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Author (2) Dr. Khaki Blumenthrace (1) Featured on Home (1) Formerly Mumford (Lance) Lewis (1) Mallory Greenstock (2) orJean Tomkins (1) T. R. Softly (3) T. R. Softly's Gang (4)
  • Q. Did T. R. Softly ever have a different name?

    August 4, 2022

    A. Not really. For the first several months of the first draft, before he enters the story in Part II, he was known in the […]

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  • Q: How long does it take to write a detective novel?

    August 4, 2022

    A: Feigning politeness, it depends on the book. Oh, you mean this one? We have data. The author began writing page one on June 29, […]

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  • Q: In what year did the story recounted in Everything Is Jake take place?

    August 4, 2022

    A. The Author won’t say, but he also claims that any intrepid reader of detective fiction can figure it out from clues salted in the […]

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  • Q: Do the character names have some sort of hidden meaning or significance?

    August 4, 2022

    A: Yes, many do. Some have both. A few names or places, like the name Luana, TR’s mother, are a wink or nod to an […]

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  • Q: Didn’t you just put that name into print?

    August 4, 2022

    A: Don’t nobody print this page out.

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  • Q: Will all these names see print some day?

    August 4, 2022

    A: Undoubtedly not. Who would accept, for example, “Hiawatha Schwartz”?

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  • Q: Are the names in the book unique?

    August 4, 2022

    A: To the best of the author’s knowledge. Before committing a name to manuscript, the author webbles (the author’s preferred term for “runs a Google […]

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  • Q: How many names are on this list?

    August 4, 2022

    A: As of publication date, 900-plus.

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  • Q. Where do the characters’ names come from?

    August 4, 2022

    A: Most come from a list of Potential Character Names the author has been maintaining for more than a quarter century. Some come from corruptions […]

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  • Q. Does Everything Is Jake have a higher percentage of unusual character names than any other such book in the American crime fiction vernacular in the last half century?

    August 4, 2022

    A: Yes.

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