In a brief break from the wonders of grad school, I bring you an interview with my own mentor, Paul Bishop, retired LAPD detective and hard-working author. I met Paul a few years ago when some mutual friends invited me to join the writing group he runs once a month. While he’s as tough as his…
“I thought I was the hero. I thought I could make the jump. I thought I could save them.” “Oh, my poor, foolish friend.” The man twisted the end of his mustache, perfecting its curl. “You were only a face in the crowd, a sacrificial member of a screaming mob, one who appears for a…
In Part 1 (here it is for anyone who missed it), I discussed travelling in the real world, and the long, endless hours we can take. Great authors realize the lack of drama in hour-by-hour journeys, and find ways around telling the ‘boring parts’. Tension is built by the continuous threat of some antagonistic force,…
The L. Palmer Chronicles 