Showing posts with label FBI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FBI. Show all posts
Monday, September 17, 2018

Fandom Wikis: Suspense through Cliffhanger

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Fandom wikis are only as good as the typically anonymous fans who compose the site's artic...
Saturday, September 3, 2011

The First Three Closing Paragraphs in “Gideon’s Sword”: A Study in Motivation

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman An earlier series of posts examined Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s use of opening chapter...
Friday, August 5, 2011

"Gideon’s Sword": The Verdict

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman In a note at the end of their latest Aloysius Pendergast novel, Fever Dream , Douglas Preston ...
Monday, July 11, 2011

Suspenseful Conundrums

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman In reading Fever Dream , Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s latest Pendergast novel, I knew tha...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Dear Reader, Meet Gideon Crew; Gideon, Dear Reader

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Copyright 2011 by Gary L. Pullman There are 80 chapters (405 pages) to Douglas Lincoln and Preston Child’s latest novel, Fever Dream...
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Adolescent and Adult Themes

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman In any television series, a few (sometimes, many) episodes will be dedicated to establishing and de...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Quick Tip: Setting as Character

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Our surroundings, to a large extent, reflect who we are. After all, when one has reached the point that he...
Sunday, January 3, 2010

Learning from the Masters: The Art of the Publicity Ploy

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Copyright 2010 by Gary L. Pullman Sometimes it seems that some novels (and movies) are like Douglas MacArthur’s old soldiers; they “never di...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Setting as a Springboard to Other Elements of Fiction

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman When it comes down to it, a story is about persons, places, things, qualities, and idea, which is to say c...

Quick Tip: Offer Readers More Than a Story

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Copyright 2009 by Gary L. Pullman One of the pleasures of reading is experiencing (or, at least, being introduced to) new sights. Reading is...