Comments for Paul D. Dail http://pauldail.com A Horror Writer's Not Necessarily Horrific Blog Tue, 22 May 2012 19:58:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by Paul D. Dail http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1865 Tue, 22 May 2012 19:58:31 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1865 Actually already knew about that one. And I’m cool with it.

]]> Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by Paul D. Dail http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1864 Tue, 22 May 2012 19:56:27 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1864 Hi Aniko. Thanks for the kind words. I try to be tactful with all books I review, but especially when it comes to the book of someone I would call a friend. I actually really sweated this one. This electronic communication can be so frustratingly personally impersonal. And I remembered that you had reviewed Corridors, so I went back to your review. Your reminder about the series helped me come to terms with my “difficulty,” and hopefully opened up another dialogue with Jonathan about world building in general.

I don’t know that we necessarily measure the quality of the craft different, but there are certainly different focuses of the craft based on different genres. As I mentioned, sci-fi/fantasy are generally heavy on setting, but you could say the same about historical fiction. Horror and crime stories are more plot driven. Literary fiction is character. Of course, as we’ve discussed, there is definitely a bleed-over (says the horror writer). And as a reader, there is also personal taste.

Anyhoo, rambled more than I intended. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Hope all is going well for you.

]]> Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by blazemcrob http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1863 Tue, 22 May 2012 19:52:02 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1863 The alternate universe of the Majestic Moustache is using your moustache as some sort of a religious phallic symbol. Really scary. I’m staying out of that one.

Blaze

]]> Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by blazemcrob http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1862 Tue, 22 May 2012 19:47:39 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1862 Thought I’d jump in for a quick snippet. I personally feel that quality should be present regardless of what genre an author writes in. Boring is boring: plain and simple. Before I get boring, I’ll say, “Have a great day!”

Blaze

]]> Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by Paul D. Dail http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1861 Tue, 22 May 2012 19:46:02 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1861 Much thanks, my friend. I saw an email about something, but honestly haven’t had two seconds to look at it yet. Fortunately, today is the last day of school, so I’m looking forward to a much more open schedule.

And looking forward to your spotlight. I’ll be sure to shine the light right back on your blog this Friday.

Oh, and just let me know before you give out my information to too many alternate universes.

]]> Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by the happy horror writer http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1860 Tue, 22 May 2012 14:45:20 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1860 What I like most about you, Paul, is how you lay things out clearly and without being antagonistic. You point out weaknesses in craft with a great deal of tact and empathy. Not everyone is capable of doing that, and as a writer, I appreciate those who can.

First, congrats on winning, Blaze!! Jealousy is now my middle name. ;-)

My first impression was also that there was a lot of back story in The Corridors, but knowing that this is part of a series allowed me to just relax into the flow of detail. King’s Dark Tower series struck me the same way, so I figured this is part of the genre. You raise a good question in my mind: should the quality of craft be ‘measured’ differently based on genre?

Things to ponder…

]]> Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by blazemcrob http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1859 Sun, 20 May 2012 18:10:14 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1859 Stacey says you buy the beer! Good guy!

Also, I spotlighted you on my blog, FB, and DarkMedia City. The alternate universes are next.

Blaze

]]> Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by Paul D. Dail http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1858 Sun, 20 May 2012 14:57:46 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1858 Hi Blaze,

Hope you check out “The Corridors of the Dead” if you are into all that stuff. As I said, I really only had minor issues with it, and they were for mostly personal reasons.

You have quite the background, my friend. I think besides horror you should be writing your autobiography. Still looking forward to venturing up to Wyoming one of these days and having a beer or three with you in that karaoke bar.

Glad you liked the review and pleased you won Hunter’s book. Hope you have a good weekend.

]]> Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by Paul D. Dail http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1857 Sun, 20 May 2012 14:54:57 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1857 No sweat. Although I don’t have any internet on my phone (or at least I don’t use it), so that’s mostly a mystery to me. And thanks for the recommends. I would suggest you read Jonathan’s book and then we’ll talk about it more. It’s only .99 for e-readers. I’m sure he’d appreciate it, too :)

And I’m kind of funny about my depressing stories. I guess they can’t be too realistically depressing. I loved The Road. Very bleak, but I was just sucked in. However, I hated the movie “Million Dollar Baby,” and I really struggled with the book, “The God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy. Both beautiful stories, but just a little too real. Of course, on the other hand, one of my favorite books to teach my freshmen is “Of Mice and Men” even though I still cry at the end. But as a Language Arts teacher, there are so many amazing things about that small book.

Anyway, thanks for commenting, Kodi.

]]> Comment on Take a Trip Outside Your Time: A review of ‘The Corridors of the Dead’ by Jonathan D. Allen by Kodi http://pauldail.com/2012/05/18/take-a-trip-outside-your-time-a-review-of-the-corridors-of-the-dead-by-jonathan-d-allen/#comment-1856 Sun, 20 May 2012 05:24:42 +0000 http://pauldail.com/?p=879#comment-1856 Sorry for all the typos. Typing on the minuscule touch screen keyboard on my phone=lots of errors.

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