The Secret New Year’s Resolutions of Detectives
I just posted the secret New Year’s resolutions of the detectives featured in new novels by Charlie Huston, Paul Tremblay, John Meaney, and Jedediah Berry. A little teaser:
Huston: Get the decomposed dead guy smell out of my favorite jeans.
Tremblay: I will steal my mother’s clown pants. That is not code for anything with a deeper meaning. No one likes a clown.
Meaney: I will not be disturbed by the strange ideas of other zombies.
Berry: Leave a few typos uncorrected. A report with typos is a report with character, Detective Sivart always says.
As for Finch, making his debut much later this year, here’re his resolutions:
– Stop getting hit by people so much.
– Keep the fungus OUT.
– Trust no one, not even the lizard.
– Stop gun from leaking and bleating.
– Avoid being liquidated by the rebels.
– Take a vacation in the Southern Isles, maybe a nice beach somewhere, get a tan, forget there ever was such a thing as a gray cap.
– Find some way to get an advance copy of the book and AVOID many of the troubles that will undoubtedly take place therein.
2 comments on “The Secret New Year’s Resolutions of Detectives”
“A report with typos is a report with character, Detective Sivart always says.” – that’s funny.
I wish we didn’t have to wait so long for the book!
Hey, does anyone remember a detective show called Mannix? He was always getting slugged on the head.
In college I recall a writing course for which I created a character who was intended to be everything you wanted in a Bond villian, only entirely aware of his being a fictional character. In the story, he wagers a copy of the ‘finished manuscript’ on a craps game against the protagonist. My instructor was particularly upset about this, as 1) she did not approve of my talking to my characters like they were real while being aware of their unreality, and 2) asked “How can he have a copy of the finished story if you haven’t actually finished it yet?”
My answer: “Well obviously he’s smarter than me.”
She was not amused for some reason.
The point is, if Finch turns out to be more clever than you Jeff, you may find yourself seeing a final published manuscript with a much altered plot. Just thought I would warn you…
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