tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post1631532698753236697..comments2024-03-26T05:04:01.131-06:00Comments on Gravetapping: THE USELESS GUN by Jack M. BickhamBen Bouldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-77894459780311428762009-07-20T19:07:38.215-06:002009-07-20T19:07:38.215-06:00Ed. Do you recall the novel of Bickham's that ...Ed. Do you recall the novel of Bickham's that nearly went big time? Probably not, but it is worth a shot.<br /><br />Also, I've always assumed Bickham's humanity was captured and showcased with the Brad Smith novels, maybe naively, and that Smith was an alter-ego that portrayed many of Bickham's on thoughts on the world. Again, probably naive, but... <br /><br />Frank. I've read several of Bickham's writing books; Scene and Structure more than once, unfortunately I'm a lost cause.<br /><br />Pericles. I haven't read any of Bickham's Wildcat O'Shea novels--as by Jeff Clinton, I think--but I do have at least one sitting on a bookshelf. BUILD A BOX FOR WILDCAT.Ben Bouldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024782701164448300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-4765610953013406692009-07-20T14:58:38.055-06:002009-07-20T14:58:38.055-06:00I thought I was the only one who remembered Jack B...I thought I was the only one who remembered Jack Bickham.<br /><br />Back in the 90's, when I was a snotty punk, I turned my nose up at the Wildcat O'Shea series, thinking them to be at a "Hee Haw" level. Then I read one, and was immediately hooked. Those things were huge fun. His writing books were also damned good.<br /><br />Glad you mentioned him.Periclesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-75221353492966107892009-07-20T08:46:22.181-06:002009-07-20T08:46:22.181-06:00Ed mentioned Bickham being a good teacher. Bickha...Ed mentioned Bickham being a good teacher. Bickham wrote several books on writing that Writers' Digest published in their line of teaching materials.Frank Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12564007564601986631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28085999.post-63155591858554443992009-07-20T08:18:38.232-06:002009-07-20T08:18:38.232-06:00Really fine post, Ben. Jack was one hell of a good...Really fine post, Ben. Jack was one hell of a good writer, an equally good teacher of writing and one of the nicest, most decent people I've ever known. He wrote a piece in a Mystery Scene of the Eighties (I think) about how close he came to a major outright buy from a big Hwood studio and how the book itself was being widely talked about but the publisher was too small to support it with advertising or heavy discounts to the bookstores. I learned something about my craft from every Bickham novel I read.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.com