 Mystery: February 13, 2008 Issue [#2225] |
  Mystery
This week: Edited by: Tehanu  
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"The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery."
Francis Bacon
"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving."
Lao Tzu (570-490 B.C.)
"To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it."
Mother Teresa
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A few years ago I was feeling pretty feverish. I had not written in awhile; words merely chittered at me as I attempted to lead them to paper. I tried visiting the library, observing others in restaurants, talking with friends and family - but I was unable to turn my ideas into paragraphs. I realized that if I wanted to keep the spark of writing inside of me alight, I needed to find other authors who were looking for inspiration and fellowship.
Finding Writing.com was like finding a willing flock of pigeons when I needed to send out cryptic, pertinent messages. What intrigued me the most, at first, were the Interactives, because these stories depend, typically, on multiple writers. (I did not learn about Campfires until later.) Did you know that ANYONE can add a chapter to an Interactive? I still find Interactives to be a fun, easy way to brainstorm or to flex my writing skills.
I believe that Interactives are best (and by that I mean easiest and most fun) for three particlar genres: action/adventure, fantasy, and mystery. Think about it - the design of the story itself allows for twists and turns (choices in chapters) and surprise authors who can be anonymous.
So, for all of you writers out there, I challenge you to check out a mystery Interactive. Help out another author by reviewing one or adding a chapter. Help yourself by charging your creative cells and enjoying a story in progress.
Mysterious fact: Black and grey cases are most likely to add chapters to Interactives. Kudos to you! Yellows and up, I think you are missing out on some fun. Just try and prove me wrong.
Those who e-mail me and produce a link to a chapter they have added to a mystery Interactive between now and February 29th, will be rewarded with GPs. I look forward to reading more mysteries from my WDC friends and I plan to play detective a bit myself. See you around! |
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Feedback from last month's query, should Mary Stewart be considered a Mystery author?
Arthur :
Having read the Hollow Hills ( I have a hard cover first edition in my collection), I totally agree with you as far as her being over-looked, but I would consider her more of a mystery/historical/romance writer as she blends all of these very well in her writing.
Many thanks for bringing her to others attention.
I am glad you know of her and have enjoyed her Merlin stories. 
lulubelle:
I've never read a Mary Stewart book before. But this newsletter made me want to read one. The one that sounds the most interesting is "This Rough Magic". Maybe I'll look for it. Thanks for the newsletter, I enjoyed reading it.
Ashton Rose
I hope you pick up the book. I enjoy your feedback, so let me know what you think of it, if you get to read it. 
B.L. Tucker :
Love Mary Stewart. I have a number of her books and I read them over again. My Brother Michael and Madam, Will You Talk and two other excellent choices.
Do you know, I have never read, Madam, Will You Talk?. It is next on MY list. 
Maretta :
I am obsssed with the mystery genre. If you like Mary Stewart you will aso love Daphne Dumaurier who write of Cornwall in Rebecca, Jamaica Inn and other books.
Other favorites are Deborah Crombie's. They are a series and you get caught up in their cases and their relationship.
Martha Grimes, another favvrite, names each of her mysteries after an English pub.
P.D.James is great. Her older ones are a little more interesting but she is in her upper eighties now and a "Dame" to boot.
Perhaps, my favorite is Elizabeth George. She's not even English but she knows England and its people. If I had never read her books I would sigh with pleasure and start on her first "A Great Deliverance."
Maretta
Ah, I have read DuMaurier as well. Rebecca is pretty intense in spots and proves to me that true suspense and horror are often spawned through a character's imagination, rather than through gruesome scenes. Thanks for your thorough feedback! |
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