tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post5183977122947916425..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Extreme CharactersLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-26594348182323635022009-02-23T18:04:00.000-05:002009-02-23T18:04:00.000-05:00Congrats, Cricket, on your new book!As for protago...Congrats, Cricket, on your new book!<BR/><BR/>As for protagonists, I get letters all the time from readers saying they love my Odelia Grey character because she's so much like them and they can relate to her. <BR/><BR/>Hooray for the ordinary who rise to become extraordinary!Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-17967510222468147702009-02-23T14:12:00.000-05:002009-02-23T14:12:00.000-05:00Cricket, Congrats on the book being out! And even...Cricket, Congrats on the book being out! And even more on the next one. Terrific.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-91458298007350651752009-02-23T12:59:00.000-05:002009-02-23T12:59:00.000-05:00Congratulations on Spin a Wicked Web's being out (...Congratulations on Spin a Wicked Web's being out (wicked title, by the way). And on the 4th book (also love that title).<BR/><BR/>I stayed up to watch the Oscars, which is rare. I thought the show moved along at a nice pace - the critics didn't seem to like the dance numbers much but I did. (People dancing up and down stairs--how do they do it, without even looking down?) <BR/><BR/>Steve Martin was great with "Sarah Palin." <BR/><BR/>I picked most of the winners, too (I did want Meryl Streep to win for her scary nun role, but Blanchette seemed to be hands-down favorite).G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-41249655487600246462009-02-23T11:49:00.000-05:002009-02-23T11:49:00.000-05:00That post has me smiling, Cricket. I don't know if...That post has me smiling, Cricket. I don't know if it's because of its meth-addict rambling or because I followed every lick of it.<BR/><BR/>First, yay that your next book is already out! That is such an exciting time. I haven't had a book out since last June and I'm nostalgic for the rush, which I won't have again until September. Congrats also on signing up for a fourth in the series.<BR/><BR/>As to extreme characters, I much prefer an ordinary character who rises to extreme challenges, and I think it takes more skill to write that character and keep her interesting. Finding the superhero within is harder than strapping a cape on the person to begin with.<BR/><BR/>p.s. I'm a Star Trek: Next Generation gal. Is it because all the characters were mundane? Even the mind-reading counselor Deanna Troi was pretty blue-collar: "I sense you're sad," she'd say to the crying Klingon.Jessica Loureyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11157662092822156124noreply@blogger.com