tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post6704048567303039072..comments2024-03-26T15:49:05.333-07:00Comments on Criminal Minds: Write Who You KnowJosh Stallingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09913654176433125233noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-91853928535136729202022-09-13T16:27:01.432-07:002022-09-13T16:27:01.432-07:00Because I was wrapped up in Bouchercon, I'm ju...Because I was wrapped up in Bouchercon, I'm just now reading these comments, so if you commented and hoped for a reply, sorry it's just coming in. <br />Gabriel, my family was full of eccentrics. I could go on at length. Catriona, I love the idea that your procrastination vanished when you went to your true vocation. I've often wondered at your ability to churn out wicked good books, so I'm not surprised that your prof was gobsmacked. And Josh, for sure it was a mystery whether the stories were true. I loved hearing the same story from different members of the family. Never the same.<br />Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17478393430722574447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-82918369754957403192022-09-06T13:06:51.425-07:002022-09-06T13:06:51.425-07:00Such a rich personal history and setting to draw f...Such a rich personal history and setting to draw from. Your series always sounds authentic in dialogue, setting, tone. You really nailed it with Samuel Craddock!Susan C Sheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18225627756540127032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-73049818259685953582022-09-06T12:10:30.368-07:002022-09-06T12:10:30.368-07:00I love this post. I really love your recognition t...I love this post. I really love your recognition that family stories may not be true, and it doesn’t matter. A good story is a good story!<br />Josh Stallingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09913654176433125233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-19271830317535618112022-09-06T11:11:28.482-07:002022-09-06T11:11:28.482-07:00These/your stories and the people they belong embo...These/your stories and the people they belong embody the pathos, weirdness, desperation and misfortune of being human and make mere plots seem superfluous. Jo Perryhttp://authorjoperry.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-71995365331077899692022-09-06T09:58:47.704-07:002022-09-06T09:58:47.704-07:00Write who you know. It works that way for me too, ...Write who you know. It works that way for me too, Terry, or at least I write about the characters I come to know. And I start out the same way, thinking what would happen if this happened to this type of character.Dietrich Kalteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06403361738445161528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4994072470312639837.post-85576524832666941312022-09-06T08:33:16.238-07:002022-09-06T08:33:16.238-07:00That is fascinating - the fact that you were re-bo...That is fascinating - the fact that you were re-born as a public speaker upon publication. I have never heard that before. I was a master procrastinator and imposter-syndrome sufferer as an academic and those traits vanished when I started writing. My PhD Supervisor (major professor) was mystified to hear that I had written 100K words unbidden in a year. He used to tell me to take a thesis chapter away and expand it, and I'd bring it back shorter, out of embarrassment.Catriona McPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234089279665716446noreply@blogger.com