tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post1899380985097760128..comments2024-01-12T03:31:15.527-05:00Comments on Craftie Ladies of Suspense: ChangesPamela Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834270662017246137noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-80893235430473202442010-07-13T17:01:07.181-04:002010-07-13T17:01:07.181-04:00Hi Everyone!
Great topic, Margaret. I pulled out ...Hi Everyone!<br />Great topic, Margaret. I pulled out an old--never to be published--manuscript and had to chuckle. No cell phone. No internet. Proves how long I was writing before I sold!<br /><br />I love Harlan Coben, Ramona. HOLD TIGHT is on my To Be Read pile. I think I'll move it to the top.<br /><br />Leann, I loved Russian spy books and hated to see all that end when the wall came down. (However, I was thrilled to see the wall down, mind you.) Some how I can't get into the Middle Eastern villain/terroist's mind. With the local news about the Soviet spies in the US, we'll be seeing those old Russian/USSR villain's return. Tell us more about your story!Debby Giustihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463321611980242375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-78015938491248332212010-07-13T17:00:47.708-04:002010-07-13T17:00:47.708-04:00I've used go-phones so they can't be trace...I've used go-phones so they can't be traced, but I think even that is changing. I've used GPS a lot. Now they have these nifty things like sunshades that have cameras and computer chips and spy pens--or have those been around, too? I'm usually so behind on this stuff. We are all a part of Google-Earth. I saw my house on there when my husband found it on the computer. Creepy.Lenorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201614257423264316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-13881910172104440752010-07-13T00:40:57.150-04:002010-07-13T00:40:57.150-04:00LeAnn,
How cool. What are you calling it?LeAnn, <br /> How cool. What are you calling it?Pamela Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834270662017246137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-24186580640760285682010-07-12T23:58:45.790-04:002010-07-12T23:58:45.790-04:00Well, Pam, you have to account for the spy working...Well, Pam, you have to account for the spy working independently. If they weren't paid, they probably sold their services to the highest bidder. I do have a book about that very thing. I'm praying it sells.Leann Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10840850473156676151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-10503374015667260052010-07-12T15:01:11.513-04:002010-07-12T15:01:11.513-04:00Technology is so hard to keep up with. Something i...Technology is so hard to keep up with. Something is changing all the time. Which means we authors have to make sure we do our homework when it comes to including it in our books. But I love research, so don't really mind it. I've done the tracking the cell phone, pulling the battery out so it can't be tracked, forgetting the cell phone, losing the cell phone, using the cell phone to set off a bomb, etc. I'm at a loss where to go next with the cell phone! LOL. Thanks Margaret!Lynette Easonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296886159998143298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-67187213414729435472010-07-12T14:04:08.167-04:002010-07-12T14:04:08.167-04:00Oh, Leann, I want to hear more abouy the changed p...Oh, Leann, I want to hear more abouy the changed plots after the Iron Curtain fell.Pamela Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834270662017246137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-68306804645035037282010-07-12T12:48:08.206-04:002010-07-12T12:48:08.206-04:00That's true. It's kind of like an enormous...That's true. It's kind of like an enormous cyber big brother. It's hard to disappear yet isn't it amazing how many times people do? Especially those heartbreaking cases where it's a child that vanishes.Dana Mentinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366110757864439082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-46456426467965961532010-07-12T12:16:45.355-04:002010-07-12T12:16:45.355-04:00In my up-coming book, I did have to account why my...In my up-coming book, I did have to account why my hero didn't have a cell phone. <br /><br />I've been writing mysteries a long time and when the Iron Curtain fell, I had to rethink a lot of plots. And I knew the KGB (it's still here with a different name) didn't stop spying.Leann Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10840850473156676151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-43700988199436196562010-07-12T11:15:56.189-04:002010-07-12T11:15:56.189-04:00I'm loving it, aren't you. I've used ...I'm loving it, aren't you. I've used the track the cellphone (The Price of Redemption).<br />I've used comments on a news site (Fugitive Family).<br />A class I took in June was loaded with new and upcoming technology. But, wow, exploring it takes time.Pamela Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834270662017246137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2380441245670839923.post-70371752617042791742010-07-12T10:39:29.294-04:002010-07-12T10:39:29.294-04:00I've been reading Harlan Coben's Hold Tigh...I've been reading Harlan Coben's Hold Tight, and it's a great example of how technology has changed suspense. One of his characters uses a GPS website to track his son's cell phone. These days, you have to keep the cell in mind when building suspense - either to use it in some way or get rid of it. <br /><br />Coben's book also uses clues found on MySpace, chilling messages from untraceable emails, and DNA testing, among others. <br /><br />Disappearing takes a lot of work these days.Ramona Richardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00984501900647123844noreply@blogger.com