Pico day 10

[el-staplador.livejournal.com]

Here is the post for any comments, snippets or thoughts.

May the magic be with us all!

Comments

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Bridging is a killer. I agree with elmey that sometimes it needs less than you think and that if you just thing "sod it" and move to a new section, a less painful solution may emerge.

I've never read any Chandler, but this certainly has the vibe I'd expect through cultural osmosis. I love "short as a prima donna's temper".

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I stupidly loaded this scene with bucketloads of fixes from later bits and now just can't get my head around it. I'm going to try working somewhere else.

Chandler is surprisingly good, if you can handle a fair degree of misogyny/racism. It has a sly humour that I've not found in other hardboiled writing. It's been interesting comparing it with the British Golden Age it was a reaction against.