tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post184961490803738224..comments2024-01-28T06:18:45.909-08:00Comments on The Curzon Group: How Old Should Someone Be Before You Can Kill Them?curzon grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00593876062208166082noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-55469667528463657112010-09-27T00:55:50.280-07:002010-09-27T00:55:50.280-07:00Hi Nigel,
Personally I don't think any age is...Hi Nigel,<br /><br />Personally I don't think any age is taboo but if you are going to touch on material that is potentially controversial you have to think even harder about its contextual relevance.<br /><br />You're right, Humpty. There are some good writers who refuse to pull their punches and I think they're writing the sort of crime fiction that I want to read.<br /><br />Hi J C. Yes - it's certainly worthy of a debate. Everyone has different thresholds but again it's how a writer can justify the death of a character within a story that's most important. If an author just does it to push the envelope and get noticed it often backfires in terms of reader reaction.Richard Jay Parkerhttp://www.richardjayparker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-83586401382914893992010-09-25T12:00:12.010-07:002010-09-25T12:00:12.010-07:00I would think that, if done tastefully, any age is...I would think that, if done tastefully, any age is fair game. I'd hate to think my book would get rejected just because I killed a minor. Interesting question though.J.C. Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567971311643106302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-34372959229582362362010-09-25T08:39:47.964-07:002010-09-25T08:39:47.964-07:00Well Richard i think any age is fair game. I have ...Well Richard i think any age is fair game. I have read some authors where anything goes Mo Hayders The Treatment and Birdman spring to mind . <br />If you need any inspiration just come To were i live some pesky teens in my area need dispatching !Humpty Dumptynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-66426733491061361592010-09-24T04:00:08.453-07:002010-09-24T04:00:08.453-07:00having just written a piece where a baby is killed...having just written a piece where a baby is killed and not so long ago deep fried a cat (in a story) I guess my feeling is you have to write whatever's there to be written.<br />the fried cat story has done really well.<br />the baby one I'm yet to send out, but i'm guessing there will be no takers. a crime-novelist fried of mine suggested it was'very dark'.Nigel Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529578665251906089noreply@blogger.com