tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89420502615673304032024-03-13T12:11:30.776-07:00G. M. Frazier | WriterG. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-40046595860994448442016-03-07T10:46:00.000-08:002016-03-07T10:46:00.650-08:00Pat Conroy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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I was saddened to learn of the death of Pat Conroy this past weekend. His novel, <i>The Prince of Tides</i>, is and will remain one of my all-time favorite pieces of fiction. Like many of his fans, I was eagerly anticipating his next novel, but it wasn't meant to be. The literary world has lost a great treasure, a wordsmith of the first order.</div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-90345866033904504732015-12-06T04:22:00.002-08:002015-12-06T04:22:55.027-08:00A Death on the Wolf - Audio Version<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The audio version of <i>A Death on the Wolf</i> is now available on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/A-Death-on-the-Wolf/dp/B018T1I4TK/" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Teens/A-Death-on-the-Wolf-Audiobook/B018T1J8YU/" target="_blank">Audible</a>, and iTunes. It was a pleasure working with Fred Kennedy on this project and he has done a superb job narrating my novel for the audio version.</div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-71857351724164753902015-07-24T05:09:00.000-07:002015-07-24T07:59:24.515-07:00Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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The fact that the story in <i>Go Set A Watchman</i> takes place some twenty years after the events of <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i> would tend to favor the sequel theory. And indeed, some reviews are already out calling the book a messy, unedited sequel. However, one intrepid blogger has done a word analysis of the texts of <i>Mockingbird</i> and <i>Watchman</i>, and the findings should put to rest this issue for good: <i>Watchman</i> is indeed an early (probably first) draft of the story that would become <i>Mockingbird</i>. <a href="http://qz.com/452650/harper-lee-revisions/" target="_blank">Click here to see how many word for word passages from <i>Mockingbird</i> can be found in <i>Watchman</i>.</a></div>
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So how can the story (and the writing) have changed so much from <i>Watchman</i> to <i>Mockingbird</i>? Any writer of fiction who has gone through multiple drafts of a novel, usually working with one or more editors, will not be surprised at the transformation that took place as Miss Lee's early effort evolved into <i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i>. <i>Watchman</i> shows all the tell-tale signs of a novice writer from a craft standpoint, but Miss Lee's remarkable story-telling ability still shines through. No doubt the publisher who accepted this manuscript back in the 50s, and the editor who was assigned to work on it, saw the potential and guided Harper Lee to rework and rewrite what she had into a masterpiece.</div>
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Should <i>Watchman</i> have been published? It's not for me to say. Supposedly, Miss Lee gave her approval with the caveat that the manuscript be published unedited. If for no other reason, having <i>Go Set A Watchman</i> in print provides a case study in how much a first draft can be transmogrified before its deemed worthy of publication.</div>
<br />G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-26900289693130940182014-02-21T16:07:00.000-08:002014-02-21T16:07:35.098-08:00MURDER!I'm really starting to think there are a lot of people out there who actually do not understand the difference between <i>killing </i>someone and <i>murdering </i>someone. In more than one of the reviews of my novel, <i>A Death on the Wolf</i>, a reader has referenced the "murder" toward the end. There is no "murder" in my book. The main character shoots someone in self-defense. Likewise, I just watched this interview of Donna Tartt (done in London) about her new novel, <i>The Goldfinch</i>. In her novel there is a shooting toward the end where her main character kills someone in self-defense. The interviewer asks Ms. Tartt about the "murder" in her novel, and rather than correcting the mistake, she essentially affirms the interviewer's assertion that the killing was a murder. Killing someone in self-defense is not murder. Period.<br />
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<br />G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-28124891734396373432014-01-30T07:47:00.000-08:002014-01-30T07:47:15.581-08:00Experience the Wolf River<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="userContent">If you're ever down in the Gulfport / Pass
Christian area of Mississippi and want to see and experience the river
that Nelson and Frankie grew up around in <i>A Death on the Wolf</i>, check out
<a href="http://www.wolfrivercanoes.com/" target="_blank">Wolf River Canoe & Kayak.</a></span></div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-54771161250320169532013-12-14T16:21:00.000-08:002013-12-14T16:21:40.463-08:00Thank you for buying my chips.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I was in the grocery store yesterday and on the snack food aisle I went straight to the small section of Golden Flake products and picked up a bag of their potato chips. I didn't notice that the Golden Flake man was there stocking the shelf until he said, "Thank you for buying my chips." I was struck by the sincerity with which he said it; he was genuinely grateful that I was choosing his chips over Lay's and the (much cheaper) store brand. I responded, "You're welcome. I like yours the best."<br />
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G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-14502293477450450652013-11-30T10:42:00.000-08:002013-11-30T10:42:24.345-08:00The Vincent Black Shadow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This is the Vincent Black Shadow, the motorcycle Peter Bong rides in <i>A Death on the Wolf.</i></div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-6025618632075946922013-08-11T13:32:00.000-07:002013-08-11T13:32:07.973-07:00Till I Have To Go Home<div style="text-align: left;">
A lot of people not familiar with the Gulf Coast of Mississippi may
wonder just what sort of "Southern accent" the kids in my novel <i>A Death
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Christian just after Camille went through in 1969. This boy is digging
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G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-88054078545487656162013-06-02T08:03:00.000-07:002013-06-02T08:03:06.344-07:00How I Ticked Off the Queen of Romance<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 1998 I was the managing editor of Genesis Press. The publisher at Genesis was personal friends with Kathryn Falk of <i>Romantic Times</i> and had done a deal with her for us to put out some limited hard cover editions of romance classics to be published under the "Romantic Times Classics" imprint. The first in the series was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Pretender-Romantic-Times-Classics/dp/1885478720" target="_blank"><i>The Little Pretender</i></a> by the legendary queen of romance, Barbara Cartland. The publication of this book was to coincide with some sort of celebration for Barbara Cartland over in England. Shortly before the text of the book itself was to go to the typesetter, I got the foreword text from Ms. Falk’s assistant at RT. It was, to put it mildly, an amusing read because it outlined in great detail Ms. Falk’s first-hand account of the celebration over in England <i>which had not occurred yet</i>. I especially liked her description of how Barbara Cartland elegantly walked down the grand staircase of her home to meet the attendees, etc. I sent Ms. Falk an e-mail asking if she really wanted to put this in the book given that it was total baloney. I ended the e-mail with a comment that even though romance author’s generally deal in fantasy, this was stretching it a bit. About an hour later I got a phone call from the publisher telling me how “shocked and outraged” Ms. Falk was that I would speak to her that way and that she wanted me fired immediately. So that’s the story of how I ticked off the queen of romance over a novel written by the queen of romance.</div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-83049450182599356852013-05-31T06:27:00.001-07:002013-05-31T06:27:59.025-07:00Now in paperback.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What could a 7-year-old boy in Pickens County, SC, the FBI, GITMO, the War on Terror, and the Pakistani government possibly have in common? Read <i>The Taking of Trevor Ward</i> and find out. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Taking-Trevor-Ward-Frazier/dp/1484958217/" target="_blank">Available exclusively on Amazon for the Kindle and in paperback.</a></div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-36830310152247571372013-05-18T21:15:00.000-07:002013-05-23T11:07:07.532-07:00New Cover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've done a new cover for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Taking-Trevor-Ward-ebook/dp/B00CC0JJBC" target="_blank"><i>The Taking of Trevor Ward</i></a>. The original cover was a little too abstract and didn't give a potential reader much in the way of clues as to what the story is about. This one does.</div>
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Also, this book will be released in paperback later this month.</div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-21008110212381431352013-05-06T06:46:00.000-07:002013-05-06T09:34:45.697-07:00The Zero Sum Myth<div style="text-align: justify;">
There seems to be tendency among some self-published authors (and maybe a few legacy published ones, too) to believe that the world of books is a zero sum game. This mindset is potentially fatal for a writer. Don't fall into the trap of thinking of your book as competing (either directly or indirectly) with other writers' books, even in the same genre. Readers simply don't approach books the way they would, say, buying a car. Just because someone buys Book A instead of your book (both, say, historical fiction), doesn't mean if Book A had never been published that reader would have bought your book instead, and vice versa. Nor does it mean that if Book A can garner enough crappy reviews, your book will outsell it, which leads some authors to either ghost bad reviews for the "competition" or solicit their own loyal readers to do it. The only time books compete head to head is in an award competition where you know the reader/judge is going to be reading BOTH books and picking a winner. So don't view your fellow writers as competitors. After all, readers can buy their books and yours.</div>
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Lissa Bryan did <a href="http://www.lissabryan.blogspot.com/2013/05/iwsg-comparison-is-thief-of-joy.html" target="_blank">an excellent post</a> last week in her blog on this same topic.</div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-12570410147837350352013-05-01T05:36:00.000-07:002013-05-01T05:36:02.182-07:00Anne Rice on Self-Publishing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is an excerpt from one of Anne Rice's videos in which she has some interesting comments about self-publishing. To view the full video, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw2KXX7WrOY" target="_blank">click here</a>.</div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-40861645822690466612013-04-26T17:48:00.000-07:002013-04-28T21:11:20.739-07:00Anne Rice on Writing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is a clip from Anne Rice's interview on the show "InnerViews." As she points out elsewhere in the interview, some authors count on having an editor to polish everything, cut, mold, whatever. She doesn't and when she submits a manuscript to her editor, all she's looking for is feedback, not editing. Every writer is different with no two having exactly the same writing techniques. Not every author is capable of effective self-editing because some (maybe most) can't step back enough from the story to view it objectively, especially while he or she is in the midst of creating the story. The way I do it or Anne Rice does it is not necessarily the "right way." The only "right way" is the way that works for you as a writer.</div>
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Anne says she does not work in drafts, that she goes back over each chapter until it's the way she wants it and then moves on. I do the same thing, but each re-work of a chapter I consider to be a "draft." And because of something that may happen in, say, chapter 12, I sometimes do find myself going all the way back to chapter 1 and adding or altering material there.</div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-31741212299458501522013-04-24T11:38:00.000-07:002013-04-24T12:17:59.686-07:00The Adulteration of a Genre<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I used to have my novel, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Death-Wolf-ebook/dp/B0064X5KUW/" target="_blank"><i>A Death on the Wolf</i></a>, listed in the "coming of age" category on Amazon. But then I started looking at the best seller list for coming of age. The image to the left is a screen shot of the current #1 and #2 best sellers in coming of age, and if either of those books are actually <i>coming of age</i> novels, I'll eat my shorts. All you have to do is read the descriptions to see that these are nothing but romance novels, plain and simple. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/digital-text/6361435011/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_kstore_2_5_last" target="_blank">In fact, the top 20 spots on the coming of age best seller list are dominated by <i>romance novels</i>.</a></div>
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Maybe the whole notion of "coming of age" has changed, and if it has, then clearly my novel is not a coming of age tale. For me, a true "coming of age" novel is the likes of <i>A Catcher in the Rye, A Separate Piece, To Kill a Mockingbird, or A Gentleman's Game. </i>Coming of age stories should be about youngsters (and I personally would set a cap here of late teens) coming to grips with the realities of adulthood as they struggle to leave their childhood behind. Something tells me <i>The Bet</i> and <i>The Love Game</i> would come up short along those lines. But if that's the sort of story people are looking for who are looking for a "coming of age" story, then they would be very disappointed in my novel. Hence, it is no longer categorized on Amazon as "coming of age," which, in my opinion, is a shame. </div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-40174119646594743842013-04-22T10:06:00.001-07:002013-04-22T10:06:43.343-07:00Square Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I was in law school at Ole Miss I spent countless hours and countless dollars at Square Books. Seems odd to see my novels for sale on their web site.</div>
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G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-25682266658808866412013-04-18T16:26:00.000-07:002013-05-18T09:53:04.308-07:00The Taking of Trevor Ward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--iPC8XnVMKo/UZexc-j2aAI/AAAAAAAAAFw/AausNyLHM0Y/s1600/new_trevor_tn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--iPC8XnVMKo/UZexc-j2aAI/AAAAAAAAAFw/AausNyLHM0Y/s320/new_trevor_tn.jpg" width="200" /></a><i><b>Jake Bond is not your ordinary private eye. A retired army colonel,
Jake has a "gift" inherited from his father and honed throughout his
years in Military Intelligence. High-powered attorneys from around the
country have made Jake rich paying him to do the impossible--and he
always delivers. Even the FBI and state law enforcement agencies call
on Jake Bond for help when all else fails. But when a routine
assignment from a divorce lawyer sends Jake to the foothills of the
Smoky Mountains, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of nowhere and
up to his neck in a child abduction. When an AMBER Alert goes out
naming Jake as the kidnapper, the stakes get personal, and Jake is
determined to get to the truth and find the real kidnappers and their
motives before it's too late.</b></i><br />
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My latest novel, <i>The Taking of Trevor Ward</i>, is now available <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Taking-Trevor-Ward-ebook/dp/B00CC0JJBC" target="_blank">exclusively on Amazon</a>. <i><b><br /></b></i>G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-45505353623954715892013-04-18T05:09:00.000-07:002013-04-18T05:09:01.401-07:00Ordinary Life is Enough<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"The ordinary middle class life was enough to write about." --John Updike <br />
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When I began writing fiction in the early 90s, I was fortunate enough to make the acquaintance of John Updike who offered me invaluable tips and encouragement. This quote from him during an interview he gave about five years before he died sublimely captures his view of writing fiction, and to a large measure, mine as well.<br />
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The car Nelson gets for his 16th birthday in <i>A Death on the Wolf</i> is a 1962 Studebaker GT Hawk. Here is what it looks like.G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-55057702936882294632013-04-17T07:07:00.000-07:002013-04-17T07:07:24.918-07:00Just reminiscing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On July 21, 2011, I posted the following on my FB author page. I had just started writing the novel that would become <em>A Death on the Wolf</em>.<br /><br /><em>I
re-learned a valuable lesson tonight. I have had the idea for a story
in the back of my mind for the past two years. I've sat down countless
times to start the writing, and each time came up dry. Tonight, instead
of once again trying to force it, I just sat down at the keyboard,
cleared my mind, and let the story unfold in my minds eye. But it wasn't
the story from the back of my mind over the past two years. It was
something new and different...and better. Object lesson: Don't try to
write to a story, write from one. Listen to that inner muse; don't try
to force it to listen to you.</em>G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-67055443507546553712012-10-03T08:15:00.003-07:002013-04-17T08:38:49.922-07:00WINNER!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>A Death on the Wolf</i> is the literary fiction WINNER in the <a href="http://www.thekindlebookreview.net/literary-fiction-semifinalists/" target="_blank">Kindle Book Reviews "Best Indie Books of 2012" contest.</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.thekindlebookreview.net/2012/10/01/video-review-of-our-best-indie-books-of-2012-contest/" target="_blank">Click here to see the video announcement of all the winners in each genre.</a></div>
G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-44563923560444303742012-09-16T07:57:00.002-07:002012-09-16T07:57:28.604-07:00Finalist<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Death on the Wolf has been selected as a Top 5 Finalist in the Kindle Book Reviews <a href="http://www.thekindlebookreview.net/literary-fiction-semifinalists/" target="_blank">Kindle Book Review "Best Indie Books for 2012" contest.</a><br />
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Click <a href="http://myrecespieces.blogspot.com/2012/09/interview-w2012-kindle-book-review-best.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://venturegalleries.com/blog/death-on-the-wolf-a-review-from-the-author-g-m-frazier/" target="_blank">here</a> for two recent interviews. G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-24819365486101786822012-07-03T09:17:00.001-07:002012-09-16T07:52:02.559-07:00Best Indie Books for 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>A Death on the Wolf</i> has been selected as a semi-finalist in the <a href="http://www.thekindlebookreview.net/literary-fiction-semifinalists/" target="_blank">Kindle Book Review "Best Indie Books for 2012" contest.</a>G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8942050261567330403.post-59670944749016286502012-06-09T14:28:00.000-07:002012-06-09T14:28:04.508-07:00<a href="http://www.amazon.com/SHORT-STACK-ebook/dp/B00736Z7C0/" target="_blank">My short story collection</a>, which includes two novellas, is free for the Kindle this weekend.G. M. Frazierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17351102285187053889noreply@blogger.com0