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Updated: March 11, 1999
 # A U T H O R S C A F E - I N T E R V I E W S R I C H A R D M O N T A N A R I
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#AuthorsCafe Interview with Richard Montanari <Fawnn> Allow me to welcome you all to the VERY FIRST OFFICIAL UNDERNET AUTHOR CHAT session. Our distinguished (or so he tells me) guest tonight is author Richard Montanari aka MCristo ... author of DEVIANT WAY and the recently-released THE VIOLET HOUR <Fawnn> As our first session, this will be somewhat experimental as far as protocol. For tonight let's try this: <Fawnn> If anyone as a question, type ? in channel. Type ! if you wish to make a comment. (MCristo doesn't have to do that.) Type GA when you're done with your ? or ! to let MCrist know to Go Ahead with his answer. <Fawnn> MCristo: Do you have any comments you'd like to make before I hit you with the first official question? <MCristo> No. Except to say thanks for making me your first. :) <Fawnn> anytime ;) <Fawnn> Your first official question(s): How does it feel to now be a critically-acclaimed author? Any different? <MCristo> Well ... that's a tough one .... <MCristo> My first book got good reviews over all .... <MCristo> I got pasted a few times .... <MCristo> But I have a good agent who reins my stuff in ..... <MCristo> And yeah. It feels good to get good reviews. ga <Fawnn> great! Why don't you start by telling us a little bit about your writing background? Your writing career before these two novels. Whatever you'd like to share about what's brought you this far. GA <MCristo> I was a freelancer in Cleveland for 5 yrs .... <MCristo> Which meant a lot of Ramen noodles .... <Fawnn> lol <MCristo> I really marketed myself .... <MCristo> Actually read the Writers Market <MCristo> Took every single job that came my way <MCristo> Just to get the clip <MCristo> In 5 yrs I sold to more than 75 magazines <MCristo> And still starved .... <MCristo> So ... <katykat> ? <MCristo> I began writing film reviews ... <MCristo> And then decided I could do better. I decided to write a book. GA <Fawnn> katy go ahead with your question <katykat> for the 75 mags was that fiction or nonfiction or both? <MCristo> Almost all non fiction .... <MCristo> Mostly profiles and features .... <MCristo> Lots of essays .... <MCristo> Maybe four or five short story sales .... <katykat> ? <MCristo> But I wrote about everything <MCristo> Recycling .... <MCristo> Epilepsy ... <MCristo> Boxing ... <MCristo> My motto was .... <MCristo> Lemme get back to you ... <MCristo> GA <katykat> do you think writing nonfiction helped or hindered you in your fiction? <MCristo> Helped. Absolutely. It's where I honed my dialogue skills, doing interviews. <MCristo> All my non fic interview stuff had great quotes. i would quote people *exactly* the way they sounded. Drove editors nuts. GA <Fawnn> Would you give us an idea as to which market accepted which style of writing. Essays to ? etc. Any lessons you learned about "effective" queries. Whatever you'd like to share ... since you've been there! GA <MCristo> Okay ... <MCristo> You have to get your hands on the mag you want to sell to .... <MCristo> Okay ... it really helps ... but you don't HAVE to .... <MCristo> I've sold one essay a half dozen times by changing the title, the lead, the slant .... <MCristo> Pay attention to word limits ... <MCristo> As for queries .... <MCristo> In non fic, stress your expertise ... why YOU should write this piece .... <MCristo> In long fiction, you have to go for the throat in a query .... <MCristo> Your lead graph should be as hot as your lead graph in your book ... <MCristo> Be confident .... <MCristo> but not arrogant <MCristo> And DO NOT tell an editor he's never seen anything like your book <MCristo> he has <MCristo> GA <Redox> ? <Fawnn> any other questions? If not, I'll throw out a few more of mine> <Fawnn> Redox go ahead <Redox> What's your educational background, MC? Anything writing related, like journalism? <MCristo> Liberal Arts ... some creative writing ... never trained as a journalist .... <MCristo> I think I arrived at this because I've always been a storyteller ... <MCristo> Style arrives ... but it is the need to tell a story that drives the writer I think <MCristo> I've always been a film buff .... <MCristo> The self-contained two hour story has always fascinated me ... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> Regarding your novels: Do you ever find it disconcerting to get into the mind of your killer so you can write about him? GA <Fawnn> or her? ;) GA <MCristo> As spooky as it may sound .... no. <MCristo> Now ... getting into my FEMALE killer's head ... that was scary. * MCristo ducks <Fawnn> LOL <terryk> ? <Lurquer> LOL <Fawnn> terryk go ahead <MCristo> Yeah. I've creeped myself out a few times. GA <terryk> Two questions: first, what pushed you to decide to write full-time, and 2, is there anything, in retrospect, you'd do differently? <Lurquer> ? <MCristo> What pushed me to go freelance fulltime or novel writing? GA <terryk> Either or both. :) <MCristo> Freelance full time was fueled by arrogance and stupidity... <MCristo> I thought I was gonna write for GQ right out of the box .... <MCristo> Hah! <MCristo> So ... <MCristo> I learned how to get up in the morning and write queries .... <MCristo> Novel writing full time was easier .... <MCristo> They gave me a nice contract .... <MCristo> And eighteen-month deadlines ... <MCristo> Bum city around here ... :) <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> Lurq ga w/your ? <Lurquer> MC, Before you started writing, was there any specific book you have read that really motivated you to write? That fueled your desire, for whatever reason? <MCristo> No one book ... <Lurquer> (or author) <Katerin> ? <MCristo> We had no A/C when i was growing up .... <MCristo> So I'd go to the library in summer ... <MCristo> I got swept away by the great storytellers ... <MCristo> More recently ... Thomas Harris, Jim Thompson, Shane Stevens, others ... <MCristo> I like my fiction dark .... GA <Fawnn> Katerin go ahead with your question <Katerin> Hope I'm not repeating anyone...! But I was wondering if your editor ever asked you to cut out something that was particularly graphic or grisly? Or do you stray from that kind of writing? <MCristo> Stray? <MCristo> I LIVE for it. :)) <Fawnn> LOL <MCristo> Just once. But I intend to use it in the future ..... <Katerin> Hehehe <MCristo> My editors have been a deviant lot :)) <MCristo> GA <Katerin> ? ...followup ;) <Redox> ? <Fawnn> I've noticed you've depicted truly awful characters w/o much use of profanity. Like current trends. Any comment on that? GA <MCristo> Well ... <MCristo> I've just finished a cop novel ... <MCristo> And they sure do swear .... <MCristo> But THE VIOLET HOUR is about academia .... <Fawnn> (cops *are* different) ;) <MCristo> Its excesses ... <MCristo> So i guess they find more erudite forms of expression :) <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> Katerin go ahead with your ? <Katerin> This ties in a bit from your other answer above...but have you ever read something you wrote, sat back, and was absolutely digusted that you could write something so...violent? <Katerin> (just trying to get some vindication for my own internal struggles ;)) <MCristo> Well ... I wouldn't say disgusted .... <MCristo> Shocked maybe .... <MCristo> But I've tried to balance it with innocence .... <MCristo> Reviewers have said TVH pulls this off ... i was pleased to hear it .... <MCristo> But I've yet to gross myself out .... working on it in the new book though. GA <Fawnn> Redox GA with your ? <Katerin> (LOL) <Redox> Everyone wants their work to be appreciated. Do you have any unpleasant suprises planned for the odd critic who may have savaged you in a review? ;) <Lurquer> ? <MCristo> I would refer Redox to a short story in The Blue Rose Bouquet called "Gourmets" <MCristo> In which a hack critic is turned into pate <MCristo> :) <MCristo> Nah ... I looooooooove critics. <Redox> Ah, yes. ;) <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> Lurquer GA with your ? <Lurquer> MC, I have spoken with many authors whose fan mail is.. questionable (ranging from hate mail to worship letters from inmates.) Have you received any fan mail that is off-the-wall and/or absurd? <Fawnn> (and LOL re that short story) <MCristo> There's other types???? <Katerin> LOL <Fawnn> LOL <MCristo> Yeah. <Lurquer> hehehe <MCristo> You publish a book with "deviant" in the title .... <MCristo> you ask for it <Lurquer> LOL <Fawnn> (Fawnn stalks him) ;) <Emeric> LOL <Lurquer> (any examples?) <MCristo> Nothing (too) threatening though .... <MCristo> Mostly amusing ... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> Can you fill us in on the steps that led to those 18-month deadlines novel contracts? GA <MCristo> Example? <Fawnn> oops ... examples first ;) <MCristo> Okay .... <MCristo> One said ... <MCristo> Simply .... <MCristo> "You smell like butter." <MCristo> :) <Emeric> LOLOL <Fawnn> LOL <MCristo> I swear. <Lurquer> was it signed Barbra Streisand, by any chance? <Katerin> ROTFL <boise> Hello, strangers! :) <Redox> Why does that make my stomach churn? ;) <MCristo> hehe <MCristo> Promise? <terryk> ? <MCristo> Okay ... <MCristo> To Fawnn's ? <MCristo> When you sign a two book contract they give you general deadlines .... <MCristo> Most big houses want thrillers out every eighteen months .... <MCristo> Mysteries every year .... <MCristo> Thrillers are beach reads .... <MCristo> So it's tricky ... <MCristo> Penguin UK is pubbing THE VIOLET HOUR this Christmas .... <MCristo> Which is a first for me .... <MCristo> Up against the "big" books <MCristo> Unrealistic deadlines .... <MCristo> produce rough first drafts .... <MCristo> Good editors know this <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> terryk GA with your ? <boise> ? <Fawnn> boise GA with your ? <Fawnn> we'll get back to terryk <terryk> ok. Thanks. Kids. <boise> been out of this for a while. what is a beach read? <MCristo> A beach read is essentially a commercial novel .... <MCristo> Mystery/Suspense/Crime/Thriller .... <MCristo> That is somewhat less taxing than Tolstoy ... <boise> k, thanks. :0 <MCristo> Something you can knock off on a week's vacation ... GA <Fawnn> terryk are you ready? <boise> vacation? sez you, MCristo. :) <terryk> With Violet Hour out and doing well, what's next on tap for you? <MCristo> I've just finished LIBERTINE ... the sequel to my first book .... <MCristo> I have publicity for TVH all summer .... <MCristo> I told myself I wouldn't start a new book but I did .... <MCristo> So i guess I'm hooked ... <MCristo> But I want to squeeze in a screenplay soon GA <Fawnn> Did you write any novels that didn't sell before DEVIANT WAY? GA <MCristo> No ... DW was my first ... GA <boise> ? <Fawnn> Anything exciting, out of the ordinary, on that publicity for TVH? GA <MCristo> Dunno ... haven't gotten the itinerary yet .... <Fawnn> boise GA with your ? <MCristo> But I want to go back to the one bookstore that had White Zinfandel and a kiwi torte .... <MCristo> GA <boise> I've been writing for the Web. Mucho writing and some very original stuff. What are the chances of getting published in print afterwards? <InkSlingr> ? <Fawnn> (neat re the refreshments! and Congrats!!! <btw> on selling DW -- your first novel) <MCristo> Hmmm .... not sure ... if you put a copyright notice on your web work, you are not offering it as public domain .... <boise> ... do web publishing count towards credits... GA <sbreeze> what is GA and TVH? <MCristo> THE CELESTINE PROPHECY was self pubbed before Warners got it .... <MCristo> So there is print life after self publication .... <boise> can I continue on this thought? <Fawnn> The Chicago columnists "Vonnugut" speech got published by Reader's Digest this June. That was all over the Web. GA boise <MCristo> As to whether e-zines are clips ... I just can't say .... <MCristo> GA <katykat> ! <Fawnn> katykat GA <katykat> I can answer that...it's been an ongoing discussion on a mag writer's list I'm on....ezine clips can be used if they're from a paying market <boise> not neccesarily self pub. selling to others too. But if I say... I've published a cookbooks, 75 articles on the web on travel... etc., etc, will a publisher look at those credits? <MCristo> I guess the inference in "paying market" means the piece went through the editing process .... <katykat> yes I think they will, boise <MCristo> If you say you had a piece in GQ .... <MCristo> It says, to your new editor, you are capable of writing for that level of scrutiny .... <boise> k, thanks. GA <MCristo> If I publish me on my own website, it doesn't have that validity. Unfortunate, but true. <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> I got my first paying magazine sale based on a piece that was PUBLISHED in a 20-person circulation newsletter. (And I was the editor of the nl.) There are always exceptions. ;) Any other questions? <Fawnn> I'll ask one then: <Fawnn> For those of you who haven’t read the (amazing! Fascinating! Awesome! Great read! Page-turner! Thrilling thriller!) THE VIOLET HOUR, one character is a "Cleveland" freelance writer named Nicky. MC: I’ve gotta know! Is Nicky ever get his laptop paid off? GA <Fawnn> ;) <MCristo> Stay tuned .... <Emeric> LOL <MsSmith> Just a comment. Congratulations on your success, MCristo. <Fawnn> lol okay ... methinks he's gonna succeed ; ) <MCristo> All is revealed in the sequel ... <Fawnn> ahhhhhhhhh <MCristo> The .... um .... THE PURPLE DAY <MCristo> :) <Fawnn> neat! <MCristo> Nicky's gonna be okay .... <MCristo> He's got cool hair .... <Fawnn> Of course ;) <boise> No questions, but I want to say, MCristo, you're one of my fav heros. :) <Fawnn> Our hour is up. Do you want to continue, MCristo? <MCristo> Sure ... i got a few .... <MCristo> and thx boise :) <Redox> ? <Fawnn> REdox GA <Redox> Is a publicity tour really the grind that it's reported to be? GA <MCristo> I've never been on a long tour .... <InkSlingr> ? <MCristo> But they probably can be .... <MCristo> I've done 5 cities and they were fun ... <MCristo> I love hotel breakfast ... <MCristo> So much fun ... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> InkSlingr GA <InkSlingr> curious about your beginnings...... early jobs, education, etc <Emeric> Ink: I'll paste that to you... it's been answered already :) <terryk> ? <Fawnn> tk GA <MCristo> Lots of jobs ... sold men's and women's clothes ... worked construction .... cleaned (hoy!) kennels .... <MCristo> My weekly film columns taught me deadlines and being clever on command .... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> tk GA (now) ;) <terryk> In spite of the jokes and light-heartedness, we all know that writing is grueling... <terryk> that there's down times to balance the good. What keeps you going? <terryk> What do you find for you in it? <terryk> (ga) <MCristo> What keeps me going is .... <sbreeze> ? <MCristo> The feeling I get when a simple paragraph works .... <MCristo> When someone says "You scared me." Or ... "You made me cry." <MCristo> That's plenty ... <MCristo> The bucks ain't bad either ... :) <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> sbreeze GA w/your ? <sbreeze> MCristo, who arranges ur publicity tours, the publisher or your agent? <terryk> Yeah, it is. :) You do a great job of it. <MCristo> The tours are usually for a specific book, so it's usually the publisher .... <MCristo> But an agent can lobby for certain markets .... <MCristo> GA <sbreeze> thanks <Fawnn> My ! is: you do an excellent job of conveying the vulnerability a parent feels about protecting his or her child!!! GA <MCristo> thx ... It come from years of threatening children <MCristo> kidding <Fawnn> lol <MCristo> GA <Redox> LOL <Redox> ? <Fawnn> As your first novel sale, were you able to sell DW on proposal? Or did you go through the query/synopsis/sample chapters route once your book was already written? How did your success happen? GA <boise> LOL <MCristo> I got my agent interested in a few pages .... <MCristo> She asked me for the rest so I wrote it .... <MCristo> By the time it was ready she had started a mini buzz ... <MCristo> She knew who to send it to .... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> Congrats on that!!! ... Redox GA w/your ? <Redox> How do you deal with people who think that you *must* be as depraved as the people you write about? I've heard of Soap Opera actresses being berated in public by fans who are so reality-deprived that they think the villain really pushed the poor crippled girl in front of the train. GA <MCristo> I push them in front trains. <MCristo> Simple. <Fawnn> LOL!!!!!!! <Redox> LOL!! <MCristo> When folks meet me in person .... <MCristo> They know I'm a softie .... <boise> a man after my own heart stab. :) ! <MCristo> :)) <MCristo> Read "Zapestry" in the (ahem) June ish of Blue Rose <boise> ? <MCristo> I'm pegged forever with that essay .... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> June issue will be up SOON! <Fawnn> boise GA <Fawnn> (domain problems; we got our work done ... waiting for them!) <Fawnn> boise GA w/your ? <boise> When I write fiction, even when I have that paragraph that really gets it across, I often feel so inadequate in my writing. I think most do. How do you deal with that. (If indeed, you have those feeling. :) <MCristo> Let me answer that this way .... <MCristo> I am rewriting the ending of my new book .... <MCristo> I sat down at my computer this past Friday at noon .... <MCristo> I wrote my first word about three hours ago .... <MCristo> Okay? <boise> yep. :) <MCristo> What's that .... 50 hours? <Fawnn> You hit walls, too? <MCristo> So ... <MCristo> I think that confidence thing comes and goes .... <Fawnn> (not literally ... the marathon runner-kinda walls) ;) <MCristo> The market will, eventually, tell you if it's good ... GA <Fawnn> Follow up to my earlier question, my next obvious one is: Ahhhhh ... How did you go about getting that agent interested in you in the first place? ;) GA <MCristo> Rufies. <MCristo> kidding <TinaM> lol! <MCristo> She liked my lead I guess ... <boise> ouch. one of my fav writers died in 1894. Never was a success.. lol ! <MCristo> I led her to believe there was more .... <MCristo> The first 3 pages of DEVIANT WAY are intact .... <MCristo> Exactly what i sent her ... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> Those of you who may have missed it. Emeric can send you a bio on MCristo ... <Fawnn> type !MC in channel to receive it. <Fawnn> Also, the first chapter of THE VIOLET HOUR is online at http://members.stratos.net/monty/chapone.htm <Fawnn> Any other questions? <Redox> ? <Fawnn> (paused for a word from our sponsor) ;) <Fawnn> Redox GA w/your ? <Redox> Everyone hears about a terrific book that is ignored for years or doesn't get published until after the author's death. Did you ever have those fears? GA <boise> "The first 3 pages of DEVIANT WAY are intact ...:. That is the sort of thing that is miraculous. The sort of saying I post on my walls. :) ! <MCristo> I'm not sure i understand your ? Redox. Do i fear writing a book that goes unpublished? <Redox> When you were writing your first book, I mean. <boise> any book? ! <MCristo> Oh ... no ... I didn't know nearly enough to be worried about it. <MCristo> I never though of myself as a novelist. <MCristo> Never ocurred to me. <MCristo> GA <terryk> ? <boise> ? <Redox> Oh, hey. The ignorance is bliss thing works for me, too. ;) <Fawnn> terryk go ahead <MCristo> hehe <terryk> Do you feel like a novelist now? :) <MCristo> Yes. <MCristo> :) <MCristo> GA <terryk> Is there anything you'd do differently? In retro? <Fawnn> boise GA w/your ? <Fawnn> oops <boise> My ? is a followup on TK's... <MCristo> Not really .... <MCristo> pretty cool path so far ... <MCristo> GA <boise> GA, TK <terryk> Your turn, boise! <terryk> (I've run out of questions that can pass for intelligent :) ) <boise> k, i sometimes wonder if success is hard to do. Do you worry about it? About being able to continue? <Fawnn> (Is that a requirement, tk?) <boise> lol <MCristo> Sure. Richard Price was asked, after CLOCKERS .... <MCristo> What he would do next ... <MCristo> He said .... <MCristo> "Maybe Broadway ...." <MCristo> "If I can THINK of somethin'" ... <boise> LOL!!!! <MCristo> So ... I think we all worry about running out of ideas .... <MCristo> GA <Redox> hehe <Fawnn> Don't you also worry though about get ALL of your ideas down? GA <boise> ...? <MCristo> Yeah. I'm lousy with notes. <Fawnn> ;) <MCristo> In fact ... <MCristo> I'm just getting the hang of using a microcassette recorder ... <boise> Not worry so much about running out of idea, but running out of "the way" (your personal) way to express them? <MCristo> To catch the brilliant little morsel ... <MCristo> boise: No ... I never shut up ... I live for the new way to express ... <MCristo> I live for the fresh metaphor .... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> boise: did you have another ? ? <MCristo> manicotti, too. <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> lol <boise> nah, i think fresh metaphor captured it. :) <terryk> another ? <Fawnn> Tk GA <terryk> (not guaranteeing the intellgence of it, tho. <g>) <Fawnn> np ;) <MCristo> ditto <terryk> Is there a point where you know for sure a story will or won't work? <terryk> And if so, is it consistant? <terryk> ga <MCristo> Well, the hardest part of writing suspense ... <MCristo> or mysteries ... <MCristo> is not getting everyone into the drawing room at the end .... <MCristo> But getting them there with proper motivation .... <MCristo> So the story always works with me .... <MCristo> It's scenes that don't <boise> (speaking of fresh metaphors.) :) ! <MCristo> I've written three books ... <MCristo> And they've all come out the way i planned .... <MCristo> The routes have changed dramatically however :) <terryk> follow-up? <MCristo> GA <MCristo> sure <terryk> The routing -- that's the part I mean. Can you tell right away when you slip off... <terryk> or do you follow the lemmings off the cliff from time to time and not know it til later? <terryk> ga <MCristo> The more I write ... and the more I work with good editors ... the less I slip off .... <MCristo> But I have been know to wake up on wet sand with some really ugly lemmings .... <MCristo> known <Redox> LOL!!1 <MCristo> I've learned from every editor I've worked with ... <boise> ? <Fawnn> LOL <MCristo> The best ones see the whole book, all the time .... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> boise GA <boise> what makes a good editor? what do they do? what do they tell you? Okay, your've answer part of it... <boise> The best ones see the whole book, all the time... <boise> do you tell them ahead? <MCristo> Plus ... <MCristo> They are very tactful in telling you WHY something isn't working .... <MCristo> When I was forty pages into my first book .... <MCristo> I was lucky enough to talk to a guy named Richard Marek .... <MCristo> Richard Marek edited THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS ... <Fawnn> wow! <MCristo> it was like talking to friggin Moses ... <MCristo> He said ... "Find the Big Idea in your book ... and, with your style, you will be a bestseller." <MCristo> Now ... <MCristo> I obviously haven't forgotten ... <MCristo> So I asked him ... <MCristo> Punk that i was .... <MCristo> "What is the Big Idea in SILENCE ...." <MCristo> he said: <MCristo> "That the hero is a cannibal" <MCristo> That the other guy is worse .... <MCristo> I've looked for the Big idea ever since ... <MCristo> it was a priceless chat ... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> How much did your finished draft of each of your novels differ from the first drafts though? Any estimate on word count changes/rearranges? GA <Fawnn> (Or do yours just flow?) ;) GA <MCristo> DEVIANT WAY had some rewrites in the middle ... <MCristo> I cut 150 pages from THE VIOLET HOUR ... <MCristo> Both books are around 90k .... GA <Fawnn> ouch! that had to HURT <MCristo> yep. <terryk> (circumsized those books, huh <g>) <MCristo> No one wants a 500 page thriller <MCristo> hehe <Fawnn> Do you edit as you write? Reread and do some edits before you begin the next day's work? Describe your "work style," if you would please. GA <MCristo> i write one word at a time and try to leave it there .... <MCristo> Very slow. <MCristo> But it produces second drafts first .... <MCristo> I always go back and read to get going in the morning ... <MCristo> GA <Fawnn> Can you give us an idea of your style of preplanning your novels? You said you see the whole story. Do you storyboard ahead of time? Anything like that? GA <boise> MC, thanks so much. I've wanted to be a professional writer since I was old enough to think what I wanted to be. It's only in the last few years that I've decided I don't have that special "something"... ! <MCristo> boise: I hope your not saying I've encouraged you to quit!!!! <MCristo> :)) <boise> So I want to be an editor.. someone who can help those people with that "special something" say what they want to say... <MCristo> maniac! <MCristo> :) <MCristo> That's great. <boise> No, not at all. I'll never quit writing. :) <MCristo> cool. <MCristo> No ... no storyboard .... <boise> I think so, but there's nothing worse than a bad editor and nothing more valuable to a writer than a good one. :) <MCristo> I just plan who is standing at the end ... what the emotional fallout of the story will be, then work back ... <MCristo> 11 PM! <MCristo> Man do i yap .... <MCristo> :) <Fawnn> But it's GOOD YAP ;) * terryk tosses MC a biscuit :) <TinaM> ? * MCristo snarfles the biscuit <boise> lol, is that a Brit bisquit? <terryk> no, a puppy yap biscuit. <MCristo> that's a bikkie <MCristo> GA Tina <boise> i stand corrected. :) <TinaM> you switch POV frequently do you find it hard to switch back and forth from say being in the villain's mind to being in the detective's mind? <MCristo> Not really ... it depends on the structure .... <MCristo> The challenge comes when .... <MCristo> Your two main POV characters meet ... <MCristo> Who's POV to use? <MCristo> Whodunits make it a little easier .... <MCristo> You use the POV that doesn't give away your bad guy/gal .... <MCristo> GA ... One more, if there is one .... <Redox> Thank you so much for stopping by tonight, MC. <MCristo> Cool .... <MCristo> Sure ... <Fawnn> thinking ... you've been SOOOOOOOO generous with your time tonight, MC!!!! <MCristo> My pleasure ... <terryk> Thanks, MC! It was great. <Fawnn> Ours too!!! We thank you! <TinaM> thanks MC :) <MCristo> Now ... you promised me a book tour with Jewel right? <boise> MC, you chat as wonderfully as you write! :) <MCristo> hehe ... thanks y'all ... <MCristo> write hard! <MCristo> See you online soon .... Copyright © 1998 by Blue Rose Publishing. All Rights Reserved.
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