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I composed much of By the Light: A Novel of Serial Homicide up an iron spiral staircase in the loft at the City Market Coffeehouse in downtown Kansas City. I usually occupied a table by one of the windows that overlooked the main floor. It was a great place from which to observe behavior. The watched people usually didn't realize I was there. This was beneficial to my writing process.
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“I read the graffiti written on the walls of my brain. Then I use my writing to give it voice so it won't simply be "whispered in the sounds of silence." (Apologies to Paul Simon)”
― Dick Peterson, By the Light: A Novel of Serial Homicide
― Dick Peterson, By the Light: A Novel of Serial Homicide
“I'm a Kansan by residence, a Missourian by employment, a Louisianan by birth, Southern by the grace of God, and a Tybee Islander at heart.”
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― Dick Peterson
“Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.”
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― Charles Simic
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― Kathryn Stockett, The Help
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― Huey Pierce Long
“Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.”
― Flannery O'Connor
― Flannery O'Connor
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Jennifer
Oct 01, 2012 12:38pm
Thanks for friending me! The Poet is my favorite Michael Connolly book!
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Hello Dick.Thanks for the invite and the suggestions! I shall look into them. I look forward to seeing some of your stuff.
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Hello Dick,Thanks for the friend invite, and for the book suggestion. I'm interested in reading your book as well... (I like the context - the coffee shop - in which it was written.) I once took a greyhound to Kansas City and stayed long enough for a party. Great town.
Hi Dick,Thank you for your friendship request and book recommendations. The Watchers by Dean Koontz is one of my very favorite books! I also love Stephen King and Pat Conroy. Your recommendations were very spot-on for me!
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Tracey
Hi Dick,I appreciate the friending and the link. Select has been a real boon to some writers. Amazon announced the Select program just after I released a novel in November, but I may try it with my next novel. Thanks for the kind words about my blog. All the best to you!
Helen
Thanks for the add, Dick! Read both The Poet and The Stand - buth great books! Haven't read any Dean Koontz for years, so might check out your suggestion.
Thanks for the suggestion. I haven't read Maximum Ride yet, but it's on my To Read list. I will keep your suggestion of When the Wind Blows in mind!
Thanks for the reading suggestions and the friendship, Dick! I keep hearing how good Sandra Brown is. I'm definitely going to have to pick up her books to read!Hope you have a great week!
