tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post7526785482440233906..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Forgotten Book: A Collection of ReviewsMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-21750628797025993562012-02-17T15:57:34.196+00:002012-02-17T15:57:34.196+00:00I'll have to find this book just to read his t...I'll have to find this book just to read his take on Barzun & Taylor's amassed opinions on detective and crime fiction. <i>A Catalog of Crime</i> is a work I have big problems with myself. Such snobbery at times. Ugh. No surprise to me that MacDonald found in Cain a sympatico writer.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-12610717547303884622012-02-17T15:33:49.775+00:002012-02-17T15:33:49.775+00:00Thanks for featuring this, Martin. I love Ross Mac...Thanks for featuring this, Martin. I love Ross Macdonald, too, and am also certainly no expert. But I would love to read his thoughts on other writers. I'll see if I can track this down.BVLawsonhttp://bvlawson.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-9897457930444686862012-02-17T03:22:15.553+00:002012-02-17T03:22:15.553+00:00I take your point about Margaret Millar being a be...I take your point about Margaret Millar being a better writer than her husband Ross. I got to know her somewhat during the last years of her life during a dozen or so lengthy phone calls. I gently suggested that to her one time and she got very angry and then hurt. Obviously I never said that again.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.com