tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post7441833896283602415..comments2024-03-28T14:33:26.011-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Is it a crime...to read and write crime fiction?Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-43729297282172995522011-09-13T23:30:07.595-04:002011-09-13T23:30:07.595-04:00Good one, Deb!Good one, Deb!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29877175335793257492011-09-13T17:34:55.043-04:002011-09-13T17:34:55.043-04:00Good one, Deb!Good one, Deb!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-31867289222834444772011-09-13T13:06:40.538-04:002011-09-13T13:06:40.538-04:00Not only do the bad guys not know, but 99% of the ...Not only do the bad guys not know, but 99% of the criminally inclined probably don't READ.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11071023264943102072011-09-13T12:41:21.821-04:002011-09-13T12:41:21.821-04:00So glad crime fiction chose you Julia! And Hank, I...So glad crime fiction chose you Julia! And Hank, I'm going to remember that next time someone asks: The bad guys already know...Lucy Burdettehttp://www.lucyburdette.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50348770958627367032011-09-13T12:09:09.287-04:002011-09-13T12:09:09.287-04:00It's a crime that I missed adding to this disc...It's a crime that I missed adding to this discussion before it went live! (Ba DUMP bah!)<br /><br />My 2 cents: Crime fiction chose me, not the other way around. I was trying to write a science fiction novel. It turned into a whodunnit on a space station. The throughline of a story had nothing to do with any of the things SF explores - it could just of well have been set in a small Adirondack town, with a police chief instead of the chief of security and a brand-new priest instead of a social worker helping displaced aliens.<br /><br />So I wrote that novel instead. <br /><br />I'm not sure why I write crime fiction. I just know that whenever I start daydreaming about a story, bodies start popping up.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09553268569509053159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-784987124400270052011-09-13T09:27:39.818-04:002011-09-13T09:27:39.818-04:00I'm quite up front about saying to people I wr...I'm quite up front about saying to people I write and read crime fiction because I like knowing everything will turn out all right in the end. Even if it's not a traditional happy ending, there will be justice. I like the reassurance of that, given how chaotic, frustrating, and unexplainable reality is sometimes.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01033264133869966636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47563157895919784062011-09-13T09:21:14.510-04:002011-09-13T09:21:14.510-04:00OH, please. I sometimes get criticized about news ...OH, please. I sometimes get criticized about news stories we do: people say--you're going to give the bad guys ideas.<br />I'm here to tell you--the bad guys already know.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66853313549283384262011-09-13T08:44:26.081-04:002011-09-13T08:44:26.081-04:00I so agree, Darlene - a radio interviewer once ask...I so agree, Darlene - a radio interviewer once asked me if I thought all the bad things in the world happened because (we) crime fiction writers put them in our novels. IF ONLY real events turned out like they do in a mystery novel...Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47517278124324247712011-09-13T07:46:00.810-04:002011-09-13T07:46:00.810-04:00I write about crime because I like being able to c...I write about crime because I like being able to control the outcome--the good guys win and the bad guys are punished. In the real world that doesn't always happenSofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.com