carole gill

, Female

United Kingdom

Profile Information:

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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Leigh Lundin

Wow, wotta page! Great music, great layout, great photo.

May 13, 2008
Tom Cooke

Stopped by for a drink and a little music.
Tom

May 18, 2008
Burl Barer

I love the look and sound of your page!!!
If you get a chance, buy my book HEADLOCK...you can get it cheap from amazon and for some reason on the UK site of amazon it is not searchable under Burl Barer, but only under Barer! I don't know why. I think you will get a kick out of it.

DONT SELF PUBLISH FICTION!!! GET PAID

Burl

May 20, 2008
Craig McDonald

Thanks so much for the kind words on the trailer. iMovie is an amazing thing...a way-too-dangerous toy...

I'll echo what others have said about your page...I could hang around all day just for the audio, let alone the great old stills...

May 21, 2008
Daniel Hatadi

Nothing to worry about, just changed the spelling of a word, so the questions are exactly the same. I'll remove that message now.

May 22, 2008
Loretta Wheeler

We had a good day, took her where she wanted to eat and then had a few presents for her. BTW, on the final draft on your book hum? me too, scaring the stuffin' out of me...oh lord....this is the one I've been working on for a long tme. It gives me fits.

May 23, 2008
Torch

Hi Carole. Thank you for the warm welcome. I'm excited to be apart of Crimespace!

May 23, 2008
Jason Martin

Thanks for the welcome! No, I haven't gotten to check out the Laura James site yet, but you can bet I will. Anything that helps with my research is a good thing! :)

May 24, 2008
Persia Walker

Fantastic page! Love the music. Gives me ideas for my page.

May 25, 2008
Leigh Lundin

>I'm bold enough to say I'm a writer too!

You will be. The kind of creativity you displayed on your page is bursting to get out.

May 26, 2008
Liam

thanks much, carole. pleasure to be yours as well.

May 27, 2008
Leigh Lundin

>Oh Leigh! NEW BESTEST FRIEND, LEIGH! Thanks for that. It is busting to come out!. It's escapist really, before I start writing I go and soak up all of my time capsule stuff and I'm back in another time! I'm Veronica Lake flirting with Alan Ladd--or Stanwyck, planning on "making a killing" in the insurance biz!
>I shut out giant tv screens and cell phones and all the noise of now--and dive into neon cities with big band music and jazzy cocktail lounges--I stroll arm in arm with my escort--wearing my ankle strap shoes and a gardenia in my hair, and it's not 2008! (My Mother always told me I was born much too late)!

It works. I like the ambiance of the era, the smoky look and the smoky songs. With your inventiveness, I look forward to your smokin' novel!

May 27, 2008
Rhonda Hitchcock

Hi Carole! Wow, you've been busy with your page. Very nice.

Yes, I kind of disappeared for several months and then decided yesterday that I missed Crimespace and decided to come back. I'm so thankful that I still have all my friends on here! And yes, I'm a (very) distant relative of Alfred Hitchcock. Distant enough that my family didn't get any Christmas cards or whatnot. Not even a birthday card. The nerve!

I apologize for the lengthy comment but it has been a really long time. How's the writing? How's England? Details please. Hope to hear from you soon, Carole. -R

May 28, 2008
Dash Courageous

Ah, nice page. :-)

May 28, 2008
Leigh Lundin

Did you ever see/hear of a mid-70s television series called "City of Angels?" I think you'd enjoy it.

It was short-lived. In looking it up for you, I was surprised to see it had 13 episodes; I'd thought they'd had far fewer.

http://www.tv.com/city-of-angels-1976/show/3831/summary.html
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073974/

May 28, 2008
Leigh Lundin

You might check to see if City of Angels has been released on non-NTSC DVD.

>you specified Old Hitchcock--I agree with you, it's earlier films were the best I think

Yeah!

May 29, 2008
Michael C. Jacobs

Thanks for the nice comment Carole. I love the swing music you have posted here and I'm excited to read you've written a radio-play. I am a big fan of radio-drama and old-time radio.

Nice to meet you. Good luck with the writing.

May 31, 2008
Jack Getze

Thanks for good wishes, Carol. If your book is half as exciting as this Crimespace site, you're going to be a bestseller. Really fun.

Hey, have you Megan Abbot yet? She's really good. I have a semi-tough time with female protags (I don't know why), but Megan's QUEENPIN is enthralling me.

Jun 1, 2008
Jean Henry Mead

I would love to be your friend. By the way, has anyone told you that you look like Barbara Stanwick, the former movie star?

Jun 7, 2008
Jean Henry Mead

Lol, Carole. Okay, if you say so. Would you believe that I was actually born in Hollywood, grew up less than two blocks from Paramount Studios and attended Vine Street grammar school? We used to sit on the front porch in the evenings and watch the movie stars drive by.

Jun 7, 2008
Jean Henry Mead

We moved to eastern Los Angeles while I was in high school, so my only relationships with film people were with classmates with backstage parents. Mine were deadset against it. Later, when I became a journalist, I interviewed a number of well known people, including Hollywood screenwriters.

Jun 9, 2008
Jean Henry Mead

Yes, Hollywood is pretty eccentric, for lack of a better word. The Hollywood Hills are beautiful but the district (It's not a town) is filled with all sorts of "creative" people.

Jun 9, 2008
Jean Henry Mead

Not really. Growing up in L.A. was an education unto itself. Add news reporting and a police beat and you get pretty tired of all the "tawdry" stuff. To me living in England is far more glamourous. What are you doing there?

Jun 9, 2008
Susan Whitfield

Hey, Carole. Come on down!

Jun 13, 2008
Jean Henry Mead

My last two comments on your blog had red Xs so I clicked on them and they disappeared. Ah well, I decided that my eavesdropping might make a good plot for a future novel. :) By the way, where are you living in England and do you like it there? My paternal ancestors are from England's southern region as well as Ireland and Scotland.

Jun 13, 2008
Jean Henry Mead

I totally understand. I grew up in Los Angeles (Hollywood district) and now live in a very rural setting. I wouldn't go back to the big city again to live for any reason.

Jun 13, 2008
Jean Henry Mead

I forgot to ask. Is that Vivian Leigh pictured above with Robert Mitchum?

Jun 13, 2008
Jean Henry Mead

Carol, how do you do your own slide show photos on your page without them going on the main page? Thanks!

Jun 13, 2008
Paul Greenberg

Thanks Carole. Now how 'bout that spin-a-roo thing they do? Ya got to love 'em!

Jun 14, 2008
Chester D. Campbell

Thanks, Carole. You can read the first two chapters of The Marathon Murders on my website and see how I slipped in some backstory a sentence or two at a time.Good luck with the new book.

Chester

Jun 17, 2008
Lander Marks

HI Carole,
That picture is from the German expressionist Otto Dix and certainly begs to ask if this is from the era of burlesque and cross-dressing. Thanks for your comment. Keep coming back.
SLM

Jun 20, 2008
Lander Marks

Hi Carole,

I hope you had the opportunity to record her voice tellinh you these stories of her youth. You never know when they will become part of your next manuscript.
SLM ;-)

Jun 21, 2008
Greymalkin

Carole, thanks for stopping by. Love your set up here...VERY classy! I think it's interesting that you're in the UK and writing a book taking place in NYC. As a drone in the hive that is Manhattan (Wall Street), let me know if you need any help with research. Cheers!

Jun 21, 2008
Grant McKenzie

Thanks, Carole.
It's easy to dish advice when you've had as much rejection as I have on the long road to publication ;-)

Jun 23, 2008
robert walker

Thought I'd drop by. Lovely what you've done with the place. I am a big noir fan. My next novel with Five Star is a modern day nod to Bogie and noir, set in Atlanta and dem woods out there beyond the city. Creepy thing called DEAD ON. Won't be out for another year. Anyone wishing to see first chapters or a full download, just contact me on Crimespace and it's yours!
FREE - FREE- FREE as is my blog on myspace on writing the query letter, the author bio, and the synopsis for fiction books. I've sold over forty.

Check out my Friday the 13th interview with the Charleston WV Gazette at:
http://wvgazette.com/News/200806120572

Jun 25, 2008
Snood1

Damn. I though I was being serious about Agatha. Now what i have to do is find a five year old to help me upload a phoyto of either me or Spike Malone, my three-legged cat.

Jun 25, 2008
Donna Carrick

Great site, Carole! I've always been a noir fan, it's probably what led a lot of us mystery types into the genre in the first place! Love the music and pics as well.
Fun Stuff!
Donna Carrick www.donnacarrick.com

Jun 25, 2008
Donna Carrick

"Double Indemnity" is a royal classic! We've been catching the Turner Classics lately, hubby and I, and getting a big kick out of it. You forget how much drama and character development was required before they could be replaced by huge special effects. Don't get me wrong, I love the new big screen stuff too, but there's nothing like watching Bogey's face when he's speaking to Lauren -- he hardly needs the words at all!
Donna Carrick www.donnacarrick.com

Jun 26, 2008
Leigh Lundin

I was sure that first song was Cab Calloway!

Jun 27, 2008
Leigh Lundin

>I had the pleasure of seeing Cab C. in the Broadway version of Hello Dolly with Pearl Bailey. also saw it with Channing but Cab and Pearl were better!

Oh, man, I'm envious. I always love him in the old Betty Boop toons.

Jun 27, 2008
Carola Dunn

Hi, Carole,
Glad to hear you like Daisy.

As you live in the Northwest (of England--I live in the NW of the US) and are keen on theatre, I wonder whether you've been to the Theatre by the Lake in Keswick. My niece, Krissi Bohn, is or has just had a very well reviewed one-woman show there.

Carola

Jun 28, 2008
AVI LAP

Hi Carole,
Thanks for the recommendation. this website looks like real fun.
Glad to see you around.
Avi

Jun 30, 2008
Lisa St. James

Thanks so much for the good wishes :)

Jul 1, 2008
Paul McGoran

Proud to call you friend, Carole - or should I say Phyllis - I jus' love that fuzzy white sweater. Damn, your site is so-o-o-o perfect! If ever you want to read one of my shorts (stories, that is), I'll send it right on.

Jul 1, 2008
D. C. Hawkins

Love the new look; and the sounds -- super. To make it perfect, your juke could use a 78 of Take Five.
(I have an mp3 if you would like a listen.)

Jul 11, 2008
D. C. Hawkins

Until I saw it on your page, I didn't know we could do music here. I'll have to see what I can do with it this weekend.

Jul 11, 2008
D. C. Hawkins

You're right. It was easy. And the fact that my day job is Senior Software Engineer didn't even make it worse.

Jul 12, 2008
Paul McGoran

Hi.
I finally started that discussion on noir we talked about. And you might want to check out a discussion of mine in Writer's Den called "the most riveting movie moment ever."

Man, I luv the way you keep manipulating this page. Fabulous backgrounds, cool music.

Jul 14, 2008
Michael P. Naughton

Great site and love the pups!

Jul 15, 2008
D. C. Hawkins

You've gone noir again. I was just getting used to Hollywood.

Jul 18, 2008