There's an old, private cemetery here in Palm Springs, where I live, just down the street from the airport, that belongs to one of the local Native American tribes, and it occurred to me one day that if you really wanted to get away with murder, you'd kill someone, put them in a coffin and bury them in a private cemetery or, better, an abandoned one. And then suddenly this whole idea of a long con appeared before me and I had this idea of using a Jewish cemetery.
It's an unusual way to write a crime novel, to have these lingering, fairly large story points, but it's something I knew I had to do if I wanted to … - Tod Goldberg
It's an unusual way to write a crime novel, to have these lingering, fairly large story points, but it's something I knew I had to do if I wanted to …
- Tod Goldberg
And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants. - Tod Goldberg
And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants.
There's an old, private cemetery here in Palm Springs, where I live, just down the street from the airport, that belongs to one of the local Native A… - Tod Goldberg
There's an old, private cemetery here in Palm Springs, where I live, just down the street from the airport, that belongs to one of the local Native A…
So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food critic for a magazine for a bit, I did wr… - Tod Goldberg
So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food critic for a magazine for a bit, I did wr…
Particularly with MFA students, who have so much invested - literally and figuratively - I feel like honest criticism is something they're owed. It's… - Tod Goldberg
Particularly with MFA students, who have so much invested - literally and figuratively - I feel like honest criticism is something they're owed. It's…
I found myself thinking a lot about my own spirituality. What it means to be Jewish, what it means to forgive, what it means to sacrifice, but mostly… - Tod Goldberg
I found myself thinking a lot about my own spirituality. What it means to be Jewish, what it means to forgive, what it means to sacrifice, but mostly…
Sam took another sip of the pruno. It went down smoother this time, possibly because he no longer had feeling in his extremities. - Tod Goldberg
Sam took another sip of the pruno. It went down smoother this time, possibly because he no longer had feeling in his extremities.
I read an interview with Daniel Woodrell once where he said something like, basically, if people had said what they said to him in a bar instead of w… - Tod Goldberg
I read an interview with Daniel Woodrell once where he said something like, basically, if people had said what they said to him in a bar instead of w…
I think my philosophy has evolved over the years. I started teaching almost 15 years ago and I've learned that how one student learns is obviously mu… - Tod Goldberg
I think my philosophy has evolved over the years. I started teaching almost 15 years ago and I've learned that how one student learns is obviously mu…
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