tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post2828361514332521763..comments2024-03-25T14:36:16.797-04:00Comments on The Crime Writers' Chronicle: Are You Willing to Murder Someone?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-21635232607067571862014-10-22T16:55:39.155-04:002014-10-22T16:55:39.155-04:00Thank you for your visit here, Annamaria. I find t...Thank you for your visit here, Annamaria. I find the older I get the less of blood and gore and horrid crimes I wish to read. In fact, in my advanced age I'm enjoying best - crime novels with a healthy romance! T. StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-42007503710926406822014-10-22T11:34:06.054-04:002014-10-22T11:34:06.054-04:00This is a wonderful post, Thelma. Such an importa...This is a wonderful post, Thelma. Such an important subject. I have to admit, though I read The Silence of the Lambs and am glad I did, I do not, cannot ordinary bring myself to, read serial killer stories. I love mysteries, but not gore. And I especially abhor violence against women. I am not a cozy fan, but not a blood and guts fan either. The fiction is next to impossible for me. I am sure the truth would be nauseating. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-45887284724404679882014-10-20T16:01:53.124-04:002014-10-20T16:01:53.124-04:00Actually, Mike and Kate, my understanding from the...Actually, Mike and Kate, my understanding from the news re the bastard's book... was - not that he really hoped to get $$$ ... but he really looked for the satisfactions of the attention that he wd get! I wd imagine the DeSales professor wd have an understanding with her employers that she wd not be allowed to make bucks from the project - she was probably in it for the kudos on her C.V. But, then, I am only guessing. Kate is proably correct - there are certainly laws against financial profit for this sort of thing... I'll ask Andy Peck - he'd know. tstrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-31237192536305115392014-10-20T12:18:09.436-04:002014-10-20T12:18:09.436-04:00Thanks for your astute comments, Kaye. I agree ---...Thanks for your astute comments, Kaye. I agree --- there are places I too will not go... T. StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-68363076910097785472014-10-20T12:16:41.793-04:002014-10-20T12:16:41.793-04:00Thanks for dropping by, Marilyn. I agree with you!...Thanks for dropping by, Marilyn. I agree with you! T. StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-19449087963940731812014-10-20T09:45:03.411-04:002014-10-20T09:45:03.411-04:00I agree about the BTK book. (And no, Rader will no...I agree about the BTK book. (And no, Rader will not profit from this.) I remember hearing John Jefferson, half of the Jefferson Bass writing team, talk about how disturbed he got when doing research for a serial killer book. I do think there's a fine line that every mystery writer has to draw for himself. There are places I will not go. I started to read the terrific book about the ATF agent who infiltrated the notorious Mongols motorcycle gang, but as I started seeing what was happening to him, I had to draw back. I skipped to the end and may never read the middle. I do want to write about the dark places in our souls, but some souls are too dark to go into very far! For my books, just let them do their dastardly deeds, give chase, and get caught. Leave me out of your black soul.Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-48606540160828786832014-10-20T08:36:32.859-04:002014-10-20T08:36:32.859-04:00That was my understanding, too, about the law proh...That was my understanding, too, about the law prohibiting anyone from profiting by his own crimes. Didn't it have something to do with Son of Sam and his plans to write a book?Kate Gallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107289413804236810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-16217602273250146402014-10-20T07:53:45.021-04:002014-10-20T07:53:45.021-04:00Thank you, Mike, for stopping by and your comments...Thank you, Mike, for stopping by and your comments. T. StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-87872139954895320902014-10-20T07:48:19.120-04:002014-10-20T07:48:19.120-04:00If "BTK" gets to publish and profit from...If "BTK" gets to publish and profit from his book, it will be a crime in itself, but one at least partially committed by the people who buy it. How can someone who valued human life not at all claim to want to help anyone understand anything about killers? He's not doing us a social service, and neither is his collaborator. And if he describes his killings in the book, I would call that pornography. While readers of murder mysteries may at some times get a pleasurable frisson of terror at descriptions of killing, the extraordinarily graphic stuff is way too much for me, and when it is about real people who got killed, it is obscene. While killers may fascinate us with their "otherness," we should not make them celebrities. <br />Mike WelchMike Welchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-84326459919650213322014-10-19T19:20:27.394-04:002014-10-19T19:20:27.394-04:00It came from the U.K.It came from the U.K.Kate Gallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06107289413804236810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-20559263009271375772014-10-19T17:38:59.997-04:002014-10-19T17:38:59.997-04:00Yes, Sheila, good point. And the people who've...Yes, Sheila, good point. And the people who've made a life study of these psychotics know they will do anything to get attention - this is what the crazed ones thrive on. tstrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-81784470386967292342014-10-19T17:14:41.257-04:002014-10-19T17:14:41.257-04:00This certainly got me thinking. Margaret is probab...This certainly got me thinking. Margaret is probably on to something, that the book will give the killer a chance to relive crimes and get considerable attention. <br />Will it help law enforcement? I've often wondered "How many serial killers are caught by profiling?" Or are they caught because a cop found a body in the bed of the pickup trunk during a routine traffic stop? Sheila Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580800243505309470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-73656085860050689372014-10-19T14:20:50.200-04:002014-10-19T14:20:50.200-04:00Thanks for your stopping by, Barbara. Actually, so...Thanks for your stopping by, Barbara. Actually, some of the best fiction and most highly paid today is found in novels that are both romance and murder!!! ThelmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-28494653699452399112014-10-19T13:53:13.635-04:002014-10-19T13:53:13.635-04:00Thelma, Thanks for this thought provoking post. ...Thelma, Thanks for this thought provoking post. I haven't written a murder mystery and I'm not sure I could. However, I've dabbled with the idea of including a stalker or psychopath in some of my work. Can research really put one in the criminal mind? As usual you've given me something to think about. <br />Barbara BentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-82302715418289337672014-10-19T08:24:35.491-04:002014-10-19T08:24:35.491-04:00Many thanks to our brilliant Blog Administrator, K...Many thanks to our brilliant Blog Administrator, Kate Gallison, , for this picture to illustrate my blog today! Kate, when in the world did you take this picture of me????? T. Straw Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-36475285564116115992014-10-19T08:21:21.728-04:002014-10-19T08:21:21.728-04:00Terrific commentary, Margaret. You sound like a Pr...Terrific commentary, Margaret. You sound like a Professor at the John Jay College! T. StrawAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794927480752850942.post-73467840563823097962014-10-19T08:05:01.198-04:002014-10-19T08:05:01.198-04:00I think this is creepy, too. What strikes me is th...I think this is creepy, too. What strikes me is that writing this book with a forensic psychology professor will give BTK a legitimate opportunity to relive, minute by minute, all of the horror he produced as he digs around in his demented mind and shares it with a professional. Will this mean that all serial killers are the same? Do they use the same methods? Reasoning? Stalking? Do they all have the same delight in gore and torture? Will he reveal how he could have been stopped? I suppose a book like that could make for some interesting reading. But you won't catch me reading it in the middle of the night when I find that I just cannot fall asleep. No, I don't think my door would ever be locked tight enough against what I might learn lurked in this guys mind. margaret mendelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11740288445705959918noreply@blogger.com