tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post17850571859148458..comments2024-03-12T09:44:18.874-07:00Comments on Howling Frog Books: Medieval Underpants and Other BlundersJeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-85714321570417556422014-02-04T10:41:47.042-08:002014-02-04T10:41:47.042-08:00Yes, exactly. I don't see how anyone could kn...Yes, exactly. I don't see how anyone could know enough to be able to do a mystery well. A smuggling thriller is a good idea though.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-43897386487075674962014-02-04T08:54:43.362-08:002014-02-04T08:54:43.362-08:00You're probably right. I certainly couldn'...You're probably right. I certainly couldn't. (Although I couldn't write a story set in South Korea. There are still cultural issues I get wrong there.) I think it would be possible to write some kinds of stories set in North Korea, a romance perhaps, or a thriller about smuggling. Something where you can restrict the story to topics where information is known. <br /><br />A mystery is tricky because it requires a lot of in depth knowledge of specific topics that we really don't know much about in the case of North Korea. How do the police work? Would anyone be interested in actually solving a murder? If so, what is the combination of castes makes the solution both compelling and possible? What is the result of the solution?jrleekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365970821072839234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-74470962774767537222014-02-03T17:28:48.453-08:002014-02-03T17:28:48.453-08:00I should think it would be nigh-impossible to writ...I should think it would be nigh-impossible to write a convincing mystery set in NK. Nobody knows enough about it. Do you think?Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-49475045171482933152014-02-03T16:43:33.037-08:002014-02-03T16:43:33.037-08:00The feisty females problem is not restricted by ge...The feisty females problem is not restricted by gender or genre. Mom picked me up a mystery set in North Korea at a book sale. I never finished it because the main character was so absurdly out of place in North Korea. He had all these American mannerisms and habits that would've lost him his job in South Korea. In the North he'd have been sent to the mines.jrleekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365970821072839234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-84340557273618424932014-02-03T16:42:06.486-08:002014-02-03T16:42:06.486-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.jrleekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365970821072839234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-1817151468961806072014-02-03T10:09:09.698-08:002014-02-03T10:09:09.698-08:00Oh this sounds wonderful! I DO write fiction, but ...Oh this sounds wonderful! I DO write fiction, but generally shy away from Historical Fiction precisely for the reason that I am afraid of making such blunders... I am going to look into this book in the future! Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113180708896008365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1817835476996956670.post-41935517096724144222014-02-02T23:45:26.295-08:002014-02-02T23:45:26.295-08:00This one sounds awesome! It's always frustrati...This one sounds awesome! It's always frustrating to find such things in books... Although I can understand why authors have dilemmas with writing ladies: the norms of behavior and thinking have changed so much, that the modern reader will not find it interesting to read about real life of real women. I'm OK with having male characters do most of the action instead, but I know people who like a kick-ass woman in every book :)Arenelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646965847129179304noreply@blogger.com