tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80568154600760502282024-03-13T13:54:26.872-04:00POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERSA Blog For Mystery LoversJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-37404873635179452502014-01-18T03:00:00.000-05:002014-01-18T03:00:01.913-05:00So Long and Au Revoir from Poe's Deadly Daughters
After seven years, Poe's Deadly Daughters are saying goodbye, but we hope it's not farewell for good. We've thoroughly enjoyed your company! Here are some of the places you can still find us and our work.
Sandra Parshall
I'll admit I resisted the idea of blogging at first -- but my first novel had been published, my second was coming out soon, and most of the writers I knew had blogs. My Elizabeth Zelvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-24733960682326999832014-01-17T00:15:00.000-05:002014-01-17T00:15:00.084-05:00Ave atque Valeby Sheila Connolly
I first posted here almost exactly four years ago. I was honored to be asked to join the blog,
because back then I was a relatively new writer (my first book had been
published a year and a half earlier), and I was still learning about the universe
of writers and readers. PDD’s writers
had always struck me as thoughtful and intelligent and well-informed, and Sheila Connollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-22318876875763863242014-01-16T03:00:00.000-05:002014-01-16T03:00:14.286-05:00Christopher Columbus and Me
Elizabeth Zelvin
As my blog sisters and I prepare to say farewell to Poe's Deadly Daughters and all of you, the readers who have joined us here, I'm hoping fervently that this is not the end of our relationship but just a bend in the road, a hiccup in our ongoing conversation online, with some of you in person, and through the books we all love.
So this is not a valedictory post. In fact, itElizabeth Zelvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-17632926516608634582014-01-15T01:30:00.000-05:002014-01-16T09:50:22.825-05:00This isn't goodbyeThe winner of a free copy of Poisoned Ground is Aubrey Hamilton. Aubrey, please send your mailing address to sparshall@verizon.net. Thank you all for reading Poe's Deadly Daughters!
By Sandra ParshallSitting down to write my last blog entry for Poe’s Deadly Daughters prompted me to look up my first – a post about the transformation of a novel into a film and why it shouldn’t be Sandra Parshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-42147111586222210192014-01-14T06:00:00.000-05:002014-01-14T06:00:01.727-05:00Auld Lang Syne
Sharon Wildwind
The weather is appreciably gloomy this morning: sleet, frozen rain, and a promise of snow and wind until noon. I’m rather glad. It fits my mood. If it were bright sunshine and blue sky, it would be even harder to say good-bye.
When I started here with the Daughters, I was working on book number three in my first mystery series. That series finished out at five books.
As I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-44907033715336740712014-01-13T00:00:00.000-05:002014-01-13T00:00:01.178-05:00A Farewell, Shakespearean Styleby Julia Buckley
We are all saying bittersweet goodbyes on Poe's Deadly Daughters this week. As life would have it, I am also teaching Shakespeare's The Tempest, which is filled with themes of loss, sacrifice, and farewell, so I've been contemplating my farewells via the language of The Bard.
The main character of The Tempest is Prospero, a brilliant man who becomes a mighty sorcerer. &Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-75937113521527865862014-01-12T01:30:00.000-05:002014-01-12T01:30:00.065-05:00So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
by Darlene Ryan
aka Sofie Kelly and Sofie Ryan
I was going to begin by saying that everyone dislikes goodbyes, and then I remembered one of my mother’s friends, who always said she didn’t mind goodbye because it just put her a little closer to hello again. This is my second goodbye to Poe’s Deadly Daughters. The first time, I knew the blog was going to continue. I knew I could drop by. ISandra Parshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-64401202441210177632014-01-11T01:30:00.000-05:002014-01-11T01:30:01.963-05:00Beginning and Ending of Poe's Deadly Daughters
by Lonnie Cruise
Founding member of Poe's Deadly Daughters
I was extremely honored to be a part of Poe’s Deadly Daughters when we began the blog and only left the group when I retired from writing mysteries. Each of us Daughters wrote very diverse kinds of mysteries yet there was that “Poe’s thread” that ran throughout. Sort of like a dark cloak surrounding the group, holding us Sandra Parshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-41628531868185059522014-01-10T00:15:00.000-05:002014-01-10T00:15:00.232-05:00Who Do We Think We Are?by Sheila Connolly
We’re
all writers here, which means we create characters from our imagination. That means we observe and analyze people
(hoping we’re not too obvious).
But
I started wondering about how people choose to present themselves to the world,
and I realized I had a perfect (if small) sample, when I was looking at the
Personals section of an alumni magazine for an Sheila Connollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-85877711248563415302014-01-09T03:00:00.000-05:002014-01-09T03:00:04.227-05:00Beloved Books
Elizabeth Zelvin
On the mystery e-list DorothyL not long ago, Josephine Tey's Golden Age mystery Brat Farrar became the subject of a prolonged discussion. It's come up more than once before. There's plenty for mystery lovers to say about this book. For example, is it the best of Tey's small output of eight enduring mysteries, or do readers prefer The Daughter of Time or The Franchise Affair? Elizabeth Zelvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-90796446948399404182014-01-08T01:30:00.000-05:002014-01-08T10:12:28.415-05:00It's official: Animals have personalities!
by Sandra ParshallAnybody who has lived with animals and observed them closely knows they are individuals with distinct personalities. But to science, that is "anecdotal" information, tainted by emotion -- anthropomorphism -- and proof of nothing. It’s nice, then, that researchers are now doing scientifically conducted studies of animal personalities.Virginia Morrell reports on these studies inSandra Parshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-32886119232473702242014-01-07T06:00:00.000-05:002014-01-07T06:00:02.816-05:00Parting WordsSharon Wildwind
I've thought a lot in the past few weeks about how to condense seven years of Daughters' blogs. Was there one thing I learned from all of you? I think this is it.
It has been such a privilege to share thoughts on writing with you. All the best to each one of you. I hope we run into each other in some other writing space.
If you'd like a .jpg image to use as a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-77972114591695794092014-01-06T00:00:00.000-05:002014-01-06T00:00:01.611-05:00Saving Mr. Banks and The Writer's Love for a Characterby Julia Buckley
My sister treated me to a showing of SAVING MR. BANKS this past weekend, and I loved the movie. I am continuing to ponder a couple of themes that relate specifically to writers, since the premise of the film was that P.L. Travers, the author of the Mary Poppins books, was reluctant to give up the rights to Walt Disney, who ultimately made the film which starred Julie Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-77043027457870331142014-01-04T03:00:00.000-05:002014-01-04T03:00:00.969-05:00Poe's Deadly Daughters to Say Goodbye on Poe's Birthday
After seven years of stimulating and enjoyable dialogue with each other and you, our readers, Poe's Deadly Daughters have decided to stop writing the blog and devote our attention to our many other projects. We published our first post on Poe's 198th birthday, January 19, 2007, having chosen our name to honor the father of the detective story.
On our first anniversary, we wrote, "What a year Elizabeth Zelvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-73976357780757832152014-01-03T00:15:00.000-05:002014-01-03T00:15:00.999-05:00Vacationsby Sheila Connolly
Earlier
this week the top headline (above the fold on the front page) in the Boston Globe read, “For majority of
workers, vacation days go unused.”
I
laughed. What’s a vacation?
All
right, I’ll admit that I actually took a vacation this year—two weeks in
Italy. But I felt so guilty that I had
to write a book about it (Reunion with
Death, released in Sheila Connollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-43371380714433698032014-01-02T03:00:00.000-05:002014-01-02T08:23:55.192-05:00Another New Year
Elizabeth Zelvin
This year, 2014, will mark 69 years since the end of World War II; 51 years since Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech, the assassination of President Kennedy, and the publication of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique; 46 since Dr. King's assassination; 45 since Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, 42 since the founding of Ms. Magazine, 28 since the Challenger Elizabeth Zelvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-67974461172475736962014-01-01T01:30:00.000-05:002014-01-01T01:30:01.418-05:00Discover this book!
by Sandra ParshallBook bloggers and publishing analysts all over the internet are busily telling us this week what a crazy year 2013 was. Major publishers that were anguishing not too long ago about ebooks putting them out of business are making lots and lots of money – from ebooks. The writers who started the self-publishing boom often found their books being pushed aside by digital Sandra Parshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-34149554660552326142013-12-31T06:00:00.000-05:002014-01-13T12:51:40.711-05:00Keep the Channel Open
Transition spaces and times fascinate me. They are a little of this, a little of that, and there is always a crucial pivot point where life might go one way or the other.
Here we are on transition day. Bye-bye, 2013. Hi there, 2014. I see you peeking around the door. Come on in, I’ve got the tea on. Here’s my wish for all of us as writers in the coming year.
Last quote of 2013
There is aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-65242904231035404542013-12-30T11:49:00.001-05:002013-12-30T11:49:52.981-05:00Appreciating the PastHello, Faithful PDD Readers.
Today is my birthday; I always find, perhaps because of its proximity to the New Year, that my birthday brings all sorts of reflection and contemplation.
Sometimes that leads me to make resolutions early. Sometimes those resolutions are realistic, and sometimes they are not (although they are always made with earnest intention).
So this year I decided to Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-73051132125586335552013-12-28T04:00:00.000-05:002013-12-28T04:00:06.079-05:00TypeologyBy Jeri Westerson
You know you’re old when you remember what it was like to type on a typewriter. Kids today. They just don’t know the trouble it was. Hammering away at those keys to ensure you’d made contact from ink ribbon to paper. Reaching the end of the line with a ting of the bell, and then flinging the carriage back for another go at the next line. Typing too far when you’ve really gotJeri Westersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08621322664609246112noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-12422977238746361382013-12-27T00:15:00.000-05:002013-12-27T07:59:49.358-05:00Poe in Bostonby Sheila Connolly
It
was only this year that I learned that there is a public art project to honor
Edgar Allan Poe in Boston. What makes
that funny is that he didn’t have very nice things to say about Boston.
As
you’ve no doubt learned or seen over the years, Poe is commemorated in multiple
cities. But he was born in Boston, to travelling actors. No, the house isn’t thereSheila Connollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05165644581595919711noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-65138391839735923612013-12-26T03:00:00.000-05:002013-12-27T08:49:32.151-05:00Do Heroes Need to Fall in Love?
L.J. Sellers (Guest Blogger)
The winner of the drawing for L.J. Sellers's The Trigger is Thelma Straw.
Romantic suspense is a top-selling genre, combing two popular elements that attract readers. I’ve heard both writers and readers say all suspense, maybe all novels, should have a romantic relationship as part of the story—that it’s only a matter of degree and how integral it is to the plot.Elizabeth Zelvinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13944424094949207841noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-36206807928050840282013-12-25T02:00:00.000-05:002013-12-25T02:00:02.852-05:00Sandra Parshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-30250574769104503322013-12-24T06:00:00.000-05:002014-01-06T18:33:33.137-05:00The Day BeforeSharon Wildwind
Today, none of us, including me, are interested in writing tips. I hope this day is full of friends, laughter, anticipation, and peace. I hope there are great smells coming from your kitchen. I'm making cornbread dressing and pecan cookies.
Find moments for yourself. Drink tea. Relax. See you on the flip side.
Hugs all around,
SharonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-12673574333015454952013-12-23T00:00:00.000-05:002013-12-23T10:13:46.109-05:00Help Me Find a Holiday Readby Julia Buckley
I am on a brief break from work. I had to bring some work home, and I have to use some of the time preparing and cleaning up after parties. I'd like to watch some movies, and I'd like to go out for some meals (since my life is rather dull in this respect when I'm in the work-a-day world--daily turkey sandwiches, or example).
But I'm thinking that, even though a "Julia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.com4