tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post2239059099209410842..comments2024-03-22T14:20:41.846-05:00Comments on MAKE MINE MYSTERY: Pain, Agony, and Misery by Vivian ZabelMorgan Mandelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-47675033240426414272009-03-05T20:43:00.000-06:002009-03-05T20:43:00.000-06:00Thanks, Dana, I'm sorry I am, too, but things coul...Thanks, Dana, I'm sorry I am, too, but things could be worse. At least my migraines don't hit four times a week or more. There's always some reason to be thankful.Vivian Zabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06129178812565073972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-19938679307095371882009-03-05T20:25:00.000-06:002009-03-05T20:25:00.000-06:00Vivian, I've had chronic migraines all my life and...Vivian, I've had chronic migraines all my life and therefore when a character has a weakness like that, I totally relate and yeah, it does make them more three dimensional. I'm sorry you're in such chronic pain!Dana Fredstihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12802936840624512415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-2899642572112878132009-03-05T19:47:00.000-06:002009-03-05T19:47:00.000-06:00Hi, Lee, thanks for stopping by. Yes, those exampl...Hi, Lee, thanks for stopping by. Yes, those examples of unbelievable real life would be considered too "fake" for fiction. What a shame. They are all interesting.<BR/><BR/>Connie, I'm afraid I would be just like the old woman who knew she had died. <BR/><BR/>Anne, I do believe in using what we experience to make our characters "real."<BR/><BR/>VivianVivian Zabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06129178812565073972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-50938573818422095682009-03-05T17:40:00.000-06:002009-03-05T17:40:00.000-06:00Well, Vivian, that's making lemonade with life's l...Well, Vivian, that's making lemonade with life's lemons! Taking something so painful and debilitating and mining story enrichment from it! It's a great thought and thanks for sharing it with us.<BR/><BR/>Anne<BR/>http://beacon-street.blogspot.comPam Riplinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13727387457891576143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-75031589718359218622009-03-05T17:19:00.000-06:002009-03-05T17:19:00.000-06:00Morgan - Here's an FYI for you. I was in a shootou...Morgan - Here's an FYI for you. I was in a shootout with a bank robber a few years ago, and I shot him five times. Each time I shot the robber he fell. But he immediately stood back up and started shooting again. Four of those rounds hit him in the chest, nearly dead center, and one in the side of the head. After the last bullet hit him he started running. He did eventually die, but not before I tackled and handcuffed him.<BR/><BR/>If I'd read that story in a book I wouldn't have believed it.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and there's the guy who was shot 33 times and still continued to walk toward officers. <BR/><BR/>One more - I was stabbed twice one night while attempting to arrest a guy. I still managed to handcuff him and his partner, a big man who tried to free his buddy by hitting me in the head with a board during the scuffle.<BR/><BR/>Now, if they'd tossed a spider on me I might not have fared as well...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-66710205410439039982009-03-05T16:05:00.000-06:002009-03-05T16:05:00.000-06:00Vivian, I totally relate to what you say about pai...Vivian, I totally relate to what you say about pain since I have the same conditions as you and am never free from pain either. I think I would wonder if I'd died if I woke up without pain too! I don't write mysteries, but the pain certainly influences my writing. Your writing about a character who is experiencing pain is something the reader can almost feel themselves.Connie Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06264510809220669622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-69196602954787282372009-03-05T15:39:00.000-06:002009-03-05T15:39:00.000-06:00Yes, prescription drugs can be used wrongly or mis...Yes, prescription drugs can be used wrongly or misused, but sometimes they are necessary for people to manage to live.<BR/><BR/>But my protagonist fights using pain meds, and one of his coping methods was to go online to a game site -- where he met Midnight.Vivian Zabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06129178812565073972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-86469456525498203432009-03-05T12:51:00.000-06:002009-03-05T12:51:00.000-06:00Prescription drugs is the theme that runs through ...Prescription drugs is the theme that runs through my soon-to-be-released novel, Diary of Murder. Most prescriptions are deadly if not carefully monitored and can certainly be used as murder weapons, which my book trailer points out: http://myblogtour.blogspot.com/2009/02/diary-of-murder.htmlJean Henry Meadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146960738692672013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041804343600978883.post-65658504354403539312009-03-05T06:13:00.000-06:002009-03-05T06:13:00.000-06:00Good advice. I love those books or TV shows where ...Good advice. I love those books or TV shows where people got shot or in fights and then bounce back as if nothing happened. Very unrealistic. <BR/><BR/>Morgan Mandel<BR/>http://morganmandel.blogspot.comMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.com