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FEATURE THE PRINT January 18,1989 Page 5 Former student ready to publish third book “You can’t give the plot of the last book away even though it has affected the lives of the charac ters,” Haynes said, relating the difficulties of writing more than one book using the same place and characters. “You also have to re-introduce the characters in such by Tina Marie Early Staff Writer Conrad Haynes is a colorful and creative person with a fertile mind who draws on his life expe riences as a former student at CCC and of Lewis and Clark College to write books. Haynes will be on campus Jan. 24 to speak to the Humanities Experience class. Haynes is a newspaper re porter for the Lake Oswego Re view and a published author of two murder mysteries: Bishop’s Gambit, Declined and Perpetual Check. Bantam has already pur chased his third book, which is complete, but is not due out until the summer of 1990. It took Haynes three months to write his first book, and three more months to “make it pretty.” The second book took much longer. The setting of both books is the fictitious John Jacob Astor College and Haynes uses many of the same characters for both books, yet each book can be read inde pendently of the other. "It's like a cat. You want to teach him to go get your slippers for you, but he won't a way as to familiarize the new reader and yet not bore the one who has already read the first book.” Consequently, it took six months to write his second book and several more months to re write. In describing the process he takes with his book it is easy to see that there is a close relationship between himself and his charac ters. They come alive for him and, in fact, some of them are alive. His characters, in part anyway, reflect many of the people he has met and are a combination of person alities along the way. Haynes does not plan his books ahead as some writers do. He writes them and the characters lead him where they want to go. Haynes speaks of trying to write about who is going to be the murderer only to find that he cannot get that character to do it. “It’s like a cat. You want to teach him to go get your slippers for you, but he won’t.” Haynes said. His characters are just too independent. Haynes does very little re search, relying instead on what he knows. “One would save them selves a lot of time if one would write about what they know,” Haynes quipped. Each of his first two novels IVa/'t for the 'Deep Star1 video If you want to spend $5 to have your intelligence insulted then Deep Star Six is the movie for you. The special effects, large monsters, and abundant electron ics would probably classify this movie as science fiction. Unfor tunately, these special effects are so fiendishly bad that they are funny, but this is not a reason to ’ see the movie. The creators of the movie must have been thinking that the success of Aliens, which this film greatly resembles, was caused Piller’s Picks Movie Review hy Rick Pillar by the nice shotguns. This accounts for the skeet shooting at the bot tom of the ocean. However, if the producers would have studied James Cameron’s film longer, they would have found that it was excellent acting and a semi-believable stoty that gen erated its triumph. These are two elements that are lacking in this film. THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOZIATION MEMORIAL PROGRAM » Death is forever. Heart disease doesn't have to be . t American Heart I Association in Oregon 1-800-452-9445 This space provided as a public service. NOT FOR THOSE WHO THINK ALIKE, BUT FOR THOSE WHO LIKE TO THINK. ATKINSON MEMORIAL CHURCH Sixth & John Adams, Oregon City The Reverend Mr. Richard K. Bellingham, Minister Coming Jan. 22: God, the Incomprehensible 11:00AM Public Services 9:30 AM Adult Forum 9:30 AM Attended Nursery 9:30 AM Church School (except Aug. 1-Sep.15) A f If fl |l I* it would be advisable for the producers of this movie to take some classes in geology, deep sea diving, military armament, and film making. Overall, if I could use one word to describe this movie it would be bad, or appalling. Maybe even rotten, imperfect, unwelcome and debauched. The movie should have been called Deep Star Sucks!. It keeps more than memories alive have sold 39,000 copies, an im pressive number for a first-time novelist. Haynes explains that it took him a year to find a good agent and once he found her, it was only four weeks before a deal was made with Bantam. "You can't give the plot of the last book away even though it has affected the lives of the characters." Haynes is humble about his success and seems almost mysti fied by it. Now, as a published mystery novelist, there are new roads to travel. For example, Haynes recently went to a confer ence for mystery writers in San Diego. I asked him how he felt being among all these writers, many who are well established, andwith a wry smile he replied,”1 felt like the Beverly Hillbillies.” He appears far from it though with the looks of a Lewis and Clark graduate in a pinstripe shirt and navy blue vest, brown hair and brown eyes. In addition, his thor ough command of the English lan guage tells deeply of his intellect and seriousness to write and write well. Haynes is visibly pleased with this part of his life and seems to enjoy it all. He enjoys the writing and lecturing, but being a newspa per writer is fundamental. “I can’t remember when I didn’t want to be a newspaper reporter,” Haynes said. “It is ‘important work’; truth as opposed to fiction. An integral link in the sub-structure of society.” Haynes will be speaking here at the college on “How to get published” as a part of the Hu manities Experience class. Focus ski trip set t>y Angela Wilson Staff Writer The Focus on Women’s Winter- Outdoor Adventure is a cross country ski trip at Mt. Hood , this Saturday. A pre-trip orientation was held Monday night to prepare the vomen for Saturday’s trip. The □rientation answered questions ibout clothing, equipment, skiing tiow-to’s, and other trip prepara tions. Nancy Mikleton, health and pe instructor, showed examples ?f different ski techniques, and ilso stressed the importance of the correct clothing that should je worn. Mikleton suggested that the women wear wool, synthetics, jr polypropylene clothing. “You want to remember to .vear clothes that are light, loose, ind layered,’’said Mikleton. The women split up into ’roups according to their skiing ability. Nancy Mikleton, Nancy Baker, news coordinator at Ciacka- nas, and Sandy Hay, financial planner, are the instructors foi the trip. The three groups, twe beginning and one intermediate or advanced, each met with theit instructors, and they went ovei the ski routes at Meadows and other skiing preparations. “We all want to have a safe trip, and be healthy,’’said Eller Burbridge, counselor at the col lege and organizer of the Focu< on Women’s outdoor activities. “I saw the bulletin in the cal endar and thought the trip sounded interesting,’’said Lisa Johnsen Clackamas student. Many of the women going or the trip have never been on skis before. The Focus on Women activities are open to all women students, staff members at CCC, and in the community. The ski trip is all filled up, bui the Focus on Women do plan a different activity for each term Next terms outdoor adventure will be a retreat to YMCA Camp Westwind on the Oregon Coast in April.