tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post6640281460986126372..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Top Suspense Group: Dave Zeltserman Dying MemoriesEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-35387140577298309122011-08-01T14:53:55.495-07:002011-08-01T14:53:55.495-07:00Dear Ed:
I'ved tried sending you an email wit...Dear Ed:<br /><br />I'ved tried sending you an email with information about my soon to be published biography of Dennis Hopper, but whether it is sent from yahoo or gmail, the delivery fails. Here is the error message gmail sent:<br /><br />Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:<br /><br /> ed@newimprovedgorman.com<br /><br />Technical details of permanent failure:<br />Google tried to deliver your message, but it was rejected by the recipient domain. We recommend contacting the other email provider for further information about the cause of this error. The error that the other server returned was: 550 550 #5.1.0 Address rejected ed@newimprovedgorman.com (state 14)Peter L. Winklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16005846686173676213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-84867949955692239922011-08-01T10:15:57.462-07:002011-08-01T10:15:57.462-07:00This is from a short excerpt from the Maltese Falc...This is from a short excerpt from the Maltese Falcon:<br /><br />"But mightn't he?" she insisted.<br /><br />"There's always a chance." Spade nodded judicially. "But you can trust us to take care of that."<br /><br />"I do trust you," she said earnestly, "but I want you to know that he's a dangerous man. I honestly don't think he'd stop at any-thing. I don't believe he'd hesitate to—to kill Corinne if he thought it would save him. Mightn't he do that?"<br /><br />I've read a lot of Elmore Leonard. I like him, but I like Hammett more, who at times relied on these "crutches", as do other writers I respect. What it comes down to is that writers need to trust their instincts and their ear, and they need to listen to the rhythm of what they're writing. That there are no absolutes, that every situation is different. There are times when my prose is Leonard-like sparse, and other times when it isn't--it depends on the situation, as well as the genre. I'm not writing this to be argumentative or defensive, but so that newer writers who stumble on this realize you can't jump to a knee jerk reaction as to what constitutes good writing. What works for one writer doesn't necessarily work for another, at least not in every situation. The same is true for readers.Dave Zeltsermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007736514118297783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-91701184833903839932011-08-01T07:36:58.405-07:002011-08-01T07:36:58.405-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dave Zeltsermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007736514118297783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-38958941482174687892011-08-01T07:01:30.821-07:002011-08-01T07:01:30.821-07:00It would benefit Mr. Zeltzerman to give close stud...It would benefit Mr. Zeltzerman to give close study to Elmore Leonard. Mr. Leonard's dialog is true to life, and doesn't resort to crutches, such as he lied, or he said patiently, or he insisted weakly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com