tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-847974343100499783.post2876519791713251591..comments2023-05-12T11:35:09.502-04:00Comments on The Second Sentence: Outside the DefinitionsElisabeth Grace Foleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-847974343100499783.post-74937063216960218402011-01-13T23:53:04.607-05:002011-01-13T23:53:04.607-05:00Interesting post. I'm writing an historical th...Interesting post. I'm writing an historical that is set in Wyoming 1880s. That pretty much makes it a Western, to lot of people, but that's not what I set out to write. I see it as no different to the stories I've written set in 19th century New Zealand. The setting is just different: flora, fauna, geography and the social, political environment. <br /><br />Lonesome Dove would be up there with 'great books' of American Literature, wouldn't it? He won a Pulitzer with it. <br /><br />A who-dunnit set in the West would be great, Elisabeth. I hope you give it a go sometime.J.T. Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18042422842347246547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-847974343100499783.post-84594963874219411602011-01-13T10:47:10.672-05:002011-01-13T10:47:10.672-05:00Thanks for thinking of me - I'll have to look ...Thanks for thinking of me - I'll have to look it up.Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-847974343100499783.post-404644177386653052011-01-12T22:26:47.129-05:002011-01-12T22:26:47.129-05:00I have a book for you to add to your list. It'...I have a book for you to add to your list. It's a Christmas book, but I just finished it yesterday (I am behind in my reading.) "Merry Merry Ghost" by Carolyn Hart is the book. It's a contemporary mystery set in Oklahoma. Your post on westerns made me want to tell you about it. I've never been a western fan, but I liked this book. I suppose the fact that it is set in present times made it more palatable for me, but you might like the western elements.Smart Asshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09954010233116933321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-847974343100499783.post-19899252161210971872011-01-10T22:19:43.279-05:002011-01-10T22:19:43.279-05:00W. C. Tuttle was writing mysteries set in the Old ...W. C. Tuttle was writing mysteries set in the Old West. You may have seen the review I did last week of THICKER THAN WATER. If I were writing fiction these days, I'd be tempted to try it, too.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-847974343100499783.post-73291538056444439292011-01-10T21:59:29.526-05:002011-01-10T21:59:29.526-05:00I read Wheeler's interview at Writers of the W...I read Wheeler's interview at Writers of the West, and I particularly liked his last piece of advice - to write all different types of stories set in the West rather than 'westerns.' One thing I've always wanted to try is a traditional whodunit murder-mystery set in the old West.Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-847974343100499783.post-90360968220075543012011-01-10T21:16:35.201-05:002011-01-10T21:16:35.201-05:00Very well said. Richard Wheeler over at Curmudgeon...Very well said. Richard Wheeler over at Curmudgeon's Diary has been discussing this matter. He is both a historical and western writer.<br /><br />Gene Rhodes, 75 years ago, made a distinction between "western stories" and "westerns," that is stories written to formula. He dismissed the latter as uniformly trashy. TRUE GRIT is very much an example of the former. So is LONESOME DOVE. I'm hoping for a resurgence of western stories either in print or on screen.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.com