tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post733176486331023310..comments2024-03-29T06:00:12.823-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Tasha Alexander, Not at all Dangerous to Know!Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-50489959850420632382010-10-28T13:57:00.207-04:002010-10-28T13:57:00.207-04:00Hi Tasha,
Great interview! All things that I woul...Hi Tasha,<br /><br />Great interview! All things that I would have loved to ask you during the lunch we shared at the last Bouchercon, if I wasnt having so much fun chatting with everyone. I discovered Emily in Only to Deceive and have enjoyed her growth ever since. I look forward to reading about her new adventure.<br /><br />LynnLynn Sheenehttp://www.lynnsheene.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-60838148655139034092010-10-28T10:13:06.383-04:002010-10-28T10:13:06.383-04:00Melissa, great to meet you! I remember going throu...Melissa, great to meet you! I remember going through every Agatha Christie.....Tasha Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850540427161315450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16156621195985802632010-10-28T09:41:41.118-04:002010-10-28T09:41:41.118-04:00I think it is great you ladies introduce other wri...I think it is great you ladies introduce other writers and their work.<br /><br />Hello Tasha. I am also a Midwestern and confirmed Anglophile. I started reading Agatha Christie's books when I was a teenager.Melissa Robbinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8127829034352880912010-10-27T16:11:53.908-04:002010-10-27T16:11:53.908-04:00Rebbie, thank you! I hope you like it!
Rhys, I wo...Rebbie, thank you! I hope you like it!<br /><br />Rhys, I would enter a contest to win paper dolls....<br /><br />Jan, I read that article and am very glad to be in good company when it comes to writing sloppy first drafts!Tasha Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850540427161315450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24154572132653609762010-10-27T13:12:23.885-04:002010-10-27T13:12:23.885-04:00Hi Tasha,
Welcome to Jungle Red. I had the same r...Hi Tasha,<br />Welcome to Jungle Red. I had the same reaction to Pride and Prejudice, which I've read about five times.<br /><br />Just came back from England where they were reporting NEW research showing that Jane Austen was an incredibly sloppy writer with all sorts of mispellings and grammatical errors in the original P&P.<br /><br />As a fellow sloppy first drafter, that info made me love Jane Austen and P&P all the more.Jan Broganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11323983086318138814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72593319691242063822010-10-27T12:00:26.661-04:002010-10-27T12:00:26.661-04:00You guys have given me a brilliant idea--how about...You guys have given me a brilliant idea--how about paper dolls of our heroines as a give-away?<br />Isn't it interesting that we all liked paper dolls. An attempt to control a big frightening universe, Roberta would probably explain. Bring it down to our size so that we can manipulate it.Rhys Bowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06663634889908752121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-194730938149706222010-10-27T10:53:06.921-04:002010-10-27T10:53:06.921-04:00Paper dolls! Gosh, I haven't thought about tha...Paper dolls! Gosh, I haven't thought about that in years, but I was a fanatic with them! I'd use about anything I could find to make their houses--including the living room pillows for walls! I guess all of us started as kids with our storytelling.<br />Great interview, Tasha! I'll be downloading your book to Kindle today. Thanks again, JR, for another wonderful author profile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-6523004112497143662010-10-27T10:33:32.014-04:002010-10-27T10:33:32.014-04:00Awww, Hank! That's so sweet! I love that other...Awww, Hank! That's so sweet! I love that other people remember the moment. Boy it was a good one--and even better with so many sharing in it! <br /><br />I'm kinda missing my paper dolls now. Maybe we should make them for our books.<br /><br />And I very much like the idea of being Rhys's long-lost sister!Tasha Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850540427161315450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-9880257043033491592010-10-27T09:53:31.266-04:002010-10-27T09:53:31.266-04:00Hey, Tasha! So lovely to see you..I have a great p...Hey, Tasha! So lovely to see you..I have a great pal who was there "that night in Baltimore" and her face still glows when she remembers it. Apparently it was quite a moment. And it's such fun to see you both so happy. <br /><br />ANd I have a great photo of you two at Murder 203 that I keep forgetting to send you...its on my list now!<br /><br />And hey--me, too, on paper dolls. So funny. I didn't make them, but I loved playing with them. The cutting out of the clothes was my favorite, and then I would trace the shapes and design new clothes. MUCH better than real dolls. Robeta, I agree, you may be on to something.<br /><br />Congratulations, Tasha! (And wouldn't it be fun if you actually were Rhys' long lost sister?)Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63235617121424100582010-10-27T09:20:44.961-04:002010-10-27T09:20:44.961-04:00Aw, Judy, thanks! I'll be crossing fingers you...Aw, Judy, thanks! I'll be crossing fingers you like it....<br /><br />It's great to see you here!Tasha Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850540427161315450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87900683642986164812010-10-27T09:19:38.124-04:002010-10-27T09:19:38.124-04:00Carrie, you'd like the moors.
Hallie, you cou...Carrie, you'd like the moors.<br /><br />Hallie, you couldn't be more right about rereading. It's the ultimate comfort food--especially when it's P&P. There's real genius in writing a story that stands up to multiple readings. Even though we know the end, we are DESPERATE to see it all work out. <br /><br />Do you notice, though, that what you take from the book changes depending on what stage you're at while (re)reading? My views now are much different than they were when I first read P&P. And they changed again when I was in college, etc. etc.Tasha Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850540427161315450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-14975051703561379802010-10-27T09:17:10.458-04:002010-10-27T09:17:10.458-04:00Hey Tasha, It's so great to see you over here!...Hey Tasha, It's so great to see you over here! You know how much I love your books (and I've turned on family and friends to your books . . . they're so jealous that I "actually know a real writer").<br /><br />Can't wait to read this lastest -- your books make me feel like I I'm visiting with a dear friend way "back in the day" (as my kids would say).Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65890911654166891642010-10-27T09:11:34.580-04:002010-10-27T09:11:34.580-04:00Oh, gosh, I remember reading Pride & Prejudice...Oh, gosh, I remember reading Pride & Prejudice the first time...and the second...and the third. Rereading is like eating your favorite comfort food. You can relish all the misadventure because you know it will all work out in the end, and because JA is so witty. <br /><br />You MADE your paper dolls? You, too, Roberta? I got them whenever I was sick and cut them out...maybe that's why I'm smitten with Project Runway.<br /><br />Congratulations on the book, Tashs, and your marriage to the very handsome, talented (and lucky in love) Andrew Grant.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17739114707005778412010-10-27T09:08:34.690-04:002010-10-27T09:08:34.690-04:00I absolutely love this:
The wonderful thing about...I absolutely love this:<br /><br />The wonderful thing about having a foot in each culture is gaining new appreciation for them both--the drawback is it's much more difficult to romanticize either place. That said, Andrew playing Heathcliff and stalking across the moors is a sight to behold.<br /><br />Great interview! I was lucky enough to read an early version of Dangerous to Know but am eager to break open the REAL book and read it all again.Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13362619843764311181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-16756604837102729982010-10-27T08:55:51.000-04:002010-10-27T08:55:51.000-04:00Thanks so much for having me!!!
As for Emily and ...Thanks so much for having me!!!<br /><br />As for Emily and mystery & mayhem...Initially, she's drawn to detection because she learns her first husband's death wasn't due to natural causes as she'd been led to believe. During her subsequent investigation, she realizes she has an affinity for the work, and comes to like it. <br /><br />She's primarily an amateur sleuth, but as the series progresses, she marries again, and her new husband is an agent for the crown. His work puts them in the path of more mystery and mayhem, and allows her to partner with him when circumstances require it. On the one hand, I didn't want her to become "officially" employed, but on the other, I didn't want to kill off her entire circle in order to give her more cases to investigate. This strategy gives me a happy medium.<br /><br />Roberta, I think you're on to something with the writer/paper doll connection....Tasha Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01850540427161315450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17637881423410890632010-10-27T08:12:33.345-04:002010-10-27T08:12:33.345-04:00Tasha, we're so glad to have you here! That wa...Tasha, we're so glad to have you here! That was a wonderful interview ladies...I was big on paper dolls too. Doesn't it make sense that would be a good background for a writer--we were working on our characters way back then.<br /><br />Tasha, I love your description of how your character grows and changes--how does mystery and mayhem figure into her life?Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.com