tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8614678339845585772..comments2024-03-29T02:43:11.575-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: True Crime, Jungle Red StyleJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51598369721252837892010-11-10T10:40:15.020-05:002010-11-10T10:40:15.020-05:00My first Sid Chance mystery, The Surest Poison, wa...My first Sid Chance mystery, <i>The Surest Poison</i>, was based on a real case a PI friend of mine investigated around Jackson, TN a few years ago. I took the basics of the case, moved it close to Nashville, and added a few murders my friend didn't have to contend with. Made a good toxic pollution story and a good mystery for Sid to solve.Chester Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07155257451021065218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54212410701179205412010-11-09T13:17:22.097-05:002010-11-09T13:17:22.097-05:00Silver,
I agree, but that much of what we write ne...Silver,<br />I agree, but that much of what we write necessarily comes from eality, but the only problem with reality is that sometimes you have to tone it down for it to be believeable in fiction.<br /><br />Strange, but true. <br /><br />okay, my security word is Oveness -- doesn't that sound like it should be a cooking critique word -- as in the bread had a lovely oveness about it.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62361717008376437512010-11-09T10:20:32.505-05:002010-11-09T10:20:32.505-05:00Well, I did include in Speaking of Murder an incid...Well, I did include in Speaking of Murder an incident that really happened to me that seemed too strange even for fiction, but it wasn't a crime. But that's another blog topic (already covered here, I think).<br /><br />EdithEdith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35241096786927687692010-11-09T10:16:36.484-05:002010-11-09T10:16:36.484-05:00Given my background, I can't help but draw on ...Given my background, I can't help but draw on experience when I use crimes in my books. Sometimes I draw on the personality of a criminal involved in a real life crime, sometimes the events, and always the investigative techniques. I've been "up close and personal" on a few head-line making crimes but I tend to shy away from those for some weird reason. <br /><br />I do believe that anyone who writes "reality" draws from real life to provide realism. Heh! Did that make sense? Crime mysteries and thrillers should be grounded in fact of some sort to be believable. Getting forensics or investigative techniques wrong is worse than waving a red flag. Those HAVE to be right. Using real situations also gives the author (and thus the reader) a certain amount of credibility because their fictional situation *feels* real.<br /><br />Okay...I'm stopping now. LOL. I hate the time change and I obviously haven't had enough coffee. Back to work on my crime. My heroine is trapped in a burning house at the moment. <i>*bwahaha*</i>Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21280899486814419352010-11-09T10:05:21.907-05:002010-11-09T10:05:21.907-05:00Ricky, what a terrific idea. SO you put those stor...Ricky, what a terrific idea. SO you put those stories together and..hmm. Brilliant.<br /><br />Edith, just wait. Hallie calls a file like that a "compost" pile..I have one, too. And it's so interesting--soon, all those stories will come together to create something very new!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18128842819752046572010-11-09T09:36:54.231-05:002010-11-09T09:36:54.231-05:00Sonny Boy Williamson I and Little Walter Jacobs we...Sonny Boy Williamson I and Little Walter Jacobs were two legendary blues harmonica players murdered in Chicago--1948 & 1968. They provided a jumping off point for my crime novel, RIVER BOTTOM BLUES, involving the serial killing of blues harmonica musicians.Ricky Bushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861574330175082978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37158600725323195512010-11-09T08:39:44.815-05:002010-11-09T08:39:44.815-05:00I have a few good real crimes in my file, but thei...I have a few good real crimes in my file, but their sparks haven't made it into a book yet. Considering that I've only written 1.5 books, I guess I still have time. Characteristics of real (nasty) people? Absolutely!<br /><br />Edith<br />http://edithmaxwell.blogspot.com/Edith Maxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388006370860482509noreply@blogger.com