tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post8829383908104760500..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Writing Action in Mystery (and Why Daniel Craig is my Imaginary Boyfriend)Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-16819058606113469772011-06-27T11:21:09.047-04:002011-06-27T11:21:09.047-04:00At least until they cast him again. :)
But he ma...At least until they cast him again. :)<br /><br />But he may be a dying franchise--isn't that what they say? What an interesting study in the evolution of a character.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-41936973121806560782011-06-27T10:01:57.044-04:002011-06-27T10:01:57.044-04:00Thrillers are supposedly all action all the time, ...Thrillers are supposedly all action all the time, but if you read one with that in mind, you'll be surprised at how many quiet moments most of them have. The quiet moments make the action more memorable, IMO. Without the lulls for emotion/thoughts/dialogue, the action would become tedious. Reviewers describe some books as "nonstop action" because the action is all they remember.<br Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-26868910727475829732011-06-27T08:48:46.533-04:002011-06-27T08:48:46.533-04:00I saw that, too, Sheila--and in a very surprising ...I saw that, too, Sheila--and in a very surprising pairing. <br /><br />Ah, well. I did say "imaginary" boyfriend. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-73099335022391248192011-06-27T08:33:03.771-04:002011-06-27T08:33:03.771-04:00I read the Bond books at an impressionable age (an...I read the Bond books at an impressionable age (and watched the movies as they came out, or at least the Sean Connery ones), and what sticks in my mind was the certainty with which Bond did everything--fight off the bad guys, seduce female spies, order wine, all without dithering or self-doubt.<br /><br />I'll confess that after seeing the trailer, I'd see Cowboys and Aliens. But you'Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.com