Ask the Author: Micheal E. Jimerson
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Micheal E. Jimerson
The fictional land of To Kill a Mockingbird helping Atticus Finch fight the good fight.
Micheal E. Jimerson
Maybe Grisham’s new novellas Sparing Partners. I really like the Jake Brigance character. Sycamore Row impressed me, yet I can’t say the same for A Time for Mercy.
Micheal E. Jimerson
I have the privilege to serve as an elected prosecutor so I see crime fiction plots and even some mysteries every day. It has been my experience that true crime is so senseless, mean and horrific that it has to be reordered to make it bearable, especially for entertainment. I am starting to believe that is what we look for in a good mystery to bring order to a world that we know is chaotic.
Micheal E. Jimerson
Huey Calloway and Spring Renfro from Kelton's Good old Boys or Monte Walsh and Hattie from Jack Schaffer's Monte Walsh. That sacrificial love is somehow more powerful, certainly more irony filled, as opposed to happy ever after love. Spring and Hattie won't change Huey and Monte, among other reasons it would destroy the very qualities they find so attractive. Huey and Monte would willingly sacrifice the lifestyles that define them for these women but they are neither asked nor volunteer. Rather they are already truly in love with an equally romantic way of life, being cowboys. Gus and Clara are similar and arguably better written in Lonesome Dove but not to the full extent of exploring the sacrifice by both characters. The purest example of this tragic love is Calloway and Renfro.
Micheal E. Jimerson
A real criminal enterprise inspired the plot. Some of the accused were held accountable and others were innocent. I derive characters by mixing traits of real people, creating a new unrecognizable jumble of personalities attribute inhabiting my characters. I never intend to disparage anyone or hold anyone to ridicule.
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