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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
A. A. Milne
Fathers' Day Revisited
Over the weekend we saw several movies (or parts of movies) on cable that had to do with father-son relationships: The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Yearling, I Never Sang For My Father. Although they were all old movies, the message was still there. Father-son relationships are often strained.
In Eddies Father, the dad and little boy were having a hard time adjusting to the death of the mother. It was a comedy in part, but a sadly serious setting. Ron Howard as a little tyke was as cute as they come. This was in his pre-Opie days.
In The Yearling, the father and son got along fine until the father told the son to he had shot his pet deer because the deer was eating their crops. That brought tears in our house.
I Never Sang was the most serious and psychological of the three plots. The father was an opinionated and self-absorbed old bully. The adult son who graciously took the overbearing father's criticism was and always had been seething inside at the same time trying win his father's love. It is another oldie but goodie, and well worth seeing if you haven't seen the play or the movie. Read the book.
Opinion
In mystery/thrillers of today there are shootings and car chases almost constantly and in movies the action is accompanied by a extra louid sound track. The question is, is there room for relationship issues in mysteries and thrillers? In your opinion does that distract from the "whodunit" appeal of the mystery or the "what is going to happen" of the thriller? Do you want your detective to have a romance or hate his mother? Let's hear your opinion in the comment section below. You can also sign up for the Newsletter in the same space.
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Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.
A. A. Milne
Fathers' Day Revisited
Over the weekend we saw several movies (or parts of movies) on cable that had to do with father-son relationships: The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Yearling, I Never Sang For My Father. Although they were all old movies, the message was still there. Father-son relationships are often strained.
In Eddies Father, the dad and little boy were having a hard time adjusting to the death of the mother. It was a comedy in part, but a sadly serious setting. Ron Howard as a little tyke was as cute as they come. This was in his pre-Opie days.
In The Yearling, the father and son got along fine until the father told the son to he had shot his pet deer because the deer was eating their crops. That brought tears in our house.
I Never Sang was the most serious and psychological of the three plots. The father was an opinionated and self-absorbed old bully. The adult son who graciously took the overbearing father's criticism was and always had been seething inside at the same time trying win his father's love. It is another oldie but goodie, and well worth seeing if you haven't seen the play or the movie. Read the book.
Opinion
In mystery/thrillers of today there are shootings and car chases almost constantly and in movies the action is accompanied by a extra louid sound track. The question is, is there room for relationship issues in mysteries and thrillers? In your opinion does that distract from the "whodunit" appeal of the mystery or the "what is going to happen" of the thriller? Do you want your detective to have a romance or hate his mother? Let's hear your opinion in the comment section below. You can also sign up for the Newsletter in the same space.
Promotion
Be sure to take advantage of Koehler Books promotion for selling all Koehler eBooks for $5 each for the entire month of June. Murder in the Rockies is included and it is A Good Price for a Great Book!