tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post9198551904220869293..comments2024-03-18T22:27:20.948-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Sunny Places For Shady PeopleOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-10969913233451868622009-12-02T18:58:43.078-05:002009-12-02T18:58:43.078-05:00Oh, yeah, I do get around. Thanks to the miracles ...Oh, yeah, I do get around. Thanks to the miracles of Internet technology and Google maps, I can travel (virtually) virtually anywhere in the world. During a long career as a long-haul truck driver, I spent many years living out of a suitcase; now, the comforts of home are particularly appealing, and I don't have to endure the tedious horrors of airport security.<br /><br />Your desert thriller is a novel just begging to be written. Few male writers do a credible job of writing from the female POV, but I have complete confidence that you are one who can. I look forward to seeing how you handle it, both in <i>The Rocks</i> and in the story as yet unwritten.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974356693812650266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-23304964285205203542009-12-01T19:34:42.480-05:002009-12-01T19:34:42.480-05:00Hi, Phil --
You really do get around, don't y...Hi, Phil --<br /><br />You really do get around, don't you? I was eating lunch in Bliss when an idea came to me about a young woman on the run across the big blister of the American desert, and by the time I'd driven 100 miles I had the first act, complete with secondary characters. I actually bought a hand-held digital recorder so I could dictate ideas as they came to me while driving.<br /><br />We shall see. So many possible stories, so little time. What I love about it is that I'd be writing from a woman's point of view, which I did for the first time ever in the middle section of THE ROCKS. It was exhilarating. So maybe . . .Tim Hallinanhttp://www.timothyhallinan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-12159885120942166012009-12-01T16:32:39.125-05:002009-12-01T16:32:39.125-05:00Hi, Tim,
Of course you don't get a lot of smi...Hi, Tim,<br /><br />Of course you don't get a lot of smiles from cops; a perpetual scowl seems to be a universal job requirement. <br /><br />You make Bangkok sound like the best and the worst of all possible worlds--something you also made abundantly redundantly clear in the photo presentation you gave on your <i>Breathing Water</i> book tour. It's enough to make me wish my Marine reserve unit had been mobilized during the Viet Nam conflict; at least it would have put me in the neighborhood.<br /><br />A thriller set in Bliss, Arizona? That piques my curiosity, so it might be a good call. How about a thriller in which Simeon Grist meets Poke Rafferty? Now that would be the best of all possible worlds. (Sigh)Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09974356693812650266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-41512526093430418422009-12-01T13:33:59.672-05:002009-12-01T13:33:59.672-05:00Thanks, Stan, thanks, Susie --
Bangkok is changin...Thanks, Stan, thanks, Susie --<br /><br />Bangkok is changing so fast you can almost see it, but the constants remain -- poverty for many and riches for a very few, the smell of amazing food everywhere, and the Thai alchemy of turning miserable circumstances into beautiful smiles.<br /><br />Except the cops. You don't get a lot of smiles from the cops.Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-87921479808820416762009-12-01T12:03:18.736-05:002009-12-01T12:03:18.736-05:00Hi Tim,
Stories from Bangkok are new to me.
I en...Hi Tim,<br /><br />Stories from Bangkok are new to me.<br /><br />I enjoyed reading your article and look forward to more.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />SusieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-35543885905239453332009-12-01T10:48:56.179-05:002009-12-01T10:48:56.179-05:00Tim:
I was in Bangkok many years ago - 20 at leas...Tim:<br /><br />I was in Bangkok many years ago - 20 at least - and found it an amazing amalgam. Modern chaos side by side with the most serene temples; some of the most beautiful women in the world and so many women old before their time; and what seemed like happiness so widespread. I had a wonderful time.<br />StanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com