Writer's Den - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T04:47:43Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/categories/537324:Category:26328/listForCategory?categoryId=537324%3ACategory%3A26328&feed=yes&xn_auth=noNeed procedural help for NYPD issuestag:crimespace.ning.com,2018-11-26:537324:Topic:4352672018-11-26T16:32:32.524ZKevin G. Chapmanhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/KevinGChapman
<p>Does anyone know of a good resource for getting some answers to police procedure questions regarding the New York City Police Department? Working on next novel set in NYC and have a few issues that I'd like to get right. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of a good resource for getting some answers to police procedure questions regarding the New York City Police Department? Working on next novel set in NYC and have a few issues that I'd like to get right. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.</p> SFPD detective ranks.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2017-09-26:537324:Topic:4272542017-09-26T22:39:37.305ZDenis OLearyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DenisOLeary
<p align="left" class="western" lang="en-US" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" xml:lang="en-US"><font face="Century Schoolbook L, serif"><font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="background: transparent;">Hoping I can get some help with San Francisco police ranks.…</span></font></font></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-US" align="left" xml:lang="en-US"><font face="Century Schoolbook L, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><span style="background: transparent;">Hoping I can get some help with San Francisco police ranks.</span></font></font></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-US" align="left" xml:lang="en-US"><font face="Century Schoolbook L, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><span style="background: transparent;">The main character is a male 20 year veteran now in Robbery Homicide. I have been using the title of Detective throughout. For him, I was unsure of different levels of detective. I found info on LA but not SFPD, and they seem to have 3 classes. He’s the guy out in the field doing the murder investigation, liaising with other agencies etc.</span></font></font></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-US" align="left" xml:lang="en-US"><font face="Century Schoolbook L, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><span style="background: transparent;">The one I am most confused with is his boss. Older, based in an office but not just a pen-pusher, and the one who yells when things are not going right. I had called him "Chief" but I think that’s too high for the character. Needs to be someone calling the shots. Would Inspector be a more accurate title.</span></font></font></p>
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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;" lang="en-US" align="left" xml:lang="en-US"><font face="Century Schoolbook L, serif"><font style="font-size: 12pt;" size="3"><span style="background: transparent;">Thanks in advance.</span></font></font></p> My new novel about masked vigilante, the Silver Manticore.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2017-08-10:537324:Topic:4265512017-08-10T17:16:43.809ZPJ LOZITOhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/PJLOZITO
<p>SILVER MANTICORE: STILL AT LARGE</p>
<p>DATELINE: New York City 1967. Headlines scream the Silver Manticore, criminal mastermind, is dead. If he’s dead, who broke out of his City Morgue drawer? Find out in P.J. Lozito’s third installment in this popular New Pulp series--SILVER MANTICORE: STILL AT LARGE. Available now in print and digital formats from Pro Se Productions.</p>
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<p>The Silver Manticore is at large, up to his mask in trouble! The Daily Sentry learns the Federal Reserve is…</p>
<p>SILVER MANTICORE: STILL AT LARGE</p>
<p>DATELINE: New York City 1967. Headlines scream the Silver Manticore, criminal mastermind, is dead. If he’s dead, who broke out of his City Morgue drawer? Find out in P.J. Lozito’s third installment in this popular New Pulp series--SILVER MANTICORE: STILL AT LARGE. Available now in print and digital formats from Pro Se Productions.</p>
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<p>The Silver Manticore is at large, up to his mask in trouble! The Daily Sentry learns the Federal Reserve is being knocked over. Is the Silver Manticore behind it?</p>
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<p>A clever police detective, a determined reporter, and deadly ninjas trail the Silver Manticore and Bako. SILVER MANTICORE: STILL AT LARGE takes you through the winding streets of Chinatown, the mean streets of Brooklyn, the greenery of Long Island and deadly duels on rooftops with advanced autogyros darkening the skies.</p>
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<p>U.N.D.E.R. is breaking up and can’t help.</p>
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<p>Why was transplant surgeon Bernard Christian kidnapped?</p>
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<p>Who is the beautiful and alluring Lai Choi San?</p>
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<p>What invisible raider busted up a jail? Was it crooks from England, Italy, and Japan who cross swords with the Silver Manticore –literally.</p>
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<p>Or is it scoundrels from the Soviet Union, India, France, and China? Can they succeed if the Elixir Vitae keeping them alive is wearing off?</p>
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<p>Trade paperback or eBook formatted by Antonino and Marina for the Kindle at <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074KVJ5ML/ref=sr_1_1" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074KVJ5ML/ref=sr_1_1</a>… for only $2.99. This book is also enrolled in Kindle Unlimited and all members of Kindle Unlimited can get it for free!</p>
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<p><strong><em>The Art of the Lift</em></strong> is a noir crime television drama in the early stages of development.<br></br><br></br>More information here:<br></br><a href="http://artoftheliftseries.com/" target="_blank">http://artoftheliftseries.com/</a><br></br><br></br>To promote the show, we're launching an Instagram contest this summer in NYC where participants use photographs from the show's Instagram account (…</p>
<p><strong><em>The Art of the Lift</em></strong> is a noir crime television drama in the early stages of development.<br/><br/>More information here:<br/><a href="http://artoftheliftseries.com/" target="_blank">http://artoftheliftseries.com/</a><br/><br/>To promote the show, we're launching an Instagram contest this summer in NYC where participants use photographs from the show's Instagram account (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/noir_york_city/?hl=en" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/noir_york_city/?hl=en</a>) to find hidden QR codes throughout the city that feature audio tracks. When scanned, these tracks will broadcast mini audio-plays which follow a whodunnit mystery storyline which the participants will have to solve. To add a bit more interactivity, the scenes on the tracks will take place in the environment where the QR code is found.<br/><br/>We're looking for crime/mystery writers to collaborate with on the storyline and logistics of how the clues are distributed throughout the city.<br/><br/>Unfortunately no pay, but regular promotion of your published work is guaranteed.<br/><br/>Fun project for crime fiction writers looking to get out of their comfort zone and try their hand at more theatrical territory.<br/><br/>If interested please contact info [at] artoftheliftseries.com</p> Novice seeking advicetag:crimespace.ning.com,2017-03-16:537324:Topic:4225492017-03-16T22:46:49.177ZCuauhtemoc Fulgenciohttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CuauhtemocFulgencio
<p>Hi! I'm trying to get some ideas on heists. Specifically, communicating with people who are former thieves. How does one go about that? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>Hi! I'm trying to get some ideas on heists. Specifically, communicating with people who are former thieves. How does one go about that? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!</p> NEW CRIME NOVELtag:crimespace.ning.com,2016-01-16:537324:Topic:4123372016-01-16T02:47:25.360ZMichael Zolezzihttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MichaelZolezzi
<p>Just announcing my new novel. </p>
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<p>HIDE AND SEEK, BY MICHAEL ZOLEZZI. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.</p>
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<p><span>There are certain criminal cases that are talked about generations after the investigation is closed. </span><br></br><br></br><span>They are biopsied, broken down, with every move by the detective analyzed. These cases can make legends or goats out of the investigators. </span><br></br><br></br><span>In Hide and Seek, such a case lands in Detective Jake Skinner and his partner,…</span></p>
<p>Just announcing my new novel. </p>
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<p>HIDE AND SEEK, BY MICHAEL ZOLEZZI. AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.</p>
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<p><span>There are certain criminal cases that are talked about generations after the investigation is closed. </span><br/><br/><span>They are biopsied, broken down, with every move by the detective analyzed. These cases can make legends or goats out of the investigators. </span><br/><br/><span>In Hide and Seek, such a case lands in Detective Jake Skinner and his partner, Detective Dan Rico’s, laps. Having just transferred from South Bureau Homicide, Jake thought taking down an armed bank robber on his first day was as wild as the RHD ride got. He was wrong. </span><br/><br/><span>The kidnapping of the wife of the mayor of Los Angeles, who also happens to be a federal prosecutor threatens the core of one of the world’s most famous cities. An internal power struggle, false leads, meddling media, the victim’s own family, and Jake’s personal struggles all threaten to derail the investigation, an investigation that leads to pure evil.</span></p> NANOWRIMOtag:crimespace.ning.com,2015-11-06:537324:Topic:4110542015-11-06T19:18:47.988ZDavid DeLeehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DavidDeLee
<p>So, anybody here doing it?</p>
<p><a href="http://nanowrimo.org/">http://nanowrimo.org/</a></p>
<p>If so, how're you doing?</p>
<p>So, anybody here doing it?</p>
<p><a href="http://nanowrimo.org/">http://nanowrimo.org/</a></p>
<p>If so, how're you doing?</p> As Far As I Recalltag:crimespace.ning.com,2015-08-22:537324:Topic:4095032015-08-22T10:55:33.257ZCarl J Tengstromhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/CarlJTengstrom
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>Being a criminal defense lawyer for nearly forty years in Sweden, I have met many peculiar and wonderful types during my active life. Now I am retired and trying to recall the most significant cases during my career and put them in a book.</p>
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<p>The question I would like to answer is the following:</p>
<p>Should I tell about several different cases in their own chapter or should I just take a few cases and try to get them together with the help of lawyers,…</p>
<p>Hi All,</p>
<p>Being a criminal defense lawyer for nearly forty years in Sweden, I have met many peculiar and wonderful types during my active life. Now I am retired and trying to recall the most significant cases during my career and put them in a book.</p>
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<p>The question I would like to answer is the following:</p>
<p>Should I tell about several different cases in their own chapter or should I just take a few cases and try to get them together with the help of lawyers, journalists and judges?</p>
<p>I would be most grateful for suggestions.</p>
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<p>Yours, Carl</p> Is it necessary to 'like' your characters?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2015-08-06:537324:Topic:4091282015-08-06T18:18:17.193ZJ. F. Juzwikhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Crimewriter
<p>I write crime fiction/noir, and since those genres generally involve lawbreakers in some form or another, suffice to say, there are 'bad' guys in my stories. The way I look at it though, is with a realistic point of view. Some 'good' people have serious flaws and some 'bad' people have some nice qualities about them. I believe our characters should reflect that, which brings to mind a question. Do you think it's necessary to like your characters? Do you feel they would come across as…</p>
<p>I write crime fiction/noir, and since those genres generally involve lawbreakers in some form or another, suffice to say, there are 'bad' guys in my stories. The way I look at it though, is with a realistic point of view. Some 'good' people have serious flaws and some 'bad' people have some nice qualities about them. I believe our characters should reflect that, which brings to mind a question. Do you think it's necessary to like your characters? Do you feel they would come across as more genuine to your readers if you do?</p>
<p>Depending on what the makeup of any of your characters is, you don't necessarily have to condone, or like, what they've done or plan to do. But is there something about them (good guys or bad guys) that you can personally relate to or identify with that you try to get across when you create their lives, their thoughts, their perspectives, etc.? Personally speaking, there's a bit of me or someone close to me in every character I write. I enjoy creating their pasts, their presents and especially their futures. I enjoy them--every one. How about you?</p>
<p>Writing crime fiction and the dark genre of noir, I seldom write happy endings, and events and character interactions are rarely uplifting. However, I really do like creating these individuals and try to make them as three-dimensional and tangible as someone I'm sitting next to on a bus. While an actor is in front of the camera, he or she BECOMES the character they are portraying. If the character is distasteful to them, it shows in their performance and we, as their audience, are unable to engage and the film, or TV show, falls flat. I think that while we, as writers, sit in front of the notebook, keyboard, or typewriter, we should take the same approach and put ourselves in our characters' skins, and relish, and be grateful for, the time spent there.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;">I am a first time unpublished novelist. I am looking for info on police procedures in the novel I'm currently working on. To try and keep it as short as possible, my protagonist finds out his brother goes missing. They both live in Canada and it is believed that the brother may be in the San Diego, CA area. Would it be advisable/believable for the protagonist to hire a P.I. in the San Diego area or would it be a more…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times;" class="font-size-3">I am a first time unpublished novelist. I am looking for info on police procedures in the novel I'm currently working on. To try and keep it as short as possible, my protagonist finds out his brother goes missing. They both live in Canada and it is believed that the brother may be in the San Diego, CA area. Would it be advisable/believable for the protagonist to hire a P.I. in the San Diego area or would it be a more advisable/believable procedure to contact the police in California? My plot thus far is that the missing brother has been recruited into a hard core religious cult. I'm thinking that the protagonist, his brother, would go into the cult as part of a rescue operation and pose as a recruit with police support on the outside. This cult also has or could have a stockpile of weaponry. Would the FBI be involved because of the weapons (automatic rifles and whatnot) and is there any way of getting info on how the FBI investigates? Any info would be appreciated. I'm just trying to make it as believable as possible.</span></p>