--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDS00003 Date: 09/21/96 From: SHARON SKELLY Time: 08:22pm \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 3 times) Subj: QUESTION IK>Who, in your opinions, is/are the best mystery writer who lives in the SE (a >defined by Mystery Writers of America's SE Chapter: James Lee Burke. * QMPro 1.53 * Jose Cuervo is more than a friend; he's my therapist. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: CanCom TBBS - Canton, OH (1:157/629) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDS00004 Date: 09/22/96 From: DAVID CHESSLER Time: 05:51pm \/To: JAMES MCNEILL (Read 3 times) Subj: LIVING FOREVER On 20 Sep 96, 01:18am, James Mcneill wrote to David Chessler on the subject of "LIVING FOREVER": DC>> The question is whether the detail is significant (and guns are DC>> very significant to some people, even if they are only minor DC>> elements of the plot). However, often there are serious mistakes > If the detail is one that you identify with, it becomes important. It > may not push the plot along, but if the hero drives a Sunbeam Tiger and > you once had one yourself, they better know it has a V-8. And that the number 8 sparkplug is accessed through the glove compartment. > I've seen errors that I just laughed at and then went on. Doyle started > two of the Sherlock Holmes stories with the same 2 or 3 paragraphs. > When I read the second one, it sounded very familiar. So why did the error on the gun bother you so much? This is a much more serious error. Recognize that all authors make "continuity" errors. Simenon couldn't even keep Maigret's first name straight (though he used it very rarely). > Technology is good for something. If I had to write with a typewriter, > I wouldn't last through the first rewrite. (8-} Actually, Doyle's error is one that has become easier or more likely now. -- ___ __ david.chessler@mix.cpcug.org david.chessler@neteast.com d_)--/d chessler@capaccess.org chessler@trinitydc.edu ... E-mail: ->132 1:109/1111 david.chessler@mix.cpcug.org * Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 0 * Silver Xpress V4.3 --- Synchronet+SBBSecho v1.23 * Origin: << Crystal Aerie >> (703) 415-0134 (1:109/1111) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDS00005 Date: 09/23/96 From: MAUREEN GOLDMAN Time: 08:18am \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 3 times) Subj: Birthday On (22 Sep 96) Fred Runk wrote to Maureen Goldman... MG> Mysteries have been around since long before either writer (I MG> guess that should have been the Arthur, rather than the Conan). MG> It seems to me that Poe was supposed to have written the first MG> detective story using a pro. Or something. FR> I think he was the first to portray an amateur who used pure reason to FR> deduce the culprits. MG> [blush] FR> Er....Did I say something nasty? No, but it appears that I was wildly incorrect. ... I don't have a license to kill-- I have a learner's permit. --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Point of No Deposit, No Return (1:153/404.11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDT00000 Date: 09/23/96 From: BELLE BIJOU Time: 11:30pm \/To: SHARON SKELLY (Read 3 times) Subj: QUESTION I'd like to say to , Sharon Skelly (1:157/629) who said: IK>Who, in your opinions, is/are the best mystery writer who lives in the SE (a >defined by Mystery Writers of America's SE Chapter: > James Lee Burke. He'd be my choice too, but I think he actually lives in Montana now. --- msged 2.05 * Origin: 1:109/253 Dinah's Scrabblemania (1:109/253) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDT00001 Date: 09/22/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 01:47pm \/To: SUZZE TIERNAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Patterson -=> Quoting Fn:suzze Tiernan@1:2410/2 to Bears <=- -=> Quoting dorothy reynolds to SAM WARING <=- dr> Now to get on topic. Have you read any of James Patterson's books? dr> I picked up one titled Kiss the Girls. Wow! Can't put it down. His dr> style is much different than any author I've ever read. Keeps his dr> chapters to about 2 and half pages, the writing snappy and keeps you dr> on the edge of your seat. One of those books that makes the hair stand dr> up, but you can't help turning the pages. First time to read him for dr> me, but will be looking for others by him. FT> They are very popular. A friend gave me his first three books and they FT> sit in the TBR pile. His newest "Jack and Jill" was just released. Helloooo Suzzie: Good to hear from you. As you probably know by now, my modem bit the dust so was down for awhile. Gonna add this one to my list of Patterson. Want to find the one previous to Kiss the Girls. Title: Along Came a Spider. Hear it's very good too. Guess I'll be haunting the Public Library again. Does he do the 2 and 1/2 page bit in all of his books? I love this style. Not a lot of extra words to distract you. Believe me, at this stage of my life get distracted very easily. Not just in my reading. (g) Well lady, gotta go. Am waiting for my son to call me from Arizona. We are having a bit of a family crisis at the moment. A dearly loved cousin is in the hospital and not expected to live. So sad. Poor man has been through hell. Survived throat cancer 6 years ago and has been doing quite well. They think he might have had a stroke but aren't sure. Say a prayer for him. Back later. FT> ... Explosion at Kodak - no film at 11. FT> -!- Blue Wave/DOS v2.21 FT> ! Origin: The Chessplayer's Forum (1:2410/278) ... Elephants and grandchildren never forget-But grandmas do. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- DBSMail V2.00g [F633BFFC] * Origin: tnl-online.com -=- san diego, ca -=- (1:202/711) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDT00002 Date: 09/22/96 From: DOROTHY REYNOLDS Time: 01:47pm \/To: IRV KOCH (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Question -=> Quoting Fn:irv Koch@1:109/629.0 to All <=- FK> Who, in your opinions, is/are the best mystery writer who lives in FK> the SE (as defined by Mystery Writers of America's SE Chapter: FK> TN, GA, NC, SC, MS, AL, LA, and maybe Arkansas ... I forget the exact FK> boundries but know that FL, VA, and KY aren't in it. Hello Irv: In my humble opinion, James Lee Burke is the very best. Writes about LA. His books are very lyrical. Almost like poetry. As I remarked here once, you can smell the flowers, the bayous, taste the food and hear the Cajun lilt and visualize the scenery. And there's action with lots of surprises. Keeps you guessing to the very end. Best of the modern mystery writers. Does this help you? Dorothy Reynolds FK> (Work on the ToBeNamed Southern Mystery Conference in Atlanta is FK> proceeding .... FK> -!- Maximus 2.02 FK> ! Origin: Ice Fire 703-354-4176 (1:109/629) ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- DBSMail V2.00g [F633BFFC] * Origin: tnl-online.com -=- san diego, ca -=- (1:202/711) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDT00003 Date: 09/23/96 From: FRED RUNK Time: 07:00pm \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Birthday -=>While in the White Hart, Maureen Goldman explained to Fred Runk that<=- MG> [blush] FR> Er....Did I say something nasty? MG> No, but it appears that I was wildly incorrect. Oh well, then, that's great. I always prefer to be wildly incorrect--that's much more fun than being domesticly incorrect. ... FANATIC: Each day MUST be a new beginning. ___ X Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 X --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Fred's Place (1:300/6.2) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDT00004 Date: 09/23/96 From: REBEKAH DICKERSON Time: 10:07pm \/To: FRED RUNK (Read 3 times) Subj: GOOD AUTHOR Right now I'm reading Dorothy Sayers:Unnatural Death.I just got back from the UBS and it was the only author (from my suggestions list) I could find at quick glance.If I ever get enough money to pay off the library,I'll check there.Right now I have so many overdue books I probably owe them more than the power and phone company together.I think they put me on the most wanted list last week! I've only read a couple of pages,but so far it's pretty good.Type more later. Bec --- QScan/PCB v1.19b / 01-0450 * Origin: THE FAMILY SMORGASBOARD Pleasant Grove, Alabama (1:3602/77) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDU00000 Date: 09/22/96 From: DENNIS MENARD Time: 09:53am \/To: MAUREEN GOLDMAN (Read 3 times) Subj: Re: Birthday > But, sure, the ongoing Holmes stories in newspapers did wonders > for the genre. Don't know the date for THE MOONSTONE; it's on > my shelves somewhere, dauntingly thick. Having just finished "The Moonstone" in time for holidays, the publishing date is 1868. -< Dennis >- --- SLMAIL v4.5a (#0185) * Origin: * Pacific Salt BBS * Whitehorse, YT * Canada * (1:3409/3) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 244 MYSTERY Ref: DDU00001 Date: 09/24/96 From: IRV KOCH Time: 01:21pm \/To: BELLE BIJOU (Read 3 times) Subj: QUESTION > James Lee Burke. BB> He'd be my choice too, but I think he actually lives in Montana now. Oh rats. See following post. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Ice Fire 703-354-4176 (1:109/629)