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| June 2 |
Thanks to those of you who helped me out and explained what (sic) means. It's an accepted grammatical phrase that explains that I know the grammar or spelling in a quote is wrong but but I am repeating it exactly as it was said, although I know it is not proper grammar. I'm trying to show how a particular person speaks.
Of course, there is information on Diane Downs, her children, Cinnamon Brown, Scott "Hollywood" Scurlock, and all the people in my earlier books on this website. Please, just click on "Updates." I will try to update the updates as soon as I have time.
And, no, I will not write about poor Laci Peterson. What more is there to say? We have already seen books from Amber Frey, Catherine Crier, Scott's half-sister, and I'm sure there will be more--not to mention the saturation in the media for years. As most of you know, I just don't write these cases that have been covered already, and over-covered. There is no information left to reveal, and absolutely no suspense.
It's late--almost midnight, but I finished the 252 pages of the first third of Worth More Dead at nine tonight, and sent it off by email to my editor. What a difference email attachments are. I used to have to race to FEDEX--which I still do, sometimes--to send a manuscript to meet a printer's deadline. Now, I can send it with an attachment in two minutes! Miraculous.
I think the raccoon brothers got impatient waiting for me to come from my cabin to my house--only about 30 feet. The door was open, and I found that the dogfood bin had been moved out of the pantry into the kitchen. But the little rascals couldn't figure out how to open it. I fed them before I fed me--and then gave them some stale fig newtons for good measure.
They kind of trust me now, letting me get within three feet of them, and then they run away.
I have a question for you, and I really need a vote. I have published one novel: Possession. It is still in print after more than 20 years and is still selling. It's based on a real case. How many of you are interested in a sequel--where we would find out what became of the little red-headed baby boy who was almost certainly the child of the serial killer who kidnapped his mother and took her into the wilderness? I have some ideas of how this generation would grow up and what he might become. Anyone interested?
It will be a couple of books from now, but I am looking ahead. Also, how many want to read my autobiography? I'm reading Jane Fonda's now, and must admit that I haven't had nearly as many famous boyfriends and husbands--but, in some areas, my life has been more interesting.
The Atlanta/Augusta trials involving dentist Bart Corbin probably won't begin until the fall. The recent press about the runaway bride happened in the same county: Gwinnett. And Danny Porter, who handled her case, will be prosecuting Bart Corbin. I'm looking forward to those trials--although hoping they won't happen in the steamy summer Georgia heat.I'm actually thinking of kicking back for two months and lying in my hammock and reading. Haven't done that for so long.
Depite myself, I watched Paris Hilton on Letterman last night. She is a shining example of a rich girl, relatively uneducated, self-absorbed, clueless, boring, dumb, morally bankrupt, but beautiful. I hear she gets $200,000 to show up at a party for 20 minutes! Sometimes I wonder where America's brains and taste have gone. Or have I just turned into an old foof without realizing it?
Today is a sad anniversary for me. Probably my all-time, most admired, homicide detective was Dick Reed of the Seattle Homicide Unit. He was there for 20 years or more, and always the kindest, most empathetic guy with victims and survivors, and also a great investigator. Dick died of lung cancer 13 years ago today. He is one guy I will always miss. Every once in a while, I will re-write an old case where he was the prime detective--he and his partner, Wayne Dorman. Homicide detectives, as a group, are the most compassionate cops I know. They've seen too much tragedy to take life lightly or not to cry over the things they've seen. They're not tough like the TV guys.
I think I'm too tired to get on my soapbox about anything else at the moment.
All my best,
Ann
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| Posted by Ann on Friday, June 03, 2005 at 00:07 |
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| Memorial Day |
Memorial Day.
I've caught myself saying 'Happy Memorial Day" to a few people and correspondents, and than realized that this day may not be "happy" for a lot of us who have lost loved ones. It's really a day to remember them, and not just a holiday to have a picnic or watch cars race. I remember being just a little girl in Michigan and going to the cemetery in Edmore (so small that you'd have to live near Grand Rapids to even know where it is) with my Grandma Hansen. She put bright red geraniums on all the family graves there. I chased butterfiles between the tombstones, and have always found graveyards pleasant places since then. Sad and nostalgic, but not scary. In Washington State, the little towns of Cle Elum/Roslyn, just east of Snoqualmie Pass, has the best cemetery for just walking around and thinking of all the stories that lie there. It was a mining area and there were many people who had come from Europe to work the mines. Before vandals pried them out of headstones, every one had a photo, enclosed in some clear substance--way before plastic or plexiglass. I'm not sure what it was. Each family has their own plot and it was sad to see how many of them lost three or more babies, all gone before they were one in epidemics at the beginning of the 20th Century. There are tall pine trees there and firs and the wind whistles through them gently.
Well, that's what I think about on Memorial Day, and the parades in my grandparents' town: Stanton, Michigan.
Thank you for answering China. I don't think that China is from China--I think that must be her name. China, if you are feeling really sad and even thinking about killing yourself, please, please, see a doctor. There are ways to help you get out of feeling unhappy. Sometimes, it's a chemical imbalance and sometimes you just need someone to talk to. We all care about you on here
And remember, everyone, there is a huge difference between mothers like Diane Downs and Susan Smith and the mothers who have hurt their children because they are suffering from post partum depression or just plan depression. Brooke Shield's book Down Came the Rain is an excellent way to learn about this very real depression that can hit new moms. It's a lot more than the "baby blues" that most of us felt for a few days while our hormones were looking for a place to settle down.
Oh, whoever said that I don't answer my own emails. That's not true. Once in awhile, when I have to be out researching and people write in with a really simple request or just to say "Hi," my daughter, Leslie, or son, Mike, might answer to explain that I'm away for a while. But, of course, I'm the only one who posts on this site. My kids dont' even know how to get into it.
Regarding paperback books with short cases versus hardcover books, this is the deal. I write one hardcover book every year on one single case. I know they cost a lot in hardcover, but there are bargains when my books are on the N.Y. Times' Top !0 which they have been for several years. 20% or 30% off. And bookstores online almost always sell them at much reduced prices. And libraries can order them for you if they're not on the shelves, and they're free! Also, after one year, the same books come out in paperback. Green River, Running Red will be out in paperback in October.
Now, the Ann Rules' True Crime Files aren't that new. I wrote the first one way back in 1990. I'm on the 10th, with one anthology of my favorite cases (Without Pity).Those aren't a different direction for me. They are meant to be (1) A fairly long novella length case--150 pages or more, and (2) Several shorter cases. Some readers like these books better than the hardcover cases. Some prefer the long books on one case. That's why I do both kinds. The True Crime Files are a quicker read, and people who ride commuter trains or buses thell me they like them to read going to and from work. I try to write as well as I can on whatever I'm doing, but naturally there is more information, detail, and psychological exploration in the long books. So I'm not trying to let anyone down. I'm doing my best to have something out there that's pretty new or coming up soon all the time. Most writers take two years to write a book. One single book. Some authors, like James Patterson, collaborate with a whole bunch of other writers and turn out shorter books, shorter chapters, many times a year. For them, it's kind of a "cottage industry," but I couldn't trust someone else to write in my "voice." So I try to just keep doing the two a year. Usually, they come out in Sept/Oct and then another one in NOvember/December. This keeps me working 7 days a week, and, frankly, that's too much. I am going to try to smell some roses from now on.
I have a lot of friends who write romance novels, and they really churn out the books. Nobody can keep up with them. I don't know how they do it--except they can make stuff in their heads and I have to do an awful lot of research before I can start writing.
Do you know what really makes writers feel bad? Sometimes we go to the on-line book sellers like Amazon or Barnes and Noble and read the reviews of our books. Most of mine are good, but there are always some zingers. Try as I might, I can't make those slide off my back. I often wonder how people can get pleasure out of picking somebody else's creative work apart. When people tell me (or put it on the reviews) that I'm lazy, greedy, boring, a bad writer,greedy, losing any talent I ever had, coasting through my career, etc. etc., it hurts my feelings. I think that's probably because writing is kind of like putting your guts on paper, all your thoughts and observations about life and people and how you feel, and then people pick through them and say they're not good enough. Whenever I read movie reviews, I just wince for the actors, too. Nobody is ever THAT confident of how talented they are and it's a lot easier to believe the mean stuff than the good stuff.
On a lighter note, I finished the title story in Worth More Dead today. Whoopee! I promised my editor I'd send him something on June 1, and I'm going to be able to do it.
Willow has been away on a "vacation" with her cousin Cooper, Mike's dog, and two dogs he's puppy-sitting: Yoda and Boomer. Lucy was glad to see her come home tonight. Willow is sleepy. She's been romping non-stop at the dog park. That makes it easier for me because she gets so bored when I'm writing that she keeps knocking my hand off the keyboard with her nose.
Back to work tomorrow for all of us, only I never quit. Maybe I'll just celebrate by going shopping at the Goodwill. My favorite expedition, looking for some treasure hidden there!
Ann
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| Posted by Ann on Monday, May 30, 2005 at 19:51 |
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| Sunday night |
Quick notes:
To anyone who watched Love, Lies, and Murder on Lifetime TV today, this movie was on the same case that I wrote about in If You Really Loved Me, but it is not based on my book. The people who made the movie bought the rights from Patti Bailey so it is told from her point of view. They were at the trial for about three days, and then rushed out and sold the movie, so that ended my chance of getting a miniseries based on my book. That whole trial was about two months long, and my friend, Donna, my daughter Leslie, and I were there for the whole thing. One thing they got right in the movie was the actor--Clancy Brown--really did look like David Brown.
I've spent the weekend writing so far, and I have gotten a lot done. My eyes are beginning to cross now, so I think it's time to quit for the night. I'll probably watch The Biggest Home Makeover--or whatever the actual title is. It's great to see deserving people get a new start, although there are thousands and thousands of struggling families who are somehow making it on their own.
Then Desperate Housewives--but I'm sure it will be re-runs. Besides, it's discouraging to see all those women with perfect figures. Sigh.
The one show I can't wait to see in its new season is Reno 911. I just laugh myself silly over that. You can probably tell that I go for "escape" television after a long day writing about murder and tragedy. On Saturdays, I watch Keeping Up Appearances on PBS. Ever seen it? There are four English sisters, and Hyacinth is the star with her long-suffering husband, her terrified neighbors whom she bores with her pretentions, her sister Daisy, married to a ne'er do well, her sister, Rose, who is a . . .well. . .let's say a woman of casual morals, and her rich sister, Violet, who is never seen in person and has a "large home with room for a pony." It's just kind of a fun show. Hyacinth doesn't have a clue of how obnoxious and snooty she is.
Well, I'm digressing away here. Thanks to those of you who are answering questions on the Guestbook when I don't have time to do it.
I am still looking for anyone who knew Debbie Sweigart (sp?) the late nurse who worked at Bellevue Hospital in Bellevue, Washington. I think I have mispelled her name every time I put it on here. She seems to have no history and no acquaintances who remember her. She originally came from Minnesota. This may be one story I won't be able to write.
To all of you who have sent me possible "nest books," I may not be able to respond to all of you, but I'm saving the interesting cases for when I am looking for a new subject. That will, however, be in about 2007! My plate is really full now with things to write.
I don't even care if there are typos in this. I'm too tired to check. Forgive my blunders?
All my best, and have a good Memorial Day tomorrow.
Ann
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| Posted by Ann on Sunday, May 29, 2005 at 20:20 |
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| Bulletin! |
I knew there was something I forgot to put in this weblog. I hope it's not too late for some of you. Right now--Saturday, May 28th, at 5 p.m. West Coast Time, Small Sacrifices is showing on the Lifetime Channel. If anyone happens to check the log, maybe you can still tune in. I know a lot of people have been waiting to see it.
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| Posted by Ann on Saturday, May 28, 2005 at 17:14 |
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| 5/26/05 |
Hi Everybody!
Thursday Night,
I just realized that for people who aren't always writing books Memorial Day Weekend is almost here. For me, I'm afraid that means three days of blissful peace while I work to finish Worth More Dead. So many days, I plan to start writint at 9 a.m. and then it's almost five when I finally get to start. Phone calls, emails, animals' complaints, kids' stuff, and day-to-day chores tend to get in the way. I supposed that writers like Danielle Steele, James Patterson, and many others have staff to fend off interruptions. But, alas, I don't. I answer my own phone and my own emails. And I get off-track. I do have a parttime assistant but she's been down with the flu this week.
Worst of all, I wrote a really good post two night ago--and at the last minute--my computer ate it. I was so mad and frustrated. I will try to recreate it.
These are the cases that I will never, ever, ever, write about: The Pig Farmer serial killers in Vancouver, B.C., Laci and Scott Peterson, Homolka and Bernardo in Ontario, Jon Benet- Ramsey, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson, or any other case that has had way too much publicity. There will be nothing left to write that hasn't already been in the media. As you know, I'm always looking for cases that aren't totally over-exposed in the media. I try to keep a little suspense in my books.
Some cases are so grisly and cruel that I know I just can't deal with thinking of them for the whole year it takes me to write a book and then publicize it. These are the torture cases, the mindless slaughter cases, murders of innocent children, decaptiation and mutilation murders. And I cannot bear to write about teenage murderers, who are lost before they even grow up. Even so, people keep suggesting these nightmare cases to me. I am always looking for cases where the suspect is the last person on earth anyone would suspect. When the mask is peeled away, it makes for a fascinating story.Right now, I have cases assigned to write for the next two years so I'm really not looking for new subjects. When you send me new ideas, I try to answer back--but I'm racing a tight deadline now and I can't possibly answer all my emails.
That is the whole point of this weblog. I really try to keep up with your questions. Again, remember DO NOT PUT YOUR PRIVATE INFORMATION IN THIS GUEST BOOK! Don' t put your problems, phone number or address here. Instead, write to me at AnnieR37@aol.com We have no way of protecting your privacy on this public forum, so please keep your personal stuff personal except to my other screen name.
I wish I could take time to discuss my philosophy and opinions on what makes killers grow up as they do, but I just don't have time to write back to emailers who ask me so many questions. I have tried to explain what I think in my books--usually in the last few chapters. My worst fear is that I will hurt someone's feelings by not responding to long, chatty, inquisitive emails. But that would take me four or five hours a day, and I can't afford that time away from writing just now. So please understand?
I am going to try to update this website on what people in earlier books are doing. But first, I have to finish Worth More Dead, and also proof read the manuscript for Green River, Running Red's paper back edition that comes out in October. That means reading every word of this very long book to be sure there are no typographical errors and/or mistakes in fact. Many of you gave me a heads-up on typos in the hardcover version, and I'm trying to fix those. That will be my Memorial Day weekend!
I found out today--to my surprise--that Time Warner in the UK has not picked up the foreign rights to Green River, Running Red or Kiss Me, Kill Me. I am so sorry about that, but my New York publisher is now trying to negotiate with another UK publisher. You can still order my books from www.amazon.com or write to Time Warner in London and ask them WHY they aren't moving ahead with my books. I will try to see that they will become available to you!
There are lots of sad letter in my email from families who want me to investigate the deaths of their loved ones. I'm not equipped to do that, and I'm no Jessica Fletcher. For people with unsolved murders, I always suggest posting your information on www.realcrimes.com This is a site begun by my dear friend, Lois Duncan Arquette and her husband, Don. They lost their beloved daughter, Kait, many years ago to a still unsolved drive-by shooting in Albuquerque. Lois is a very successful young adult writer. Her book about Kait's murder i called Who Killed My Daughter? It is very sad, but extremely interesting, too.
What do I think about the Michael Jackson case? I think he is a vulture, preying on young boys. Although the parents of the last victm were clearly opportunists and grifters, that does not mean that Jackson is innocent. He chose to take advantage of a child with greedy parents, a child suffering from cancer. I don't know what will happen, but I hope Jackson never again makes so much money that he can write his own rules about how children should be treated. He is a sick man, a delusional man. I blame his father for the child abuse in Jackson's past. His constant teasing about Jackson's looks--calling him "big nose" certainly contributed to the pathetic plastic surgery junkie he is now. But the fact remains that Michael Jackson should never again be free to seduce young boys.
I'm sorry I've been away from my blog so long, but that is going to happen when I'm crunched on a deadline. I usually write until about 8:30 p.m. on my book, and then I'm just too tired to write a blog, too.
I've over pneumonia, thank goodness, and its after-effects too. It was 89 degrees in Seattle today, after a long week of rain and electrical storms. I am promising myself a half-day off this weekend to plant my annuals in the three dozen pots I have on my deck!
I'm still needing to find some people who are important to stories in Worth More Dead--but I'll save that until tomorrow.
In the meantime, if any of you know the answers to questions posed by new posters on this Guestbook, I hope you will add a post that may answer their questions? I need some help here!
All my best,
Ann
www.annrules.com
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| Posted by Ann on Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 21:58 |
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| 5/20/05 |
Good Morning (for a change) Friday morning.
Just a few quick comments before I start writing.
It's Friday and for most of you I suspect it's almost the beginning of two days off. For me--and for many writers--it's the beginning of prime work time. Weekends mean that my phone rings less often, fewer people drop in, and the dogs, cats and I can write like the wind. I guess a writer's happiest days are those when we can totally concentrate and see the pages add up. Vacation? Most of us don't have that luxury, especially writers who work at other jobs full-time. I am so lucky that writing is my MAIN job so I'm not squeezing in hours here and there to be at my computer.
In the last few days, I've had a number of posts here that I would really like to respond to, but I can't. I have no way of knowing what your email or street addresses are. We try to block this information that might allow spammers and virus-senders to get in touch with you. But that means neither I--nor my webmaster--know who you are or how we can respond. I don't want to post some information in my weblog, again to protect your privacy.
Remember that the place to write to me with personal problems or questions is: AnnieR37@aol.com
One of the problems with having your name in the public eye or on books is that lots of people say they are related to you. For instance, I have never had a sister-in-law. My late husband was an only child, and I only had one brother who did not survive to be married. My cousins are all in other states, mostly back in Michigan. So if someone tells you they are related to me that way, it isn't true. Rule is my married name, and my husband died in 1975 at a very young age. There are lots of Rules around, and even one in Seattle with the same name as my late husband. I was related to just a few of them--by marriage.
For the man named McGuire, who works for the OSP, please write to me at AnnieR37@aol.com and send me a private way to get in touch with you? I don't want to respond to you on a public forum.
Oh, and for the woman who keeps writing to me and insisting I was Ted Bundy's girlfriend AND partner in crime (!), forget it. Your information is totally bogus. You are sadly misinformed!
Over the years, people have PRETENDED to be me and contacted families about writing books about them. I could never have been in all those places or written that many books. Anyone that I contact gets a letter on my stationery, a business card, information on how to reach me, and other information that can be easily verified.
Gee, I'm just glad I'm not Jennifer Anniston or some movie star who constantly has to face printed rumors about their private lives! How awful it would be to have all your personal pain and trauma spread all over the front of The National Enquirer. I am, in reality, only a mom, a grandmother, and a writer who spends 95% of her time sitting in my office writing books. The rest of the time, you all know I spend trying to grow zuchinni! :*)
We've had some wild weather in the Northwest. Yesterday, it was more like March than May. Violent winds, sunshine, rain and hail, sunshine, and on and off all day. It's kind of fun, but all those barometric changes sure made my joints hurt!
Hold back on the memorial rocks. Circumstances have made it impossible for me to build my new office/house so there will be no fireplace. The rocks that I DID receive from you will, instead, be part of a lovely garden display. I'm disappointed, but at least I won't have the upheaval and noise of building.
I'm looking for Marty, the venetian blind installer in the South End of King County. I've lost your phone number. If you read this, would you give me a call at 206-248-0811 or send me an email? This is my office number, and you might get an answering machine but I will cal you back.
Whoops. My son just told me I left my car window down all day yesterday. I'd better go look and see what all those torrential rains did to the interior. Talk about absent-minded!!!
I'll talk to you later,
Ann
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| Posted by Ann Rule on Friday, May 20, 2005 at 09:10 |
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| 5/17/05 |
Tuesday Night,
Many of you responded to my email at AnnieR37@aol.com to let me know the the (literal) blitzkrieg of German language mail is a sorta, kinda, spam/worm/virus that hit a lot of people, allegedly because of some anniversary going back to World War II. Some of us were alive then and remember the sad prejudices and the division between America and Germany, but I like to think that we have all moved on to more altruistic ways. That does not mean that we forget the horror and the tragedy of it, and the millions of lives that were lost. My scores of German language messages have slowed to a trickle, and I hope that means the flood of hate mail has passed. At the same time, I want to be sure that no one thinks I am criticizing those of us with German heritage. As I said, my great grandparents both came from Germany. When I was a little kid, I used to ask my parents why there had to be war, and try as the might, they couldn't explain man's inhumanity to man. Sadly, we still can't.
I know that, in my job, more than almost anybody.
Final verdict on my zuchinni experiment for 2005. Planting them in old tires. Stand by.
A lot of people write to ask about updates on people in my earlier books. Please remember to go to the "Updates" section of this webpage. Even though I KNOW I have more recent stuff to add, there is a lot of information there. Some want me to write a book that is nothing but updates, but I don't think that would work. There would be material that happened to late to make the pub date--so the best way is to just keep adding it to my website.
I discovered a wonderful, nostalgic catalog. If you are under 40, you may not be too interested, but if you remember some of the products from perfume to food items that we used in the 40's, 50's and even beyond, sing up the the Vermont Country Store Catalog. No, I own no stock in the business at all! It's just a fun walk through the past. You can find it online at www.vermontcountrystore.com. I had occasion to talk to them by phone today, and they answer as if they're just a little old hometown store down the road. I suspect they're a much bigger outfit but it was very pleasant to talk with them. If you recall Arpege perfume, or Minnetonka mocassins, Camay soap or Chatty Cathy Dolls, you might like to just look at this catalog. Hey, please remember I'm barely over 40 (:*) but I liked this.
I realized that our lives are a constantly moving stream and we leave things behind without ever knowing they are gone. Not that many big changes as we grow older, but a plethora of small changes. It's a little like daubing out a small portion of a painting and changing it a little. And then another change, and at some point, it's a whole new vista. Maybe that is why nostalgia is such a powerful emotion. My Aunt Millie, bless her, was never blessed with children, so she kind of adopted all of her nieces and nephews. I have always remembered the Devon Violet perfume containers--ceramic not glass--on her dresser. They don't have those anymore, but I've found a few at antique sales. She was so good to me, and bought my shoes during a time when my parents were too poor to afford them.
My Aunt Freda has lived her whole life in two little towns in Michigan, and as our elderly relatives passed away, she has had to leave and live in an apartment in Detroit. She broke her hip recently, which was another blow. Because my dad was a coach, we moved a lot and I Iearned to adapt to new towns and new friends and that there were nice people wherever you went. Although I faced every move through my childhood and adolescence kicking and screaming because I didn't want to move, I'm grateful for it now. Book tours and going to strange cities for months at a time to attend trials are kind of hard, but I have had that experience and it's helped me so much in adjusting. I cannot imagine how tough it would be to be in your eighties and have to start with a whole new city, strangers, illnesses and always with the sense of loss of people who are gone. We all have to try to be more sensitive to the generation ahead of us.
Boy, guess I'm pretty philosophical tonight. But that seems to be what weblogs are. I had lunch with a police chief today and was reminded once again how much good cops care about victims of crime as I saw him tear up over an old case. Some of the kindest people on earth decide to serve as law enforcement officers. They're not all perfect--but most of them are truly good guys--and gals.
Good night,
Ann
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| Posted by Ann on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 19:57 |
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| May 16 |
Time to quit writing this Sunday evening. I got eight pages done, which is a good day when I'm working with very detailed material where I have to keep checking dates and times and organize the crimes of a very busy sociopath!
I meant to plant some bedding plants that I bought eight days ago, but it's getting dark and I never made it into the garden. The naughty slugs have been nibbling at some leaves, but they'll all come back, I know. Well, both the leaves AND the slugs will come back, but I'll be ready for the latter.
Someone asked me in a letter to my regular email address (AnnieR37@aol.com) how I choose the fake names for people in my books. I do try to protect innocent bystanders, witnesses, children, people who weren't convicted, etc. etc. Some of those names come out of my head, some are on a book or lying within my gaze, some are in a phone book and I change them enough so that they aren't the same names. I have to get something so common that a lot of people are named that or so unusual that NO ONE could be named that. This goes back to my days as a reporter for True Detective Magazine et al . I wrote for five fact-detective magazines for about 15 years. We had to change a lot of names, and it got to the point where you couldn't say "sister," "brother" "mother" or any family relationship to the deceased. You had to say "kinsman." But I never want to embarrass anyone or hurt them more than they've already been hurt--so changing names is a good idea. I also change anything that would identify victims of sexual attacks.
For those of you who live in Washington State or have a satellite that picks up KOMO-TV in Seattle, I will be on Northwest Afternoon at 3:15 (Seattle Time) tomorrow, discussing some of my most memorable cases. I also did an hour's interview with E-Entertainment Network about serial killers that will show in July. I will put it on my website when I know the date for sure.
Remember that anyone who needs to get in touch with me can send emails to www.annrules.com or to AnnieR37@aol.com. No one reads my email but me.
Has anyone else been getting tons of emails in German? I may have a little virus. Or I got on someone's list that I don't want to be on. I don't speak German, even though my great grandparents were named "Koch" and "Weissinger." I am also Danish and English, and maybe a little Dutch. By the time we're fourth generation American, I guess we have all kinds of interesting ethnic backgrounds. I can make out a little French, and a little Italian in the emails I get from those countries. But not much. The only language I took was Latin--which really does help in vocabulary.
I've been so happy to get several emails from people who say this weblog or my books have helped them to get out of domestic violence situations. When it comes right down to it, so many of my books--if not all--can be traced back to DV situations.
Looking forward to a couple of delicious months where I have no commitments (that I know of) except to write. I will even have time to write the new newsletter, and I've felt guilty that it's been way more than a year since I sent one out.
No trial dates yet set for Bart Corbin in Atlanta and Augusta, Georgia. When those take place, I will be heading south. I try to attend every day of a trial, starting with jury selection, and staying until the jury comes back with a verdict--AND for the penalty phase, too. That means that I literally rent an apartment near the courthouse in some city across the country from me and live there during the trial. I also like to do a few book signings at local stores so I can get to know my readers.
A really rainy day in Seattle, but we sure need it after our long dry winter. And I love rain. If you live here, you'd better love rain.
Talk to you soon,
Ann
P.S. If the people who contacted me about Robert Durall would get in touch again, I would appreciate it. Also the wife of a local sheriff's officer whose story I promised to write. I have lost your email addresses.
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