I'm ashamed to admit that, though Burke is a local, and I do read mysteries
-- I've read not one of his novels.
Perhaps you have finally prompted me to do so.
On 1/10/08, Martin Dolan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I wasn't familiar with Totally Optional Prompts before you mentioned it,
> Sharon - but I'll visit from time to time now. I'm normally visual, but
> I try and draw on the other senses from time to time. I'd really like to
> do things with smell, but our language for it seems very limited.
>
> The only writer I've come across who consistently tries to convey the
> idea of odours is James Lee Burke in his Robicheaux novels - and he
> seems to rely almost entirely on simile/comparison.
> > This week's prompt at Totally Optional Prompts was In the Ear:
> >
> http://totallyoptionalprompts.blogspot.com/2008/01/totally-optional-prompt-in-ear.html
> >
> > Reading this, I wondered if it were a response to that prompt. The first
> two
> > lines, especially, how they sound like what they describe.
> >
> >
>
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