tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post1942947797970682014..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Why didn't I think of that?Linda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-27738587655012651402008-01-17T20:32:00.000-05:002008-01-17T20:32:00.000-05:00Well, I knew I read it SOMEWHERE!Good interview, K...Well, I knew I read it SOMEWHERE!<BR/><BR/>Good interview, Keith. And I bought the book and it's right there on the shelf, waiting to be reading after I'm done reading Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs.<BR/><BR/>And ya know, I wish I'd thought of the idea, too.<BR/><BR/>Maybe if someone cloned a Neanderthal...Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-85206485199350743412008-01-17T18:46:00.000-05:002008-01-17T18:46:00.000-05:00Great post, Joe. BTW, Mark Terry, did you notice ...Great post, Joe. <BR/><BR/>BTW, Mark Terry, did you notice who did that interview of Douglas Preston? See http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2008/01/religion-science-clash-in-blasphemy.html.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-82894230729175744882008-01-17T14:47:00.000-05:002008-01-17T14:47:00.000-05:00“So, Joe... Beatles or Rolling Stones?”Beatles, of...“So, Joe... Beatles or Rolling Stones?”<BR/><BR/>Beatles, of course!<BR/><BR/>Mark, you’re right about there being other Jesus-cloning books out there. Interestingly, Lynn first pitched the premise of THE GRAIL CONSPIRACY to our local critique group 14 years ago after reading an article called “Crusade’s End?” in a 1994 issue of Discover magazine. She, and later the two of us, did nothing more than talk about the idea until we got serious and started outlining our story (then called Corpus Christi) in 1999. And the rest, as they say, is fiction. :-)Joe Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028401465567502250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-37005562615200025642008-01-17T14:05:00.000-05:002008-01-17T14:05:00.000-05:00Oh, and a postscript here. I recently read an inte...Oh, and a postscript here. I recently read an interview with Douglas Preston and the interviewer asked him if there was any book he wished he'd written. He said, Yes, "Jurassic Park." Preston used to work at the NY Museum of Natural History, he was around dinosaurs all the time, he wrote a book about it called "Dinosaurs in the Attic," and he'd even (like me, as it turned out) read the original article about pulling boll weevil DNA out of amber that sparked the dinosaur cloning idea for Michael Crichton. It just never occurred to him at the time.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes it's just a confluence of events that sparks inspiration.Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-91797602622322070442008-01-17T14:02:00.000-05:002008-01-17T14:02:00.000-05:00So, Joe... Beatles or Rolling Stones?Oh never mind...So, Joe... Beatles or Rolling Stones?<BR/><BR/>Oh never mind. I can already guess.<BR/><BR/>A few years back I was contemplating writing a biotech thriller. (I'm not making this up). Cloning was in the news, I had a background in biology and genetics, why not write a tech thriller about cloning. So I started sifting through ideas of who a great person to clone would be. I knew Hitler had been done so well by Ira Levin. And I thought, Ah-ha! How about a clone of Jesus!<BR/><BR/>Well, it had already been done. (By someone else than you and Lynne, by the way, which is to suggest that there's more than one way to clone a deity, or skin a cat, or...)<BR/><BR/>I still think there's a real blockbuster cloning idea out there. Sometimes I just need to sit back and sift through ideas...Mark Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410424046477699059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-15341194913270878802008-01-17T12:22:00.000-05:002008-01-17T12:22:00.000-05:00Joe, great post and I completely agree with you an...Joe, great post and I completely agree with you and Nina about why kids are so creative. They are not "tainted" by presumptions and prerequisites. They are simply thinking freely without constraints. <BR/><BR/>Music has its own complexities because there are so many entities - rhythm, form, composition, lyrics, etc; that all have to work well together. <BR/><BR/>You're right - the Beatles were groundbreaking, original, brilliant and we appreciate them as much today as "Yesterday." I'm thrilled that newer generations still appreciate what they have to offer.Felicia Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03556232226152556397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-12016258674780726692008-01-17T10:23:00.000-05:002008-01-17T10:23:00.000-05:00Nina, you're right about approaching creativity fr...Nina, you're right about approaching creativity from the eyes of a child. It goes along with keeping it simple. Children don't think in a complex manner when solving or inventing. As adults, and certainly as writers, it's easy to lose that child-like spark of genius.Joe Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028401465567502250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-33125675036552658362008-01-17T10:08:00.000-05:002008-01-17T10:08:00.000-05:00Joe--I think you got the three-part formula just r...Joe--I think you got the three-part formula just right. I've been visiting schools to promote literacy and my books. Every time I hold a brainstorming session with kids, their unfettered energy, simple solutions, and "outside-the-box" thinking leave me breathless and delighted. I think the Beatles and all other creative geniuses hold on to more than a little childlike wonder as they grow into adults. <BR/><BR/>If I had to narrow it to a single quality, I'd say that the ability to draw connections where others can't see them is what true art--and genius--is all about. <BR/><BR/>NinaNina Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951320004034298217noreply@blogger.com