Sue Dawson

88, Female

Dallas

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:: Dallas, OR
About Me:: a retired English teacher who enjoys mysteries and suspense novels.
A friend of Sandy's alerted me to Sandy's books.
I Am A:: Reader, Writer
Books And Authors I Like:: many mysteries and suspense novels--both graphic and light-hearted
James Lee Burke, Lisa Scottoline, Janet Evanovich, Lee Child, Dorothy Gilman, Tim Maleeny (new), John Grisham, etc. I am also a historical fiction reader and read many current newspapers online.
Movies And TV Shows I Like:: History Channel, A&E, Bones, M*A*S*H, Perry Mason re-runs, Murder She Wrote re-runs, OPB, Washington Week in Review, Nightly Business Report, etc.

Comment Wall:

L. A. Starks

Have fun on CrimeSpace!
LAS

Nov 6, 2007
marshall browne

Hi sue
Too young for Korea. My service was in the late 1950s.
Today I met Ian Rankin who is in Melbourne & had a brief talk. Very pleasant & informative. Maybe Rebus will make a comeback from his retirement, as a part-timer. All the best, marshall browne

Nov 14, 2007
Sue Dawson

Oops! Got my dates wrong about the Korean stint. Jolly graduated from high school in 1954 (me, in 1953), so it was a couple of years later that he came back to Oregon. I have never been good with numbers.

Nov 15, 2007
Todd Robinson

Enh...I ain't so bad... OR AM I??? No, no...I'm not...

Dec 2, 2007
Todd Robinson

Man, what I wouldn't give for a trip to Japan. My dream is to see a Godzilla movie in a Japanese theater. I went to Hong Kong once and got between som Russian women and a Triad leader. Not kidding.

Maybe I shouldn't travel abroad....

Dec 3, 2007
Todd Robinson

Wow. Have you turned THAT story into a novel yet?

Dec 4, 2007
Brian L Porter

Thanks for adding me Sue, nice to meet you.

Brian

Dec 6, 2007
Brian L Porter

Hi Sue,

Yes I am indeed an animal lover. My dogs are great friends and are all rescue dogs. I woldn't be withouth them as i'm sure you wouldn't want to part with your best friends.

Dec 7, 2007
Lawrence Kelter

Hi, Sue: Thanks for writing back. If you like The Plum, you'll be gaga for Chalice. I hope you'll give me a try. Sorry for the late reply; been traveling for business. Looking forward to lots of great chatter.
Larry

Dec 7, 2007
Elysabeth Eldering

I agree - I think the Author's page is very helpful and that it was nice to see it added - E :)

Dec 23, 2007
Patricia Harrington

Sue, thanks for the invite to join your group. I appreciate that. Plus, I saw the comments about hard cover books and print books, in general. I'm in the camp that loves the feel of a book in hand, carrying one in a bag and find the electronic screens, mini and large, tiring to the eyes. Somehow I feel that like the cave dweeler who drew a story on the cave's walls, that print books will have more endurance than electronic devices that will be dead and unresponsive when their batteries or sufficient solar powr is gone. Small comfort to curl up with a Blackberry.

Cheers,

Pat H.

Dec 23, 2007
Bill Cameron

Hi, Sue! We're practically neighbors! Greetings from Portland~

Dec 23, 2007
Sue Dawson

Ah, good ol' Portland, Oregon. I was educated there through the sixth grade, the first five years in the northeast section of town--then it was out into the rural environs of Aloha, Oregon, until my college days. Times have changed, but my values are pretty much what they were when I was a teen.

Dec 23, 2007
Amanda Howard

Hi Sue,
Thanks for your comments on my page. No-one's life is dull, if you live it to it's fullest. I think I've done so much, because I gave up on sleep long ago. :o)

You never know if you've encountered a serial killer. I went to school with one, lived next door to one, and have interviews hundreds. Maybe it's just me though. :o)

Cheers
Amanda

Jan 11, 2008
Rick Mofina

Sue Thanks so much. I hope you can obtain the book. Let me know how you make out with it.

Jan 13, 2008
Sue Dawson

Is it just me (I?), but are there more mass murder/suicides going on today? In the last couple of days both locally and nationally swat teams have killed many mentally ill people. Am I paranoid? Recently reading a Jay Leno comment, I see that he puts blame on the media for some of our ills. In this world of fast technology it seems to me that our world is lopsided philosophically speaking. That said, the world situation gives crime writers just that much more to write about.

I am babbling, but I am curious as to what mystery readers/authors think. I confess to watching "Charley Brown's Valentine" on TV last night to get away from the hurly burly of the political and economic world. However, that did not keep me from watching "Stand by Me" a 3 star classic with River Phoenix.

After all this babble, I fear that I am in the wrong site.

Rick, I did get A PERFECT GRAVE at the library yesterday and will start it very soon. I am so happy that it is not a long novel. I like 'em short and sweet.

Feb 11, 2008
Sue Dawson

Well, after babbling my views, all went for naught. I did get a copy of A PERFECT GRAVE at my local library and will read it asap. I am so glad that it is a short novel. I like 'em short and sweet.

Feb 11, 2008
Brian L Porter

Hi Sue,

That's ok, we all go blank from time to time. It's all part of being a writer...lol

Brian

Feb 12, 2008
Rick Mofina

Hey Sue:
Glad you found a copy of APG. Let me know how you do with a "short and sweet" book. I tend to write to the point, arising from my news reporter days.
Coincidentally, speaking of Stand By Me, I just finished reading The Body, the Stephen King novella on which the movie is based. It was masterful.

All the best
Rick

Feb 16, 2008
Dee Savoy

Sue,

Sorry I didn't notice your comment on my page until now. Happy New Year to you. Yes, there's plenty of time for a lady of 72 to become a published author. All it takes is a bit of drive, ambition, perseverance and one hell of a manuscript.

All the best to you,
Dee

Feb 16, 2008
Brian L Porter

Sue,

Thank you for your lovely private message. ?You are indeed a gracious lady, and I appreciate the lovely things you said about me and my work.

Best regards

Brian

Feb 24, 2008
Brian L Porter

hello Sue, I don't know why your computer thinks my sites can possibly be 'unsafe' as they are all Freewebs sites and there's never been a problem with anyone using them before, and I've never had anyone report such an incident. I hope you mange to get through eventually.

Regards

Brian

Mar 5, 2008
Sue Dawson

Me neither, but it was I went in to enter the contest for the offered book. My program is mailwasher, and it is picky, picky, picky. I am just getting used to the new program. My computer guru friend put it in for me (He worked several years for a computer company and is very knowledgeable.) I still have Spybot, sitehound, and, of course, symantec. I have learned all this p.c. stuff late in life, and much of what goes wrong is due to the nut behind the wheel as my late hubby would have said. You know the old saying, "Garbage in, and garbage out." I just keep plugging away and learn something new all the time.

Mar 5, 2008
L.J. Sellers

Hello, fellow Oregonian
In addition to a home state in common, we like some of the same authors.

Mar 6, 2008
Patrick Balester

Congratulations on acquiring a copy of "The Case of the Velvet Claws".
I'd give my right claw, uh, I mean, hand, for a copy of that book. That's a hard one to find. Someday...

Mar 18, 2008
Sue Dawson

The really odd thing about the Perry Mason book (not an original, unfortunately) is that I came home to eat lunch, turned on Perry Mason, and the hour show was based on "The Case of the Velvet Claws."
My copy was published in 2002, ImPress Mystery, The Best Mysteries of All Times series. It looks brand new, and I thought it was a dollar well spent.

Mar 18, 2008
Patrick Balester

Thanks Sue! I'll check out that website you mentioned. Might even see how pricey the 1st edition is...

Mar 19, 2008
Yvonne Mason

Thanks Sue,
I saw where folks wanted true crime, well I have a true crime book coming out in Sept called Silent Scream. I also have a degree in Criminal Justice and Bounty Hunted in Georgia. In July I have a fiction book coming out about a serial murderer. So they can ask away.
Yvonne

Jun 1, 2008
Beth Groundwater

Hi Sue,
Thanks for accepting my friend request! I hope you'll consider reading my A REAL BASKET CASE mystery, which was one of four nominated for the 2007 Best First Novel Agatha Award. It's readily available in libraries.

Oct 5, 2008