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death and the lit chick by g. m. malliet bears an uncanny resemblance to my own eloquent corpse. i suppose any mystery about a writer's conference, especially if it is a traditional, agatha christie-type murder mystery, is going to use some of the same tropes and same jokes. this means that my interest in the novel has more to do with malliet's use of the materials available than it does with her characterizations, plot, etc. the one thing she did that i didn't and should've, would've, could've is to give the reader a few writers' conversations about their craft. one subject of conversation close to my heart has to do with the well-circulated idea of when (in the novel) the murder has to take place. 'a corpse has to be found at page 57, 70 at the outside', says one of the characters (not a direct quote). someone else says 'within the first five pages. otherwise the readers loose interest.' the answer to that remark is 'are they suffering from attention deficit disorder or what?' i have had it so drilled into me that the murder has to occur in the first few pages or the potential PUBLISHER won't read any farther that i just spent a month writing three different beginnings (10-15 page beginnings) to my newest, that eloquent young man in order to move the murder closer to the beginning. i hope that i've chosen the best one to keep. too late now for more major changes. i hope any submissions person who ever receives it will appreciate the work. |
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