Patricia Abbott (pattinase): I'm Linked

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

I'm Linked

Now that I've asked Tribe to link me to his blog, I hope I can live up to it.
I'm trying to think of something meaningful to say, trying....trying...
Here's a question. Why didn't the Boulder prosecutors get a DNA sample in Thailand and prevent themselves from looking dumber than ever? I know they claim it was to prevent him from engaging in more pediphilia, but come on.
Reading Pelecanos' The Night Gardener. He does something I rarely do--well, besides writing fantastic novels instead of mediocre stories--he describes his characters physically in great depth. I rarely write physical descriptions, but maybe I should. Perhaps in a 5000 word story, you don't need to.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Don't worry about having anything to say. I've had a blog for two years and can't think of a single important thing I've ever said. Welcome to the cool lunch table.; 12:58 PM
pattinase (abbott) said...: Oh,no. You have a great blog, which is entertaining and honest. I always read it. The romantic life of a twenty-something guy in AA. Who can resist?; 1:56 PM
pattinase (abbott) said...: I'm glad to know that because I hate writing them. I want the character to be just like you imagine him/her.; 4:16 PM
Maria said...: God, physical descriptions. I got hooked on Jonathan Kellerman novels young, too young, so I read them now even though the man Can.Not.Write. It's like that whole thing with William Shatner, where I developed a crush on him as a pre-teen before I had the presense of mind to understand the man cannot act. But whatever.

So Kellerman, every time he introduces a new character, we get two limp paragraphs of hackneyed description and you just want to smack him. Dude, break it up a bit.; 3:49 PM
pattinase (abbott) said...: Shatner did have something once upon a time. So did Tony Curtis, God help me. Now he seems...well, quite different. The falloff of estorgen/testocerone is nasty.; 4:30 PM
Maria said...: Oh, yeah, the Tony Curtis thing. Back in the day... woo.

Have you ever heard Chris do his impression? "Yonder is da cassle of my fadder." *snortgiggles*; 12:45 PM