Hmmmmmmm. That's a thought - I should probably run it by Jenn.
In fact, the more I think of it, the more I like it. I wonder if I can pull it off?
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deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2004 10:38:33 am PDT #6462 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Gus - Sep 08, 2004 10:39:40 am PDT #6463 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
"Mysterious relationship" makes me think that the relationship is the object of mystery. Why are those strange bedfellows abed?
A person's curiosity about a ghost's attachment to someone/something seems to qualify.
The detective observes the relationship for us, perhaps, rather than being a member of the relationship. As long as the profile of the ghost's relationship was interesting, it would be worth a go.
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2004 10:40:33 am PDT #6464 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
The first anthology (which I'd try for) is going to be edited by Harlan Coben
ABout whose work I know diddly.
OK, pondering. Hmmmm.
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2004 10:42:31 am PDT #6465 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Gus, I'd be extremely unlikely to write a straight detective, unless I had him doing it a la Josephine Tey: bored, investigating a historical unsolved mystery, stumbling across the ghost story.
My mystery-solvers aren't detectives, they're just people who accidentally come across a situation.
Beverly - Sep 08, 2004 10:46:04 am PDT #6466 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Deb, I added it to the previous post, but I just thought of "Wish You Were Here." Sort of made to order, isn't it? If the length is right?
Liese S. - Sep 08, 2004 10:46:29 am PDT #6467 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I wonder if I can pull it off?
Sure you can.
Gus - Sep 08, 2004 10:49:49 am PDT #6468 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
My mystery-solvers aren't detectives, they're just people who accidentally come across a situation.
Well, sure. I was using the term generically. It seems that the role is core to mystery writing, carrying a badge or license or not.
erikaj - Sep 08, 2004 10:52:52 am PDT #6469 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't think much of Coben, actually, Deb. Pretty unthrilling thrillers, imo. Maybe his greatest mystery should be "Who is this guy blowing?" That was rude, wasn't it?
deborah grabien - Sep 08, 2004 12:03:14 pm PDT #6470 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Heh. So long as the folks at Tor - I'm acquainted with a few of them - check Coben's editing, I could care less. Because, well.
Hmmm. Hmmmm.
Bev, I need to be careful about too many elements; the dark erotica in Wish You Were Here is probably too much, and the fact that there's also a scifi element to it, while probably pleasing Tor, would likely scatter what they want.
Eh, I'll mull this over and see what I can come up. 3500 words is a day's work when I'm on a roll, so if something suggests itself, and I actually get on said roll, I'll be begging for betas.
Beverly - Sep 08, 2004 12:32:19 pm PDT #6471 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Right here if you need me. I'll bow to your knowledge on Wish You Were Here. I'd just like it to see wide readership because I think it's dark and dangerous and tremendously well written and I'd like it to give somebody else the heebies it gives me.