tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post7087773855343660698..comments2023-12-01T02:19:48.765-08:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Too little too lateEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-30410720104260402802009-02-27T20:20:00.000-08:002009-02-27T20:20:00.000-08:00Oh, bah, Mr. Crider. I've read everything from th...Oh, bah, Mr. Crider. I've read everything from the library you've written so far, and always look for your name on the new book shelf. You, too, Mr. Gorman.<BR/><BR/>What I need to do is quit smoking so I can allocate some money to writers' books. I read three or four a week. It's almost as bad as my other addiction.<BR/><BR/>And I talked a new Kindle owner into buying Small Crimes based on what I've seen here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-28457235793705482502009-02-27T17:52:00.000-08:002009-02-27T17:52:00.000-08:00And speaking of those hardboiled guys, look at wha...And speaking of those hardboiled guys, look at what Stephen Marlowe was doing in his later years. Fine stuff!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-18467805156954315952009-02-26T19:23:00.001-08:002009-02-26T19:23:00.001-08:00BTW I think Vince raises a good point.Rendell's ea...BTW I think Vince raises a good point.Rendell's earlier books were blunter, angrier. Sitting in the House of Lords probably changes your persoective evenif you try to guard against it.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-82995948513055639482009-02-26T19:23:00.000-08:002009-02-26T19:23:00.000-08:00BTW I think Vince raises a good point.Rendell's ea...BTW I think Vince raises a good point.Rendell's earlier books were blunter, angrier. Sitting in the House of Lords probably changes your persoective evenif you try to guard against it.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-79564684620212732152009-02-26T19:19:00.000-08:002009-02-26T19:19:00.000-08:00I'm not suggesting giving it up. If you're a full-...I'm not suggesting giving it up. If you're a full-time professional you have to adjust to the market, no doubt about it. But I think there are ways of doing that while staying more or less true to yourself. Chandler always talked about giving the audence what they wanted and then doing your own work inside the parameters of the story. Within reason of course. There are some genres I'd get lost in and would turn in an empty but hopefully professional job. As I said a few nights ago I have to find the human center no matter what I'm writing. This has applied to my mysteries, sf, fantasy, horror and certainly westerns. As for thre joy, writing's still a joy to me when it's going well--and something less (grumble grumble) when it's not. And I think that's true of all my friends who're in their fifties and sixties. Hell writing's what we were born to do.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-38003463167743459002009-02-26T19:04:00.000-08:002009-02-26T19:04:00.000-08:00I'm not sure that for every PLAYBACK or CONDOMINIU...I'm not sure that for every PLAYBACK or CONDOMINIUM there isn't an OUR LADY OF DARKNESS , or THE BOOK OF SAND,...and there's even a certain pleasure in seeing where, say, Sturgeon was going with GODBODY, even if he didn't get there. Or if MARCO POLO AND THE SLEEPING BEAUTY was no Esterhazy, it was still solid work.<BR/><BR/>Is there stil any joy to your writing? Do you still have an audience? Why quit, unless the answers are essentially no?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-41212558207668588502009-02-26T17:59:00.000-08:002009-02-26T17:59:00.000-08:00Ed, this was one of the finest posts you have ever...Ed, this was one of the finest posts you have ever done, written with tenderness, wisdom and insight.<BR/><BR/>Richard WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-87684116202952037862009-02-26T17:54:00.000-08:002009-02-26T17:54:00.000-08:00The article also raises the possibility that in Re...The article also raises the possibility that in Rendell's case, the issue is class as much as age. Everybody gets older. Not everybody gets rich.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473441336451528462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-81810539185536226422009-02-26T17:52:00.000-08:002009-02-26T17:52:00.000-08:00Ed, I still remember Sinatra singing "Bad, Bad Ler...Ed, I still remember Sinatra singing "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown". I loved Sinatra, but that was just embarrassing.<BR/><BR/>As a newer writer (newer as in finally getting published), what I find daunting is the massive collection of great hardboiled crime fiction dating back to Hammett and Cain. Each decade produced great hardboiled/noir writers, from Hammett, Cain, Latimer, Woolwich, Williams, Brewer, Thompson, Willeford, Marlowe, Spillane, Westlake, Block, etc., how can new writers in the genre get noticed when there 1000s of great hardboiled crime books out there?Dave Zeltsermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04007736514118297783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-53652135212095865072009-02-26T17:15:00.000-08:002009-02-26T17:15:00.000-08:00"Then I think about Tony Bennett. He hung in there..."Then I think about Tony Bennett. He hung in there, and now he's almost as popular as ever. And he's not singing Beatles songs."<BR/><BR/>And if he does it's only because he enjoys it.<BR/><BR/>John McAuleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-23966296500118761512009-02-26T16:09:00.000-08:002009-02-26T16:09:00.000-08:00As a reader I tend to fall away when someone tries...As a reader I tend to fall away when someone tries to be something that they are not. I think it's the job of writers, singers and film makers (just to name three creative types) to stick to what they know and if the bean counters who keep the gates don't get it, tough.... which is easy for me to say, I have a day job.Irenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18078694505194875348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-31953215073407955882009-02-26T15:30:00.000-08:002009-02-26T15:30:00.000-08:00I've thought about this a lot lately. Having fulf...I've thought about this a lot lately. Having fulfilled my most recent contract, I'm trying to decide if I should even bother doing a proposal for another book because I feel like an old poop that the times have passed by. Then I think about Tony Bennett. He hung in there, and now he's almost as popular as ever. And he's not singing Beatles songs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com