tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post8925005940765108661..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Sue GraftonMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-47140693836498542442008-09-05T23:33:00.000+01:002008-09-05T23:33:00.000+01:00To Xavier: Yes Yes to Mark McShane. His book Seanc...To Xavier: Yes Yes to Mark McShane. His book Seance on a Wet Afternoon is much better than the movie; and the movie was very good!<BR/>I just finished his Last But Not Leashed. It was hilarious AND mysterious!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-4147881267464503902008-02-15T09:23:00.000+00:002008-02-15T09:23:00.000+00:00Xavier, I saw the film of Seance a good many years...Xavier, I saw the film of Seance a good many years ago and thought it splendid. I've never read the books. The starting point for any candidate for the DD is for a CWA member to nominate him or her. Well see!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-33060578153271987482008-02-14T23:45:00.000+00:002008-02-14T23:45:00.000+00:00I don't know whether he's still alive since he van...I don't know whether he's still alive since he vanished off the radar a long time ago, but I think it's a shame that both the CWA and the MWA have been ignoring Mark McShane for so many years. Granted, he never made it big on the bestsellers lists but he is/was a genuine original responsible for some of the weirdest crime novels ever written (Seance on a Wet Afternoon, The Girl Nobody Knows, The Crimson Madness of Little Doom, etc) Maybe next year?Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-63571012878865534902008-02-14T23:08:00.000+00:002008-02-14T23:08:00.000+00:00Thanks for these comments. My own feeling is that ...Thanks for these comments. My own feeling is that there is definitely a place for awards in crime writing, as long as one recognises that the judgment process is inevitably somewhat subjective, sometimes even haphazard.<BR/>As for lifetime achievement awards, there's room for an intereting debate about the sort of achievement they should honour. As Xavier says, should they only go to the big names? Take someone like the late Ernest Dudley, who died a couple of years back. Not the greatest literary stylist, perhaps, but someone who worked solidly and entertainingly for many years. There's an argument that this sort of low key 'lifetime achievement' should be recognised more readily, even if the Diamond Dagger itself is not the appropriate form of recongition.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-8669767456229259352008-02-14T22:31:00.000+00:002008-02-14T22:31:00.000+00:00I agree whole heartedly with your praise for Sue G...I agree whole heartedly with your praise for Sue Grafton. One of my favorites is her 1990 title <I>G is for Gumshoe</I>.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post. It is interesting to learn more about the awards process.<BR/><BR/>Darwin Stephenson<BR/><A HREF="http://blog.ANALOGdarwin.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="ANALOG [darwin] Blog">ANALOG [darwin]</A><BR/>"15 Questions Put to 100 Anonymous Strangers"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402618663793672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-66161555216122999062008-02-14T12:42:00.000+00:002008-02-14T12:42:00.000+00:00I am not fond of lifetime achievement awards as re...I am not fond of lifetime achievement awards as recipients often don't need them, being already well-known and much-honoured. I remember how aghast I felt when Mary Higgins Clark was made a Grandmaster some years ago, and don't get me started about Ian Rankin's or Elmore Leonard's Diamond Dagger wins.Xavierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05702919450638993709noreply@blogger.com