Posted by Jeff Markowitz on Thursday, October 20, 2011,
Last night, at the Somerville Library, I was discussing how to develop
fictional characters that readers will care about and I was reminded of
this scene from the Woody Allen movie, Sleeper.
"What
you have here... I diagnosed the entire situation, and I think what
we've got, what we're dealing with basically is a nose. I think we're
all in aggreance on that. I have the little beggar right here. And
what you want basically is a whole entire person connected to that nose,
right? Other... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jeff Markowitz on Wednesday, October 5, 2011,
The appeal of a traditional amateur sleuth mystery is that the crime is
solved by an everyman (or an everywoman) rather than by a professional
detective. The amateur sleuth relies on old-fashioned detection to
solve the crime, rather than modern forensics. I was asked one time at a
conference, how I deal with forensics in my stories. And I explained
that I deal with forensics in much the same way that I deal with sex and
violence. I know it happens, but in my books, it happens offst... Continue reading ...
Folks tell me that my blog address is cumbersome, that it's hard to spell and even harder to remember. They may very well be right. Although it's derived from the title of my first mystery, even I can recognize that it's not a user-friendly address. So this page will contain selected entries from that blog. Each entry will include a link back to the original post. Use the link to read comments about the post and to add your own.
Folks tell me that my blog address is cumbersome, that it's hard to spell and even harder to remember. They may very well be right. Although it's derived from the title of my first mystery, even I can recognize that it's not a user-friendly address. So this page will contain selected entries from that blog. Each entry will include a link back to the original post. Use the link to read comments about the post and to add your own.
