> As for James Reasoner, as much as I liked TEXAS
WIND, and as much as
> I found echoes of Archer in his P.I., Cody, I'm not
sure if the tone
> of the book was that reminiscent of Macdonald. And
that's what I
> think would be the toughest to capture -- the tone
of Macdonald's
> work. Which is why I thought of Cook and Atwood (and
now Greenleaf).
While there's no doubt in my mind that Macdonald's work was
one of the biggest influences on TEXAS WIND (maybe the
biggest), I agree that the tone wound up considerably
different. Another author's mechanics and plotting tricks are
actually pretty easy to imitate, but the feelings they arouse
in the reader just come out different somehow.
James
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