Irene Goodman Auctions

CherylD

Well, Irene Goodman is doing more critique auctions for charity starting yesterday. This link is to her interview with Chuck Sambuchino:

http://networkedblogs.com/p26446079

In the interview she talks about mystery opening scenes beginning with a grisly murder. My mystery start is a cliche. I am so depressed.

suemarnitz

Yeah, but I bet yours doesn't fall apart after a few pages. It's not starting with a dead body that's the problem, it's not being able to maintain that level of intensity for the rest of the book.

CherylD

At this point, I don't even know if the dead body is intense enough. It's raining and gloomy and I think I'm due for a pity party.