Martha Grimes
Martha Grimes
Martha Grimesis an American writer of detective fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 May 1931
CountryUnited States of America
although characters continues hard love stories telling
I love stories. I just enjoy telling stories and watching what these characters do - although writing continues to be just as hard as it always was.
readers
I have readers tell me that I must be bored, but that's not true. I am never bored with the characters. I like them.
battling constantly takes
I'm constantly battling writer's block; it usually takes me two hours to write anything.
kept
I don't think I could have just kept writing the 'Richard Jury' books. It wasn't that I was bored or dissatisfied. I just had to write something else.
children answers want
Children can ask what adults don't dare to because we don't want to admit we're scared and we don't really want to hear the answers.
saws comfort enough
You can never do enough for the dead. You search around for comfort but there is no comfort; there never was and never will be. There is only a gradual wearing away of the sharp edges, so that you don't feel ambushed at every turn, as if you saw the dead suddenly rounding the corner.
writing antisocial
Writing is an antisocial act.
mistake writing thinking
You can't be blocked if you just keep on writing words. Any words. People who get 'blocked' make the mistake of thinking they have to write good words.
historical-novels london spheres
Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its description of London. Elizabeth Redfern has made an exciting debut.
talking nervous habit
Talking's just a nervous habit.
expectations people want
Most people see what they want to, or at least what they expect to.
dog thinking mind
Elf made his way fuzzily back to the drawer, trying to think nasty thoughts about his tormentor (Mungo the dog) but he couldn't, as he was too little and his mind was formless and without messages.( Elf the tiny kitten Mungo tormented )
dog bigs alleyways
Arnold was a dog's dog. Whenever he shuffled along walks and through alleyways, he always gave the impression of being on to something big.
certain framework kinds
Writing a mystery is more difficult than other kinds of books because a mystery has a certain framework that must be superimposed over the story.