Gerald So · @sogerald
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Gerald So · @sogerald
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Imagine being an and expecting a to reproduce the story you thought up and wrote. It doesn't happen.

joyfully cried at the movies, but 's version of the character was much older than Parker wrote, adapted to Selleck's age. Also important to note, Parker didn't write the Jesse Stone screenplays, having learned screenwriting wasn't his strong suit.

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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's , as I often do:

as Spenser
as
as

I cast Susan before Hawk b/c Susan is more relevant to Spenser's character. This is the element every Spenser / project to date has gotten wrong. was excellently cast in the 1999-2001 A&E movies, but the plots gave her nothing to do - and Parker himself wrote those scripts.

#fantasycasting #robertbparker #spenser #dylanwalsh #ginagershon #susansilverman #vingrhames #hawk #tv #movie #marciagayharden

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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example: 's is originally an ex-boxer turned legbreaker opposed to , an ex-boxer turned state cop and then P.I. Hawk was such an that, from his second appearance onward, he's been Spenser's staunch ally.

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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won a competition to write w/ 50 sample pages. The first continuation author, , got that job b/c he'd worked on the Jesse Stone . likewise got the job to continue 's Cole & Hitch b/c he'd co-written the movie adaptation of .

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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intentionally never wrote from 's POV, fearing it would demystify the . I wouldn't mind Putnam considering from Hawk's POV. If executed well, they'd open a new revenue stream and keep enough mystery. has an , "Looking for Hawk" in the Parker tribute anthology from : smartpopbooks.com/book/in-purs

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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left no instructions in his will what to do w/ his upon his death. His wife and sons agreed w/ Putnam to let his series be continued. I'm surprised he didn't leave that instruction himself. He was business-minded and did write as a way to support his family.

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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A more accurate description is 's estate and publisher have allowed to write three of Parker's series.

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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A commenter on the page complains that has taken over too many of Parker's series. He didn't take over. He couldn't have w/o the agreement of Parker's estate and publisher. Publishers sign authors they know can make them money.

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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apparently has all episodes except the 2-hour , closely based on 's fourth novel, , which introduced .

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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: was born on 's 63rd , September 17, 1995.

#trivia #patrickmahomes #robertbparker #birthday

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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I've begun the of 's June 2023 first continuation , . The prose, while perhaps not exactly like , is as immediately readable as Parker.

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Kitty Kilian · @Kittykilian
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Flee market find: ‘In Pursuit of Spenser’, a Festschrift about noire writer Robert B. Parker - who sadly died in 2010.

To me he is the Master of the Witty Dialogue.

In it, an essay by Parker himself, analysing Spenser. In a fictitious interview by Amy.

‘Okay,’ Amy said, ‘just to warm up a little. Why are you such a wise guy?’
‘It’s a gift,’ I said.

#robertbparker #crimewriters

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Kitty Kilian · @Kittykilian
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Flee market find: ‘In Pursuit of Spenser’, a Festschrift about noire writer Robert B. Parker - who sadly died in 2010.

To me he is the Master of the Witty Dialogue.

In it, an essay by Parker himself, analysing Spenser. In a fictitious interview by Amy. ‘She was a professor at Harvard and, faced with that limitation, not bad looking.’

#robertbparker #crimewriters

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Gerald So · @sogerald
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A friend disliked 's use of and in his recent continuation novel 's REVENGE TOUR. My friend felt Spenser should stay in 1st person, that writing him in 3rd person demystified him. I see the continuation effort as different authors' perspectives on Parker's work. I'm open to views of the Parker didn't give us.

#mikelupica #spenser #hawk #sunnyrandall #robertbparker #characters

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