Eric Mayer

Hollywood gets a clue and declares the season of the gumshoe, according to an article in the Arizona Republic, Marquee of mystery, which talks about the large number of mystery movies due out this summer. Among those offering their views on mysteries and cinema are Poisoned Pen Press author James Sallis (Drive) and our esteemed editor Barbara Peters.

Georgetown literature professor Maureen Corrigan points out that being a detective looks like a really fun job:

"You think about what the detective does...He's autonomous. He gets to call the shots, names his price, and he has this job that, as some of the scholars say, unites head with hand. He does get to think and he does get to act.
"It's also this fantasy of What would work be like if it were really the greatest job?' And you get to save the world."

Failing that, it's fun to get to write about detectives getting to save the world.

Eric Mayer Byzantine Blog Probably the only vaguely interesting thing about me is that with my wife, Mary Reed, I co-author the John the Eunuch mystery series set in sixth century Constantinople. But that doesn't stop me from dwelling here on the boring minutiae of the rest of my life, present and past, along with the occasional word about writing.
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Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (2) Eric's Website Poisoned Pen Press There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to. --Michel de Montaigne		2006-04-14 9:38 PM Marquee of mystery Hollywood gets a clue and declares the season of the gumshoe, according to an article in the Arizona Republic, Marquee of mystery, which talks about the large number of mystery movies due out this summer. Among those offering their views on mysteries and cinema are Poisoned Pen Press author James Sallis (Drive) and our esteemed editor Barbara Peters. Georgetown literature professor Maureen Corrigan points out that being a detective looks like a really fun job: "You think about what the detective does...He's autonomous. He gets to call the shots, names his price, and he has this job that, as some of the scholars say, unites head with hand. He does get to think and he does get to act. "It's also this fantasy of What would work be like if it were really the greatest job?' And you get to save the world." Failing that, it's fun to get to write about detectives getting to save the world. Read/Post Comments (2) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top