Welcome aboard Clair. You've got quite a collection of
stories over there. In regards to brevity, you do yourself an
injustice. Flash fiction is a tough form to be successful
in.
Write on!
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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Clair Dickson"
<socalledauthor@...> wrote:
>
> Been lurking a while, probably will lurk more than
post as I'm not as
> well-read as most of the posters. I have a good
excuse though-- I'm
> young.
>
> I love Raymond Chandler and he's the main reason I
got into
> hardboiled and/or crime noir writing. In fact, I use
"The Big Sleep"
> and "Lady in the Lake" in classes I teach. I'm an
alternative/adult
> high school teacher of English and History, and have
been since I
> finally got Eastern Michigan U. to release it's hold
on my wallet and
> let me graduate.
>
> As a lurker and fan of hardboiled crime noir, I'm
finding my
> membership in this group to be exceptionally
educational. I only
> wish I had more time to spend reading even just some
of the books and
> authors recommended and discussed. Since I like to
think I write
> something akin to hardboiled crime noir, I think
anything I learn can
> only improve my writing.
>
> I'm a big fan of hardboiled chicks, but find so few
of them in
> writing. I'm still on my quest to find a modern
female version of
> Phillip Marlowe (more or less, as there really is
only one Phillip
> Marlowe.) I haven't found this leading dame, yet,
but I have written
> a number of stories with my own female lead. She's
Bo Fexler-- a
> sexy, smart, modern private eye with cell phone,
internet and music
> by Garbage. I'll put a shameless plug for my
site
> www.bofexler.blogspot.com and encourage any
interested readers that
> way. I have links to most of Bo's thirty-some
published stories.
>
> That's me in a nut shell. A large nut shell, since
I'm not real good
> at brevity.
>
> Signed--
> Clair Dickson
>
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