Author: G Robert Frazier
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Review: Author makes good on promise in Peter Pan Must Die
At the end of chapter 2 of Peter Pan Must Die, the new Novel by John Verdon, one of the characters makes a bold statement as he tries to convince his friend, former NYPD Detective Dave Gurney, to take on one more investigation: “The Spalter case has everything — horror,…
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REVIEW: The Good Suicides more mediocre mystery than thriller
If the book cover for The Good Suicides hadn’t billed the novel as a thriller, it might have left a better impression with me. The book, the second to feature author Antonio Hill’s inspector Hector Salgado, features a snarling dog on the cover and the words A THRILLER in the bottom…
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Review: Harlem Hellfighters is thrilling untold adventure
When I think of heroes, I naturally migrate to the Marvel and DC comic book heroes of my youth (or to today’s comic book heroes on the silver screen). An avid comic book collector, I often thrilled to the exploits of Captain America, Thor, The Uncanny X-Men, Superman and Batman,…
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Writing groups great way to get back in the groove
Anyone who has tried this thing called writing knows how easy it is to fall out of the habit. So, I’m particularly thankful that here in Nashville there is such a vibrant writing community. The Nashville Writers Meetup offers a number of groups for writers of all levels to participate in each…
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Writers: You don’t have to do this … but you probably should
It’s a simple enough line of dialogue: “You don’t have to do this.” But it’s also one of the most common and, perhaps, overused lines of dialogue in today’s movies and TV shows as well. Listen for it, and you will hear it uttered more often than not. The line…
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Journalism do-over? I don’t think so.
There’s an interesting discussion going on over on Linked In among journalists about whether, if they knew what they know now about the industry, would they do it all over again? Would they still become journalists if given the chance to do something else? As a journalist who has been…
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Magnificent movie dialogue to remember
As a practicing screenwriter, I’ve found myself paying a lot more attention to dialogue that sparkles in TV and movies. I have to say that the following exchange of dialogue from Maleficent is one of the most chillingly effective exchanges among all the big movies released so far this year: Princess…
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Is it wrong to love the Internet?
It’s a time suck, I know. But it’s also one of the most rewarding inventions, too. It’s the Internet. The World Wide Web. My bane. My curse. My favorite resource. Think about it. At just the touch of a few buttons, a few strokes of the keypad, you can open…
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When the pieces fall into place…
I’m getting a late start today (I slept late). But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Last night was a wildly productive night. I used up one ballpoint pen and another is nearly spent of all its ink. I have page after page of hastily scrawled notes relating to my…
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Childhood dream comes closer to fruition
Today’s Daily Post asks: As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? How close or far are you from that vision? As you might suspect from the title of this blogsite, writing is my passion. I was an avid reader as a child (still am)…
Story By G. Robert Frazier 