tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post5633938236591972455..comments2023-11-02T02:40:48.410-07:00Comments on Crime Fiction Collective: Call me chicken. L.J. Sellershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-39797158855379904032012-11-08T09:58:40.116-08:002012-11-08T09:58:40.116-08:00I'm weak. Everyone knows I can handle a cozy b...I'm weak. Everyone knows I can handle a cozy but not much beyond. When I asked Peg to review her new book, I wanted the Gore Rating upfront because I need to know before I read it. I have gruesome memories from Stephen King books I read decades ago - can't do it now. Oh, no, I can't be messing with gore. :DDanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-24562373849143385592012-11-08T08:29:46.026-08:002012-11-08T08:29:46.026-08:00Ah, Peg, you're so trusting of your fellow aut...Ah, Peg, you're so trusting of your fellow authors. I've unfortunately read a couple of books that promised one thing and delivered a different animal. I like that you enjoy putting your characters through horrible, dangerous, traumatic situations. Not that you're a sadist or anything...<br /><br />Jodie, I agree. I stopped reading Stephen King when he started killing children. I know it's horror, but it's not right somehow.Gayle Carlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783449240138097315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-81510456203197327082012-11-08T08:17:56.748-08:002012-11-08T08:17:56.748-08:00Great post, Gayle, and a real fun read! I'm go...Great post, Gayle, and a real fun read! I'm going to buy several of your books, because I love your humorous writing style!<br /><br />If a writer betrays my trust by, for example, going overboard with in-your-face violence to children or pets, I'll throw down the book in disgust and never read that author again.Jodie Rennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180607353893233389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-87394023254025663372012-11-08T07:58:51.260-08:002012-11-08T07:58:51.260-08:00I live dangerously, experiencing fear and the thre...I live dangerously, experiencing fear and the threat of ultimate loss, through my characters. I like to feel the shiver and wonder how—or if—they'll get themselves out of the place where I've put them. It's a sort of test on both our parts. <br /><br />In real life I'm boring and a real wuss. <br /><br />As a reader, I completely trust an author based on the agreement we made when I saw the cover, read the back cover copy, and the opening paragraph. Sometimes that agreement is a promise to keep all the good guys alive at the end of the book, and sometimes that agreement is to go over the cliff.Peg Brantleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04906858123466177508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-89506299198425446902012-11-08T07:23:31.796-08:002012-11-08T07:23:31.796-08:00Yeah, LJ, Castle is a fun show, but I don't lo...Yeah, LJ, Castle is a fun show, but I don't look at it as a police procedural! I don't think I look at any of the shows with "consultants" as realistic (Monk, The Mentalist, even Person of Interest). But I watch them for the fun characters and intricate stories. In a police procedural, I can imagine that it's harder to put your detective into the fray often - in real life, the police don't typically deal with danger EVERY day. You probably write the hardest stories of all, to tell a fascinating tale and remaining true to reality.Gayle Carlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15783449240138097315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4954486699810607306.post-85311918876284663762012-11-08T06:35:00.209-08:002012-11-08T06:35:00.209-08:00Fun post and good questions. On the Castle Show, D...Fun post and good questions. On the Castle Show, Detective Kate Beckett gets her gun taken away from her every other week and gets kidnapped at least once a year. Which in real life would get you fired. And I write a realistic police procedural, so my protagonist has to be smarter than that. <br /><br />So it's a delicate balance for me, and any real danger for Jackson doesn't usually come until near the end when he's apprehending the bad guy. But other characters aren't so lucky.<br /><br />With my standalone thrillers, the protags run into all kinds of trouble...from the beginning. L.J. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.com