tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post2183193479452096668..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Classic Approach to Mystery: An Interview with G.M. MallietJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-5533332544794178132010-12-06T15:21:12.585-05:002010-12-06T15:21:12.585-05:00I be enduring be familiar with a insufficient of t...I be enduring be familiar with a insufficient of the articles on your website trendy, and I definitely like your tastefulness of blogging. I added it to my favorites net stage muster and will be checking assist soon. Will repress in view my orientation as highly and vindicate me be acquainted with what you think. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-52986665892924248002009-04-28T16:43:00.000-04:002009-04-28T16:43:00.000-04:00N.J. - thanks so much! I hope you enjoy them.N.J. - thanks so much! I hope you enjoy them.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-36258930412204922622009-04-24T22:07:00.000-04:002009-04-24T22:07:00.000-04:00Yeah, I think about that sometimes. Why is it that...Yeah, I think about that sometimes. Why is it that we're so attracted to stories about murder when it's the very last thing we'd want to happen in real life? And how can you have a genteel murder? But it's possible. And it is comfort. You know there will be justice in the end. And good will triumph over evil. <br /><br />I have your books ordered! :)N. J. Lindquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16869669605112956713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-89844417292088000672009-04-24T14:56:00.000-04:002009-04-24T14:56:00.000-04:00N.J. - The classic mystery is comfort reading. And...N.J. - The classic mystery is comfort reading. And when you consider that the subject is murder, that is very odd!G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-30508209566742977462009-04-23T16:39:00.000-04:002009-04-23T16:39:00.000-04:00I will be looking for your books. I thought I was ...I will be looking for your books. I thought I was the only one writing Golden Age/traditional/classic or whatever you call it mysteries - though mine are set in Toronto, not England. :) <br /><br />Don't know why more people don't write them - I keep having to reread Christie/Heyer/Marsh, etc. They're just so much broader or genteel or something.N. J. Lindquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16869669605112956713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-15245546642508969832009-04-22T19:28:00.000-04:002009-04-22T19:28:00.000-04:00Julia - It's more like sitting at a desk all day, ...Julia - It's more like sitting at a desk all day, with a lunch break. Some days it is mostly writing. Those are good days.G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-33175806468969576362009-04-22T16:40:00.000-04:002009-04-22T16:40:00.000-04:00Thanks for the great interview, Sandra and GM! Co...Thanks for the great interview, Sandra and GM! Count me as a fan of the golden age mystery.<br /><br />Writing for 8 hours a day sounds intimidating, but I doubt I'll ever have to worry about that schedule. ;)<br /><br />The rowing and sculling sounds interesting!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-3946825809005550992009-04-22T16:16:00.000-04:002009-04-22T16:16:00.000-04:00Joanna - Spellcheck saves me every time. Well, alm...Joanna - Spellcheck saves me every time. Well, almost every time. ;-)G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-58544057078628332712009-04-22T15:51:00.000-04:002009-04-22T15:51:00.000-04:00Gosh, GM, omniscient is hard to spell--much less m...Gosh, GM, omniscient is hard to spell--much less master. You'll have to share your secrets!Joanna Campbell Slanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951637123269159053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-61729133141964512302009-04-22T15:26:00.000-04:002009-04-22T15:26:00.000-04:00Sandra, the honest answer is no! My characters are...Sandra, the honest answer is no! My characters are partly imagined, but they also contain bits and pieces of me (good and bad). This sounds very strange but I've heard other writers say the same about their process, which came as a huge relief: I'm not alone.<br /><br />I am so glad you liked Lit Chick!G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-37677779274738116892009-04-22T13:50:00.000-04:002009-04-22T13:50:00.000-04:00I want to put in a word for G.M.'s second book, DE...I want to put in a word for G.M.'s second book, DEATH AND THE LIT CHICK, which I found absolutely hilarious. Any writer will see characters in it who remind them strongly of real people they've encountered in the book business. <br /><br />G.M., I don't suppose you'd be willing to reveal whether a particular person inspired the Lit Chick at the center of the story...Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-9452691473862011092009-04-22T13:22:00.000-04:002009-04-22T13:22:00.000-04:00Alan - It may depend on what color bathrobe. If it...Alan - It may depend on what color bathrobe. If it's yellow chenille with a tufted frog applique, like mine, it may already be too late to save you.<br /><br />I think it was with Hank I had a discussion about critique groups, in which we both said we were not joiners in that regard. I tend to listen to the last thing anyone tells me, and I think I would soon go mad changing this and that, and G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-48187951776888998922009-04-22T12:06:00.000-04:002009-04-22T12:06:00.000-04:00Hi G.M.,
Nice interview.
You suggested that asp...Hi G.M.,<br /><br />Nice interview. <br /><br />You suggested that aspiring mystery writers join SinC, as a way to learn how to write and learn how the business works (in addition to writing every day). What is your opinion about critique groups? Now that you're a published author, do you belong to one? <br /><br />And what's so wrong with weird, loner tics and walking around in one's bathrobe?Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-90202883693272622362009-04-22T11:50:00.000-04:002009-04-22T11:50:00.000-04:00Hank - You would be laughing even harder if you sa...Hank - You would be laughing even harder if you saw how long it took me to compose my response to Sheila just now. I am such a ditherer.<br /><br />I can only tell you that while having an editor buy my book and turn me into a mystery writer at last was exhilarating, it was also scary. If it were a matter of just writing the books, that would be one thing, but the publicity machine seemed G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-23422672577333888192009-04-22T11:45:00.000-04:002009-04-22T11:45:00.000-04:00Sheila - Thank you so much! To a certain extent, I...Sheila - Thank you so much! To a certain extent, I think you have to be a fan of the classic Golden Age-type mystery to "get" my books, and not all young readers have that anymore, alas. The fast-paced novel with short, Twitter-like chapters and a murder described in gory detail on the first page may be more what they're used to. <br /><br />A lot of this is driven by the marketplace, I know, G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-37371817916819221012009-04-22T10:59:00.000-04:002009-04-22T10:59:00.000-04:00Hey
I'm just laughing, picturing you deciding ab...Hey <br /><br />I'm just laughing, picturing you deciding about the comma. And the decisions turned out so nicely!<br /><br />Let me ask--after getting your contract, how did your idea of "yourself as a writer" change? Deadlines, responsibilities, that it's an actual job where someone is wating for the results? That readers are--out there, waiting?<br /><br />Congratulations to all the Agatha Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-4043564509568123592009-04-22T07:44:00.000-04:002009-04-22T07:44:00.000-04:00As another reader of classic mysteries, I found yo...As another reader of classic mysteries, I found your book delightful. Tell me--what kind of response have you had from readers who don't bring that kind of literary/historical context?Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.com