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What a terrific example of how it all filters in and comes out on the keyboard, Hallie!
Commented Apr 10, 2013 on Facts Behind the Fiction! at My Weblog
Facts Behind the Fiction!
Hank Phillippi Ryan: You know Hallie Ephron, of course. If you don't, go to her website RIGHT NOW and see what youre missing! (Of course, now, you're no longer missing it!)(She's third from left,(after mysterious blonde, and Jan Brogan) then me, then Bill Landay, and Barbara Shapiro and Chris C...
The ancient Romans called it "digitus impudicus"- the impudent finger!
Commented Mar 7, 2013 on French Lesson: Fingertip Research at My Weblog
French Lesson: Fingertip Research
By Elaine Viets Technology has changed mystery writing. Now I can e-mail my novels to my editor, instead of figuring out which FedEx box has the latest pickup. When I finished "Board Stiff," my May Dead-End Job mystery, a touch of the SEND button shot it straight to New York. The main work was o...
Hi, Dean. Good to see you, and an intriguing look at your process.
Ideas comes from anywhere. And everywhere. And nowhere. The fun part is getting them down on paper (or these days, screen) and seeing how it all shakes out.
Sometimes, things take a left turn when you as the writer had everyone going right in your concept. That's when things get really fun...:)
Commented Aug 15, 2012 on Where does a book start for you? at My Weblog
Where does a book start for you?
The title of this blog is a question I have often asked other writers in interview situations. The obvious answer is, "It starts on page one, doofus. Next question?" What I'm talking about, however, is the genesis of the book -- another way, I suppose, of asking the question that so many writers...
Elaine, as always, you make it look so easy....:) Loved FINAL SAIL, cannot wait for the new Helen and Phil adventure..:)
Commented Jul 30, 2012 on A Novel Diary at My Weblog
A Novel Diary
Chapter 1: Where Do You Get Your Ideas? By Elaine Viets NOTE: This is a continuing series about my May 2013 Dead-End Job mystery, from conception to publication. I grew up Catholic. Many of my female relatives followed the traditional ways: They had lots of children. "One out and one on t...
The very first thing I ever wrote was "The Kachina Doll Affair". I don't recall all the details, but it was an eight year old boys' attempt to write an UNCLE novel for Ace Books. Something on an American Indian reservation, a smuggled Kachina Doll filled with crystals that would turn into a deadly airborne virus when exposed to the air, and a blazing fire-pit, plus the threat of Napoleon and Illya being scalped alive.
Thank God it's been lost...:)
Commented Jul 9, 2012 on Open Channel D at Hey, There's A Dead Guy in the Living Room
Open Channel D
Jeff Cohen It's all Napoleon Solo's fault. When I was about nine years old, I was obsessed with The Man From U.N.C.L.E., the television exploits of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement. And part of this particular obsession was fed by re...
Mystery is a very lucky cat! And I'll bet he'll surprise everyone..:)
Commented Jun 27, 2012 on A Member of the Family at My Weblog
A Member of the Family
By Elaine Viets Last November, our cat Mystery took sick. At 5 a.m., we heard an awful glorping noise. "Not the rug, kitty!" I cried, stumbling out of bed. I carried her to the tile, tried to soothe her, gave her a spoonful of hairball medicine and cleaned up the floor. After several d...
A little late to the party, but everything's pretty much covered!
Commented May 7, 2012 on Summer Songs! at Life in Boobburgh
Summer Songs!
Summer Songs! By Kathy Reschini Sweeney, who needs to lighten up! It's a music blog, and may I say even if no one else needs one, I do! I know it's not even Memorial Day (I already have that mix done from last year) but the weather has been screaming summer since...March. I blame Dick Cheney. T...
Earlier this year, I was forced to confront this head-on. Everything is signed, sealed, and ready to be delivered. There was and is a large amount of comfort in knowing that, should things go badly, said things would be handled the way I wanted them to be.
Scary? Yes. Necessary? Absolutely! Do it before the mad dash to the ER, the hospital stay, the sleepless nights worrying, the dawn of 'what if?'. Do it when you are rested and relaxed and happy and secure, but do it. It'll take twenty minutes, and everyone, including you, can rest easier.
Commented May 1, 2012 on My Right To Life Blog at Life in Boobburgh
My Right To Life Blog
My Right to Life Blog By Kathy Reschini Sweeney This one has been percolating for a long time, and I need to start writing again, so here we go. If you are here for a discussion about abortion, forget it. I for one am sick and tired of the emotionally-charged issue of abortion eclipsing the ent...
This is wayyyyyyyyy too easy...:)
"Bond.... James Bond." (The Connery version)
Commented Jun 22, 2011 on Who's Who? at My Weblog
Who's Who?
HANK: Such fun to meet a new pal. And such fun to meet a new pal whose books are kind of like yours--and whose life is kind of like yours and whose interests are kind of like yours. And--amazing fun to have someone says: Oh, when I went to a bookstore with my new book, they compared it to you...
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