tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post3433529791739243529..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: A Book, A Requirement, Real Life by Kait Carson Jim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-35347823873474803082017-10-28T13:33:19.200-04:002017-10-28T13:33:19.200-04:00Can't wait to read the book, Gloria. The opioi...Can't wait to read the book, Gloria. The opioid problem is all-encompassing these days. How did it get so out of control so quickly? We've had these drugs around for quite some time, what changed to make them so overwhelmingly attractive to so many people. I agree with you that mysteries do include social issues to one degree or another, while romances and literary fiction tend more to find their tension in emotions and relationships between individuals.Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-20788274191579631122017-10-28T13:27:20.152-04:002017-10-28T13:27:20.152-04:00Warren, of so agree! Which Grisham book took on th...Warren, of so agree! Which Grisham book took on the death penalty and a wrongful conviction. Was it the Pelican Brief? So bad with titles. In that book, the conviction was the plot, but the story wasn't a soapbox and lots of twists and turns. A novel is not supposed to be a treatise. Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-21872101249208828562017-10-28T11:53:45.009-04:002017-10-28T11:53:45.009-04:00Terrific blog, Kait. I am frequently surprised by ...Terrific blog, Kait. I am frequently surprised by the number of cozy mysteries that address social issues. I believe they help to focus on these issues. Grace Toppinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10291304815273486038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-67170144063739487722017-10-28T11:53:36.334-04:002017-10-28T11:53:36.334-04:00I like both Jim's and KM's book because th...I like both Jim's and KM's book because they both contain social issues even if in Jim's case it deals with money. I'm looking forward to the next in their series.<br /><br />Yes, as I blogged several weeks ago I include social issues, but I think most mysteries do in some way or other. Kait, as for you going towards a little more violence, I write cozies that people want to read without seeing the actual murder happening. However, in the book I just started I put in a prologue, something I've not done before, with a teenage boy (also something I've never done before) who is murdered. I don't actually write about how it's done just that he's running in a woods trying to escape someone at night, and he trips and falls. It's in the first chapter that his body is found. In this book my social issue is that I'm going to write about the opioid problem that has come to the small town in my books as it has to other small towns in N.E. Ohio and all over the country.<br />Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51260794391998298332017-10-28T11:20:13.242-04:002017-10-28T11:20:13.242-04:00I try to address social issues but I also try not ...I try to address social issues but I also try not to preach.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-17141567368952081132017-10-28T11:08:18.068-04:002017-10-28T11:08:18.068-04:00So true, Shari. As mystery writers, all of our boo...So true, Shari. As mystery writers, all of our books are about societal issues in one sense. We are setting right an imbalance. Crime, murder, embezzlement, all are imbalances in the natural order, and thus conflict. Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-29717317085839324242017-10-28T11:05:12.490-04:002017-10-28T11:05:12.490-04:00Well said, KM.Well said, KM.Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-78766980502890888092017-10-28T11:03:59.316-04:002017-10-28T11:03:59.316-04:00I loved Ant Farm. Your books are on my Kindle for ...I loved Ant Farm. Your books are on my Kindle for future reads. <br /><br />I'm not so sure, though, that financial crimes are not social issues. Money drives the world. What people and institutions will do to achieve or maintain status within that world is often a result of finances. It's why pyramid schemes (by any name) were so attractive and why the world was so fascinated with AIG, the Madoff debacle, and events on Wall Street. Who didn't cringe at the crash, but who wasn't involved, at least a little bit, with penny trading? Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-67817166531193017852017-10-28T10:06:06.252-04:002017-10-28T10:06:06.252-04:00I don't specifically look for books with socia...I don't specifically look for books with social issues but many writers weave them seamlessly into their work. KM does this with her books, as Jesse Damon seeks to reintegrate into society from prison and finds roadblocks thrown up because of his past involvement in murder.Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-60209488120783270032017-10-28T07:23:02.551-04:002017-10-28T07:23:02.551-04:00Jim, I think your books, focusing on financial cri...Jim, I think your books, focusing on financial crime, are very much about social issues that confront us--misuse of political power, financial abuse of senior citizens, etc.<br /><br />While some books deal with social issues more directly than others, I think it's hard to write a book which doesn't reflect social issues in one way or another.<br /><br />All books are not Uncle Tom's Cabin, but fiction has a way of presenting issues and influencing the readers.<br />KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-69160637110283111062017-10-28T06:39:14.825-04:002017-10-28T06:39:14.825-04:00Welcome to the darker side of the mystery/suspense...Welcome to the darker side of the mystery/suspense/thriller spectrum, Kait.<br /><br />It's not that my stories avoid social issues, but I tend to focus more on financial crimes (an under-reported problem in the U.S.) and familial relationships. Social issues are present, but more in the background.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com