tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post3684903634220161411..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Calling Dr. Freud...Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-17230932729192497062013-11-02T14:06:27.938-04:002013-11-02T14:06:27.938-04:00I really enjoyed The Old Buzzard...although I star...I really enjoyed The Old Buzzard...although I started counting the calories in the recipes Alafair provided! <br /><br />I think the psychological aspect of writing and reading mysteries works both ways, which is why your readers' responses tell you about your readers. Why we have our favorite writers and favorite genres, why we shrink from some subjects and identify strongly with others, Barbara F. Leavyhttp://www.barbaraleavy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-56863154629122225952013-10-21T13:02:43.294-04:002013-10-21T13:02:43.294-04:00Hi Donis,
I used to write scientific reports and p...Hi Donis,<br />I used to write scientific reports and papers, so you can imagine why I'm particularly attentive to the overuse of the passive in my prose! But your Freud reference reminded me of my TA in N. Scott Momaday's class on English prose and poetry--I could guarantee an A on a quiz or paper just by connecting almost anything up with a Freudian quirk. Momaday was an excellent Steven M. Moorehttp://stevenmmoore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-67524978232150097122013-10-19T18:49:41.910-04:002013-10-19T18:49:41.910-04:00Sheila, I also like to let my characters be meaner...Sheila, I also like to let my characters be meaner than I let myself be.Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-84893657860984991812013-10-19T16:07:32.617-04:002013-10-19T16:07:32.617-04:00Donis, I used to write grant proposals requesting ...Donis, I used to write grant proposals requesting funding, often for things I knew nothing about. Great training for fiction writing!<br /><br />I sometimes think that our main characters are the women we'd like to be--a little smarter, quicker with the right retort, braver, and maybe more interesting people than we think we are.Sheila Connollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-22577235852847559972013-10-19T13:23:50.600-04:002013-10-19T13:23:50.600-04:00Elizabeth, I used to try to figure things out, but...Elizabeth, I used to try to figure things out, but I gave that up long ago. Now I write fiction and let my subconscious do it.Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-28225577897611004872013-10-19T08:29:25.682-04:002013-10-19T08:29:25.682-04:00Donis, in my pre-mystery writer life in publishing...Donis, in my pre-mystery writer life in publishing, I edited an extremely soporific accounting textbook, but I think your book on tax publications has mine beat. And as a shrink in my extra-mystery writer life, I say of course we play out in our stories the scenarios we can't or wouldn't in life. As I write this, I'm drinking my coffee from a mug that says, "Please do not annoy Elizabeth Zelvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com