tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post7826041524691203848..comments2024-03-28T12:01:31.049-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Why I Write SeriesJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-58345695210522975382016-06-23T15:37:40.768-04:002016-06-23T15:37:40.768-04:00Lida, I hear you on that. There's no way I wou...Lida, I hear you on that. There's no way I would do some of the things Catherine does. It's fun isn't having an alternate personality. <br /><br />KM I love that series, too. Jesse is a real person to me, one I worry about and agonize over when he's in trouble which seems to happen all too often to him. Poor guy. I want to take him home where he'll be safe. :-)Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-13793641958288758632016-06-23T15:18:14.511-04:002016-06-23T15:18:14.511-04:00Reading a new book in a series is like a much-anti...Reading a new book in a series is like a much-anticipated visit to an old friend. I have a number of series that I enjoy and eagerly await new additions.<br /><br />I enjoy writing a series, too. While I do have a number of short stories published, my favorite books are my Jesse Damon Crime Novel series, which now numbers six.<br />KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-54992754163858781862016-06-23T15:10:17.030-04:002016-06-23T15:10:17.030-04:00What a lovely post, Gloria! Romance, suspense, hum...What a lovely post, Gloria! Romance, suspense, humor and a heroine who's a part-time botanist = my fave kind of book. I enjoy the Stephanie Plum series and am working on my second book in my own light-hearted mystery series. My recurring, imaginary characters give me a chance to have fun doing things I wouldn't dare do myself. :)Lida Siderishttp://www.lidasideris.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-21318618624259470852016-06-23T14:00:25.736-04:002016-06-23T14:00:25.736-04:00Oh, I'll look for Thane's Folly! Thank you...Oh, I'll look for Thane's Folly! Thank you, Gloria.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-76122761293043249412016-06-23T13:52:35.460-04:002016-06-23T13:52:35.460-04:00Shari, I'll start over again. All except the w...Shari, I'll start over again. All except the winter months have more than one flower that blooms. In the winter months I can use different house plants. I haven't read the Kate Atkinson's series, but I loved the Mrs. Pollifax and Amelia Peabody series. I just found a book in the Village Bookstore in Garrettsville which sell my books, but mostly used books by Dorothy Gilman, who wrote the Mrs.Pollifax series and I think it might be a standalone. It's called Thale's Folly. I'm wondering if it was a new series she started before she died.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-18526287617428373682016-06-23T12:26:09.155-04:002016-06-23T12:26:09.155-04:00Hi Gloria,
I love your title Amaryllis for Phyllis...Hi Gloria,<br />I love your title Amaryllis for Phyllis. What will you do when you finish all the months?<br />I enjoy Kate Atkinson's Jackson Brodie series but haven't read one for awhile. I've read all but one. She doesn't have a new one coming out and I don't want to finish the series!<br />Some of the older series like Mrs. Pollifax and Amelia Peabody are my absolute favorites.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-17779218883323629072016-06-23T09:48:51.852-04:002016-06-23T09:48:51.852-04:00Thanks, Margaret. I'll consider them for the F...Thanks, Margaret. I'll consider them for the February books. I love my covers, too. My<br />step-granddaughter does them.<br /><br />KM, I've only heard of a few of those authors. I've been reading Charles Todd's Ian Rutledge mystery series. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-71458778205938030312016-06-23T09:40:59.440-04:002016-06-23T09:40:59.440-04:00I like reading series, I find them easier to get i...I like reading series, I find them easier to get into because you already know some of the characters. My own Emily Lawrence is based on and is the complete opposite of Linda Barnes' Carlotta Carlisle. <br />It is hard to say which are my favorites. Maybe which ever one I am reading at the time. Right now that would be Benjamin January by Barbara Hambly. <br />Newer books: Quaker Midwife series by Edith Maxwell. I'm waiting for Kaye George's Death in the Time of Ice to become part of a series, soon, soon. I love the Bess Crawford books by Charles Todd. Oh, look, they are all historicals. Imagine that.KB Ingleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089951663907060127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-91484195893179041882016-06-23T07:54:15.481-04:002016-06-23T07:54:15.481-04:00a series of books about gardening...perfect, with ...a series of books about gardening...perfect, with beautiful covers, too.<br /><br />Love the amaryllis concept for January. The bulbs cost a fortune and have to be properly chilled. You've got lots of potential with them. <br /><br />Paperwhite narcissus or forced tulips would work for your winter books. Or winter-blooming jasmine pot plants.Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07979191318652199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-37800111355793447392016-06-23T06:55:24.970-04:002016-06-23T06:55:24.970-04:00Jim, I really like your series and can't wait ...<br />Jim, I really like your series and can't wait for your latest to come out in print. I agree with you on the comparison of book series to long-running TV series. Just reading the comments my critique partners write when they read and edit my chapters, I realize how much they consider my characters their friends.<br /><br />E.B. What an interesting comment. I hadn't thought of the bad guys smoking. Actually, Barbara Havers in Elizabeth George's books smokes and she's not a bad character. I rarely have any of my characters smoke except for a rather unpleasant person in my latest book, but with him I don't show him smoking, but rather refer to the cigars he smokes. Maybe it's because I'm not a smoker, but I have several family members who smoke and they're good people with an addiction. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-50215792251412485752016-06-23T05:37:19.960-04:002016-06-23T05:37:19.960-04:00I agree with Jim. In a series, the reader forms a ...I agree with Jim. In a series, the reader forms a relationship with the central characters, watching them transform by the experiences they live through and seeing how they react, which is the basis of character. Creating likeable characters can be challenging for writers. Public taste changes. What is socially acceptable or politically correct hampers creativity. I've noticed lately every villain smokes. Not all smokers are bad people, just people with a bad habit. That's one of the reasons I like Krista Davis's Diva series. Her main character's nemesis is "perfect," but of course, she isn't. I like that play of character--like the "rich" people who have material wealth, but nothing in the bank to back it up. Series also sell well and there isn't a single thing wrong with that!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-84243842434913556002016-06-23T04:51:13.222-04:002016-06-23T04:51:13.222-04:00I write the Seamus McCree series and so am probabl...I write the Seamus McCree series and so am probably prejudiced toward them. I enjoy reading series because the characters become, in a sense, friends. I think this is the case for long-running TV series, as well.Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com