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| Criminal Karma |
It's a fun book for reading, especially if you're living in Southern California. Its usage of a criminal mind for the protagonist, Robert Rivers, are ingenious though unusual (or maybe just me). The book starts with a plan of robbing a pink diamond necklace (worths 250K) from a SoCal socialite Everlyn Evermore, to end with discovering religious prostitution, family misfortunes, political corruption and involving in gangs killings. Even though all these findings are dark indeed, the book never lacks the air of hopefulness throughout - characters like street-tough girl Mary, with whom Robert falls in love; and Reggie, his closed con friend.
I met the book's author during the Southern California Writers Conference and had good time chatting with him. He told me how he got it published after the manuscript had been sitting there for more than a year. At the time he was an editor for a local magazine and sent his work to a friend, who forwarded it to his agent. And the agent decided to go for it. He said that he always had faith in his book and knew it was a good work. I think his mechanics of thinking shall apply for all the writers, aspiring (in my case) or established alike. But, after all, we shan't ignore that good source of friendship or connection matters too.
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Posted by oncevantage on 2009-10-23 00:35:08 | Rating: | Views: 26
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