. Hisel

Hi Carole,

Sorry, not to answer your question from would you believe March 8th. You left a comment which I of course failed to notice until NOW. I wander around Crimespace aimlessly with no direction in mind.
Only two of the five dogs shown are ours. The two in my photos are ours. Would you believe the brown/red dachshund(Winston) is a boy, sorry I made him look like a girl but it was Christmas and I thought he needed a bow. He wasn't very happy with me that 's why he looks sad. He was rescued from a local humane society in town. He's a sweet heart.
The other brown/tan dachshund(Nikki) is a very sweet girl. In all my years of having dogs she has been the friendliest. I've had several people tell me that long-haired dachshunds are friendlier but I don't know where that idea came from.
If you don't mind you can send Penny here to Kentucky. Just KIdding..........They are all beautiful dogs.
Sorry to write so much,
That is all,

Kenny

Mar 16, 2008
Jim Gracie

Hi Carole.

Thanks for the invite, and I accept with much thanks.

Jim Gracie

Mar 16, 2008
Rick Mofina

Thanks so much Carole - all the best Rick

Mar 16, 2008
Viansa Blake

OMG How cute are your those pictures!!

Mar 25, 2008
Margaret

Carole, I am delighted to call you a friend. Those pups are adorable. Glad you found good homes for them. I have a few more than I need (7) but can't turn down a good dog.

Mar 27, 2008
Janice Mills

Hi Carol, sorry I have not replied earlier, I am VERY new to this site. It was very kind of you to respond to such a new member. It felt very welcoming. Your puppies look beautiful!

Apr 10, 2008
Persia Walker

Thanks for the invite Carole. I'm delighted to accept. Looks like we have a lot in common. I look forward to reading your book. Am enjoying the Glen Miller, by the way!

Apr 12, 2008
Persia Walker

Thank you, again, Carole. I first researched Harlem Redux by reading historical studies on the period, but as well written as they were, they didn't get inside the heads of the people who lived in the 1920s, at least not enough for me. So I did most of my research by reading the writings of the kinds of people who would my novel. I wanted to know what their hopes and dreams were, their worries and concerns, and only they could tell me, in their language, what those were. I also wanted to draw some attention not only to how things have changed, but in subtle ways (I hope), to how they've stayed the same. I had a lot of fun doing the research, almost too much fun. That's the problem with writing historical fiction: You can get so caught up in the research that you forget to write!

Apr 12, 2008
Lisa Smith

Thanks for the welcome. I hope I can find the time to pop in here and visit often.

Lisa

Apr 16, 2008
Angela Wilson

Thanks for the comment about Lady. I will miss her for a while, I'm sure. I don't have any other dogs; just fickle cats. (What writer doesn't have cats?!?!?) I think, after a few months, I may get another dog. I hadn't realized how much I liked having them around again until I got Lady last year.

GREAT music on this page, BTW -

ang

Apr 22, 2008
Linda L. Richards

Hey, hey: gotta love a comment like that! And, based on what I see on your page here on CrimeSpace, you're right! Great ta meetcha!

Apr 23, 2008
Christian Heinke

Hi Carole. Yeah, 'Shadow Of A Doubt' is Hitchs Real Deal. I admire the OTS Shot when Cotton climbs up the stairs like a predator, turns and sees Charlie. THAT is the reason that my new novel will take place in the lovely town of Santa Rosa, CA! Take care, Christian

Apr 24, 2008
Joel Postman

Speaking of Hitchcock, he spent many years at his ranch in Scotts Valley, California not far from where I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains. (And Carole, I ring twice when I use the front door, but I prefer to sneak in the back way unnoticed.)

Apr 24, 2008
L. Y. Canthrope

Nice of you to add me to your friends list.....of course people may start to talk...

Apr 24, 2008
Loretta Wheeler

It's good "seeing" you again! I'm fixing to have to dart off, love your latest pic btw!:)

Apr 24, 2008
John McFetridge

Thanks for, "checking me out," Carole. That's a good discussion you started.

Odd coincidence - there's a character in Dirty Sweet named Carole.

Apr 26, 2008
Sandra Scoppettone

When I'm writing the first draft I print out each chapter as I finish it. If I understand you correctly you're not printing out, is that correct? I have to have hard copy because I make revisions on it and if it's something large I make a note. Then when the book is finished I put the hard copy revisions into the copy on my computer and print it out again. I repeat what I've described above. I don't pick a draft because it's the final printout that I use. I hope that helps.

Apr 27, 2008
Emily

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm looking forward to joining the discussions!

Apr 27, 2008
K.R. Lewis

Yup, a real cop, Carole, but I'm also a little "CrimeSpace" challenged at the moment. How in the heck do you get all these pictures, graphics, music, etc. on your page? I can deal with my website just fine, but this place is SO much like MySpace in appearance. I've been in "Customize Your Page" but so far only managed to change from a white background, to a blue one. :)

Apr 29, 2008
K.R. Lewis

Managed to find my way around in here a little, got a couple of book covers up. Thanks for the invite as a friend, Carole!

Apr 29, 2008
K.R. Lewis

That's OK, I appreciate all the help I can get, Carole and your first post about adding to the page was very helpful. Actually, I don't know Lee Lofland....yet...looks like he just sent me a friend request, though. I know he was at our Willamette Writers Conference in Portland a couple of years back, and I should have taken the opportunity to meet him then. No, I'm not quite yet an "ancient detective" but I'm getting there! I bbelieve this is year #30 in law enforcement for me, the last 18 years spent as a chief. But I have been a patrolman, a detective, and a detective sergeant in my career. It's cool that you're writing about police work in the 50's. I LOVE the old episodes of "Dragnet" and remember watching Jack Webb on black and white TV a kid. Broderick Crawford in "Highway Patrol" too. Geez...maybe I am more ancient than I thought!

Apr 30, 2008
Dana King

Did you see the nice plug The Rap Sheet gave your Crimespace page?

http://therapsheet.blogspot.com/2008/04/who-was-your-first.html

May 1, 2008
Dana King

Carole,
Things are well with me. The agent tells me four more editors have requested full manuscripts, I'm 80% finished with a new manuscript (though she doubts the marketability of its subject matter), and I have an idea for another series I should get working on over the summer.

I'm interested in what you're working on, but I'll respect your superstitions and wait until you're ready to spill before satusfying my curiosity.

May 1, 2008
Annette Dashofy

Thanks, Carole. I have fingers and toes crossed. I tried crossing my eyes, but ran into the door jam and bruised my nose.

May 2, 2008
Megan Abbott

Thanks so much for the congrats, Carole!! I still feel like I'm going to wake up it and it will all have been some DALLAS-style dream .... yikes!

May 3, 2008
Tom Cooke

Carole,
I just put some material that has been scrapped from my book up on my site. It didn't get very far in the editing process, but it will give you a back story on my main character.

May 3, 2008
Brian L Porter

Fantastic page Carole. Possibly one of the the best I've seen on Crimespace!

Best regards from a rainy England.

Brian

May 5, 2008
Brian L Porter

Hi Carole,

What a shame you had to let them go. That must have been hard. Tilly, the one inthe pic, is my 'assistant'. she was an abandoned rescue dog, and we saved her from a life of starvation and she now never leaves my side, and sits with me as I'm working all day at the computer. All our other dogs are also rescue dogs and all were abused or abandoned before we got them.

You're in England too? And it wasn't raining when I sent you that comment? You must be in the South. I can't rememebr a day up here when it hasn''t rained for months! Even today, which has been a gorgeous day, began with torrential rain until about 9 a.m.

I see you like Ed McBain's books. I have almost every one of the 87th precinct novels, and kind of grew up thinking Steve Carella, Meyer Meyer and the gang were real...lol

Anyway, I shan't ramble on any longer, have a great evening.

Best regards

Brian

May 6, 2008
Brian L Porter

I'm in Yorkshire too Caraole, in the deep South. We must have a permananet cloud over the village, but it has been lovely here today since the rain stopped this morning. we even took our 4 dogsand the kids for a long walk in the woods this afternoon, though it was a bit muddy underfoot in places. Glad you enjoyed Lincolnshire. I was stationed there, at Scampton many years ago during my time in the RAF.

Great to talk to you too.

Best regards

Brian

May 6, 2008
Loretta Wheeler

I just had to sashay through here and leave a little blurb about this page....it's absolutely divine:) I love every inch of it, and sit and listen to the music...over and over...:) I swear, it makes me want to light a cigarette and dim the lights...;) and I don't smoke;)

May 11, 2008
Tom Cooke

Carole, I finally got my audio player on. Check out my "music". I think it will take you back a day or two.You have to push the play button, I haven't figured out how to get it to turn on when you go to the page.

May 11, 2008