tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post5091356452595422898..comments2024-03-29T08:10:45.752-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: TALKING WITH J.L. ABRAMOJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-5575800224222040292013-04-24T10:12:01.863-04:002013-04-24T10:12:01.863-04:00James and Gloria...thanks for your comments. As I ...James and Gloria...thanks for your comments. As I mention in the interview, Jake Diamond turns 40 in CATCHING WATER IN A NET, set in 2000. In CHASING CHARLIE CHAN (due in June) it is 1994, and although it is a Jimmy Pigeon story (where Jake is a supporting character) Diamond is 34 years old and just beginning in the PI business. Writing a series book set at an earlier time (a prequel if you will) can allow a writer to keep the character from aging too quickly.<br /><br />Warren...I think of writing more as a vocation than a career. As defined in the dictionary, a vocation is 'a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity' (whether it earns you a living or not). The other question we all need to answer for OURSELVES is WHAT DEFINES SUCCESS. If it is how much we earn or how well we are known we may be subject to feelings of failure. If it is achieving set goals, we can be successful even in poverty or obscurity. Vincent van Gogh is one of many cases in point.J. L. Abramohttp://www.jlabramo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-67213097374554032792013-04-24T09:27:14.455-04:002013-04-24T09:27:14.455-04:00Thanks for sharing with our readers. I agree that...Thanks for sharing with our readers. I agree that you cannot plan a writing career. I keeping writing in the hope that something like a career happens.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-70839154004316497692013-04-24T09:13:19.289-04:002013-04-24T09:13:19.289-04:00I enjoyed this interview, Joe. My characters aren&...I enjoyed this interview, Joe. My characters aren't aging much, because I'm writing on a slower timeline. That being said, I am having my characters learn and grow with each book - I hope.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-44095457375163355702013-04-24T06:57:04.419-04:002013-04-24T06:57:04.419-04:00The whole aging thing of a series character is int...The whole aging thing of a series character is interesting. Sue Grafton has aged Kinsey Milhone accurately and consequently finds herself now writing historical fiction (albeit recent history.)<br /><br />Robert B Parker allowed Spenser, Hawk and Susan to age much slower than real time.<br /><br />Because I started writing about Seamus McCree many years before his story was first published, I’m tending to do the Parker trick since I want to maintain the characters closer to their original ages. I’ll see if readers complain, but I don’t expect much of a problem.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com