Dana King's Blog – June 2009 Archive (4)

Gran Torino

(Also posted on One Bite at a Time.)



The Beloved Spousal Equivalent and I finally got around to watching Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino last weekend. I wish I could remember what the hell was so important that it kept me from seeing it in the theater. This is a wonderful film.



Truly a character-driven thriller, the story is about a bigoted, retired autoworker named Walt Kowalski, played by Eastwood.… Continue

Added by Dana King on June 30, 2009 at 5:49am — 3 Comments

Something Evil's Lurking in the Dark

(Also posted on One Bite at a Time.)



“Raising the stakes” is the buzzword for thriller writers. Books that purport to tell authors how to write best-selling or breakout novels use the term more than “and” or “it.” Constantly raising the stakes is supposed to intensify the reader’s interest by making a successful outcome more important and less likely all at once. What it’s mainly doing is killing thrillers for anyone looking for more… Continue

Added by Dana King on June 26, 2009 at 7:16am — 4 Comments

The Glass: Half Full, Half Empty, or Cracked?

(Also posted on One Bite at a Time.)



Writers’ opinions of their work in progress fluctuate like an amusement park ride with an operator methed to the eyeballs. “This might be the best thing I’ve ever written” can change to “What a piece of shit,” and then to “It doesn’t suck” within the course of three days. (Fewer, if certain substances are indulged.)



Inactivity has its own… Continue

Added by Dana King on June 20, 2009 at 5:55am — 3 Comments

An Interview with Peter Rozovsky

Peter Rozovsky is the creator of the popular and award-winning blog, Detectives Beyond Borders, which focuses on crime fiction written outside the United States. For those not familiar with Peter or his blog, an anecdote from last year’s Bouchercon will give an idea of the regard with which he is held in the crime fiction community. No less an authority than Ali Karim found himself stuck for the name of a foreign (to Americans) writer, and solved his dilemma by asking if Peter Rozovsky was in… Continue

Added by Dana King on June 13, 2009 at 3:30am — 10 Comments

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