All Blog Posts Tagged 'Order' (2)

NOVELS CAN BE BASED ON THE IRONIES OF LABELS, IDEAS & PHRASES

This writer has often wondered at the irony of the conflict inherent in certain pat phrases we become accustomed to over time. Phrases like "Law and Order", "Peace Officers/Keeping the Peace and Law Enforcement", "Corrections and Rehabilitation" just for a few. Think about it.



The LAW is constant changing. ORDER is rather static. Maintaining Law and Order is not always compatible. It is somewhat like the age-old story of "the haves and the…

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Added by Glenna Fairbanks on August 10, 2010 at 9:41am — 2 Comments

"Ripped from the headlines" plots & people

Sandra Parshall



[Cross-posted from the Poe's Deadly Daughters blog]



I know a woman who could be transferred to the pages of a novel exactly as she is, to become a marvelously twisted character. She would be a plausible killer because of her unmatched talent for holding a grudge and her relentless vindictiveness. She would make an even more believable victim because everyone who knows her longs to be rid of her.



I’ll probably use her in a book sooner or later.… Continue

Added by Sandra Parshall on April 10, 2009 at 1:06am — 6 Comments

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