Agatha Christie

I read a very interesting article about Agatha Christie's books, and some plans for them.

But first, if anyone doubts her influence on the literary world, consider the following:
•In 50 years, she published 66 novels, 154 short stories and 20 plays.
•Her work is translated into more than 70 languages.
•She is out-sold by only the Bible and Shakespeare.

It seems that her publisher is going to release a few of her novels in the graphic novel format. Here's an article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6949913.stm

This is intriguing.

On the surface, the graphic novel format is very popular with plenty of folks, especially young people, so perhaps this is an opportunity to reach a new audience that reads little other than Harry Potter.

I do indeed hope the addition of Mrs. Christie to the graphic novel world does translate into many new readers of conventional novels, but I have one fear.

I think a conventional novel offers so much more, though I'm not that familiar with graphic novels. However, from sheer words and pages, I'd think a graphic novel can offer more in terms of character development, description, plotting, etc. But I could be wrong.

What I do know is that Mrs. Christie was a pioneer. She was one who ploughed the way for female crime writers. Her work has been translated into every medium — novel, stage, television and the big screen. So maybe, just maybe, it is appropriate that she charge into the medium of graphic novels some 31 years after her death.

Ok...ok...ok

I've been away from this blog for several months and I apologize. I'll get more regular in my posting again, I promise.

My update.

I've been writing a lot. Looking like a few things will be coming out in the near future and I'll let you know as they pop up.

I'm still heavily focused on mystery and crime fiction. My themes, such as the strength of family, moral ambiguity, etc., remain strong undercurrents to my writing. I'm focusing on both long and short fiction. And occasionally, I branch outside of mystery fiction, too.

Personally, not much has changed. I work a lot. Hang out. Read a lot. Spending a lot of time on the beach and in salt water — swimming, body surfing, surfing, body boarding, that sort of thing. I have a few friends/folks I hang out with, but it is mostly a solitary life, and I'm pretty happy with that.