Ed Lynskey's Blog: Cracked Rearview Mirror - Posts Tagged "mob"

It's such a handy curse word--F*CK--to grab while speaking or writing. As a writer of noir and hardboiled fiction, I'm as guilty as anybody for using the F-bomb. For the past couple of weeks, though, I've been working on my second cozy mystery (hey, the first was one of my bestselling titles). Now cozies, as a rule, don't use swear words. So, I cleaned up my fictional prose. Here's the thing I've noticed: I haven't missed my old F-friend, at all. I'm not sure what this means except to say it's been a challenge has been to create suspense and emphasis without resorting to the F-word. I just realized it this morning when I began to work and thought I'd blog a few words about it here with you.

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Ask the Dice (Newest Stand Alone Washington, D.C. Crime Noir)



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Those historical junctures hit us with such powerful emotions so as to embed themselves forever in our minds. The biggest recent occasion might be 9/11 (9/11/01). I've read different accounts of what people were doing then. One lady was nursing her baby. Most of us on EST were probably getting ready for work or our day. I was sitting at my PC writing (what else?) when my wife told me to come to the TV. Her voice used a gruff edge so I knew something big was up.

No doubt Hurricane Katrina (8/29/05) slamming The Big Easy was also a monumental event. The death of Bin Laden (5/2/11) might also count as one. The moon landing lies within my memory (7/21/69) as well as the JFK assassination (11/22/63). I recall my grandparents telling about what they were doing the day World War Two ended. That event has to be larger than anything I'll ever experience in my lifetime.

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Ask the Dice (Newest Stand Alone Washington, D.C. Crime Noir)



The Zinc Zoo (Newest P.I. Frank Johnson Mystery)

Ron Brown at Crime Fiction Lover:
http://www.crimefictionlover.com/2011...

Ricky Ward at Ric's Reviews:
http://ricsreviews.blogspot.com/2011/...

By Ed Lynskey
Twitter: @edlynskey
Ask the Dice (Newest Stand Alone Washington, D.C. Crime Noir)