tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post5014157193568238271..comments2023-08-13T11:58:31.588-04:00Comments on Ghulf Genes: The Mystery?ADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-42877783654002837322010-07-27T12:20:18.591-04:002010-07-27T12:20:18.591-04:00Oh, I do wish I could provide you with a couple of...Oh, I do wish I could provide you with a couple of good mystery novel suggestions. But, I haven't any right now.Moniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736499939969754097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-25922919953829522792010-07-24T14:58:57.854-04:002010-07-24T14:58:57.854-04:00I think I may have the misfortune to read the Temp...I think I may have the misfortune to read the Templar mystery one, as well -- although I wouldn't be surprised if there are dozens of such novels currently floating around, all with almost exactly the same plot. The real curse of the Dan Brown novels is the flood of books not written by Dan Brown but trying to get the same success with the same bag of tricks. The potential marketing, not the writing, determines the selection.<br /><br />One thing I have noticed is that I come across a lot of books that could have been good short stories, but were needlessly expanded into fairly bad books. I suppose the market for short stories is not especially favorable to short story writers; there are a number of writers, like Stephen King or Orson Scott Card, whose talents would be far and away better served writing short stories (at which they are consistently good), who write novels because that's the only way they can make a living writing.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698839146562734910noreply@blogger.com