tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post540816190051214821..comments2024-03-29T07:15:33.972-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Why I'm Glad My First Book Is An Anthology: a guest blog by Sarah WeinmanJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-27567952900224552712013-08-30T17:43:10.066-04:002013-08-30T17:43:10.066-04:00This sounds utterly fascinating. Thanks!
--Brend...This sounds utterly fascinating. Thanks!<br /><br />--Brenda Perrott WilliamsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-77315923447880461982013-08-30T12:59:34.895-04:002013-08-30T12:59:34.895-04:00I like anthologies and used to buy them. I don...I like anthologies and used to buy them. I don't see many nowadays that I'm interested in. I have a bunch of Charlotte Armstrong's old paperbacks that I got at library book sales and I actually bought one new in trade paperback at a bookstore ten or more years ago. It's called The Balloon Man.Michelle F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12177153343842684190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56061050356775493712013-08-29T15:11:40.661-04:002013-08-29T15:11:40.661-04:00First, thank you all for the kind and wonderful co...First, thank you all for the kind and wonderful comments! Was out signing stock today (with more stores to visit tomorrow, including two brand-new ones in Astoria, Queens) so apologies for the delay in getting back to everybody here.<br /><br />Linda: I would love to see Millar's work back in print. Her literary representatives would love to see more of her work back in print (Stark House Press reissued AN AIR THAT KILLS and DO EVIL IN RETURN as a double trade paperback a few years ago.) My hope is that this anthology will lead publishers to understand there's a market for these women's work, but it takes time.<br /><br />Hank: a good question, and I wonder if it's just a sense of subtlety and clarity that contemporary writers can use as inspiration. I do think that if, say, a book like GONE GIRL was published between WWII and the mid-1970s, it would have been half as long and perhaps, even more shocking and strange. But since it's such a book of the now, it's hard to say.<br /><br />Lucy/Roberta: the essay I wrote for SHOTS Magazine answers your question pretty well. Link here: <br />http://t.co/FhGRYUCg0u<br /><br />I'll be back on later tonight to answer more questions, and tomorrow afternoon as well. Thanks again, Reds!Sarah Weinmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661619408480044050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70151793572243280792013-08-29T13:52:51.380-04:002013-08-29T13:52:51.380-04:00I can't wait to get my hands on this anthology...I can't wait to get my hands on this anthology. I spent lots of time hiding in the stacks in the library reading these authors. (I wasn't old enough to borrow "adult" books.)<br /><br />Sarah, thanks for all the work you did to put the collection together. I hope we do see more of these women back in print because of it.Sofie Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16830230500527705589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20305223662414093132013-08-29T13:04:10.766-04:002013-08-29T13:04:10.766-04:00I wish there were a lot of anthologies like this o...I wish there were a lot of anthologies like this one. Ray Garratyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771800826581349483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-35255079186878000932013-08-29T12:00:03.757-04:002013-08-29T12:00:03.757-04:00Oh my God, Sarah, I'm loving that you are here...Oh my God, Sarah, I'm loving that you are here today. Just the other night I was drinking a few pints with a writer friend -- a male writer friend -- and he was telling me about how great that anthology is. And then, yesterday, I saw someone else talking about it on Facebook. <br /><br />This is just the best. Female-written domestic suspense/crime fiction doesn't get the justice it deserves by the lit-crits. I could go on a soap box, but I won't. I'm sure we're all on the same page. :-)Lisa Alberhttp://lisaalber.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56117264382375961552013-08-29T11:50:55.667-04:002013-08-29T11:50:55.667-04:00Sarah--how lovely to have you here. Welcome to Jun...Sarah--how lovely to have you here. Welcome to Jungle Reds.<br />And I too am intrigued with the category of Domestic Suspense. My mind goes immediately to movies like Gaslight. "No, my dear, it's all in your mind....."<br /><br />And we're waiting for your own signature character to appear!Rhys Bowennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32431305829816594352013-08-29T11:42:52.381-04:002013-08-29T11:42:52.381-04:00Hi Sarah, and thank you for being here! And I lov...Hi Sarah, and thank you for being here! And I love the book. What a fabulous premise, and how satisfying for you to introduce new readers to these wonderful writers. Aren't the covers fantastic, too?<br /><br />Looking forward to more tomorrow!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-67995762965152524642013-08-29T11:39:06.303-04:002013-08-29T11:39:06.303-04:00Welcome, Sarah! I've been eagerly awaiting thi...Welcome, Sarah! I've been eagerly awaiting this book (from following you on Twitter). Some of my favorite writers are represented within it.<br /><br />What do you think it will take to bring the Margaret Millar books back into print? I would so like to see her resurrected. She was one of the best writers out there, and it's almost impossible to find many of her books now.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62466295413537725242013-08-29T10:47:04.295-04:002013-08-29T10:47:04.295-04:00I also miss the blog, Sarah, and thank you for int...I also miss the blog, Sarah, and thank you for introducing me to the new/old writers. Sounds like a good series to me.Jackhttps://notesfromme.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/austin-carr/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29362568479955447172013-08-29T10:16:55.056-04:002013-08-29T10:16:55.056-04:00I, like many other bloggers, can credit Sarah as o...I, like many other bloggers, can credit Sarah as one of the motivating forces behind Meanderings and Muses She kept the bar high and if we happened to find our blog mentioned even ever so briefly in her Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind we took it to mean we were doing it right. I miss that blog something fierce! But. Knowing when it's time to move forward is always a very good, very smart thing and this wonderful anthology is proof of that. Cannot WAIT to read this!Kaye Wilkinson Barley - Meanderings and Museshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486129009717476920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78800865401323313362013-08-29T10:02:09.470-04:002013-08-29T10:02:09.470-04:00And TOMORROW--a fabulous revealing and hilarious i...And TOMORROW--a fabulous revealing and hilarious interview with Sarah--and a special surprise!Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-75065890731432851362013-08-29T10:00:47.566-04:002013-08-29T10:00:47.566-04:00Fabulous, Sarah. And inserting how the advent of e...Fabulous, Sarah. And inserting how the advent of ebooks has changed things..making them always available-- It's a great boon that you've become these writers' historian.<br /><br />Love those covers. <br /><br />I know you're crazed--nothing like a book launch week! But is there something these women have--that we're forgetting/losing/missing in current crime fiction?Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37625114418685500112013-08-29T09:52:06.332-04:002013-08-29T09:52:06.332-04:00Most of the names are unfamiliar to me. The ones I...Most of the names are unfamiliar to me. The ones I recognize are authors I'd love to read again. Thanks, Sarah!<br />Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59418866570518583972013-08-29T08:36:37.560-04:002013-08-29T08:36:37.560-04:00What a good idea, especially to shine a spotlight ...What a good idea, especially to shine a spotlight on barely remembered women writers. I find myself drawn more and more to my the work of women in writing, music, and on-screen entertainment. <br /><br />And I'm thrilled that the Nook version is less than the paperback version. Thank you. <br /><br />I wonder how many of these writers' work I've read in the likes of the Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock digests over the last several decades? <br /><br />Good luck, Sarah! And thanks for doing such great detective work. Karen in Ohionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66527374334868194022013-08-29T08:32:03.968-04:002013-08-29T08:32:03.968-04:00Welcome Sarah.
Confessions of an Idiosyncratic ...Welcome Sarah. <br /><br />Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind was one of the first mystery blogs I remember stumbling upon and I still miss it to this day. But it has been exciting to see how your career has blossomed. <br /> <br />So happy to see you stop by the JRW's to tell us about this new book. My background with short stories from this period is sorely lacking, so I think this will do wonders to show me the history that has led to modern domestic suspense. <br /><br />It's going on the TBR pile.<br />Kristopherhttp://www.bolobooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-21487447379914200012013-08-29T08:29:53.095-04:002013-08-29T08:29:53.095-04:00Ooh -- going to look for this one right now! Yumm...Ooh -- going to look for this one right now! Yummy. <br /><br />You know what would also be great -- a 'coffee table' book of period (noire? I don't really have the terminology down!) covers. The Charlotte Armstrong cover is so reminiscent of the first-release Travis McGee books...<br /><br />My personal fascination is with Leslie Ford and her Colonel Primrose mysteries. I know they are condemned as politically incorrect today, and, today, they are... but surely it denies all progress to pretend the world never was that way. And they are good mystery stories!Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07605406591025175181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11894554321262709962013-08-29T08:25:27.558-04:002013-08-29T08:25:27.558-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kristihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07605406591025175181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-70413652029767398192013-08-29T08:09:41.414-04:002013-08-29T08:09:41.414-04:00Thank you, Sarah, for introducing us (me at least)...Thank you, Sarah, for introducing us (me at least) to these early writers. This will be a fantastic book to explore.Marianne in Mainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-45156758731486892002013-08-29T08:09:21.632-04:002013-08-29T08:09:21.632-04:00Hi sarah, welcome to JRW! Can you tell us a bit ab...Hi sarah, welcome to JRW! Can you tell us a bit about how you chose what and who would go in the book?Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84881927953764379132013-08-29T07:51:27.076-04:002013-08-29T07:51:27.076-04:00Welcome Sarah. I often wonder about the terrific w...Welcome Sarah. I often wonder about the terrific writers that most of us have never heard of. Thanks for shining a spotlight on some of the earliest in our field, looks like a cool book.<br /><br />Joan,<br />When you have a chance please email me at rosemary at rosemaryharris dot com. (I always feel a little silly writing out the url when I plaster my email addy all over, but hey, it's now a habit..)Rosemary Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08033747422699443024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87474191615802757682013-08-29T07:48:45.831-04:002013-08-29T07:48:45.831-04:00I have this book on my shelf... read it and loved ...I have this book on my shelf... read it and loved it! And I love Sarah's notion of "domestic suspense." It's helpful to me, too, since I now have a category for what I write. Sarah discussion of it reminds me of this from Elizabeth George "For the writer who wishes to explore characters, there is nothing so catastrophically catalytic as the intrusion of a crime into an otherwise peaceful landscape."Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48451669368332803722013-08-29T07:45:26.372-04:002013-08-29T07:45:26.372-04:00Thank you for doing this.Thank you for doing this.Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-15167099427143643102013-08-29T05:06:25.096-04:002013-08-29T05:06:25.096-04:00I must admit to not having heard of many of the au...I must admit to not having heard of many of the authors you’ve mentioned, Sarah, and now I am quite intrigued . . . I’m looking forward to reading “Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives” . . . .Joan Emersonnoreply@blogger.com