Author Archives: somethingisgoingtohappen

“Black Mask Magazine, Steve Fisher, and The Noir Revolution” by Keith Alan Deutsch

Posted on August 29, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Keith Alan Deutsch is publisher and conservator of Black Mask Magazine, a publication that has a long-established connection to EQMM. He is also the co-author of several reference and scholarly books relating to Black Mask, hardboiled, and noir fiction. They … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest, History, Magazine, Noir | Tagged black mask, ellsworth, fiction, film, hardboiled, magazines, noir, print, pulp, short stories, steve fisher, woolrich | 5 Comments

“Edgar, Agatha, Hammett, Glauser—and Me” (by Mary Tannert)

Posted on August 22, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Translators are the unsung heroes of the literary world. What they do requires not just knowledge of the language to be translated from but a writerly feel for the language they are translating to. Mary Tannert fits that bill. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Editing, Fiction, Guest, Translation | Tagged criminale, elleryqueen, elleryqueenmm, eqmm, exotic, foreign language, glauser, history, literature, mystery, publishing, suspense, translation, translators, writers | 1 Comment

“What is it about magic? Does the paranormal belong in mystery fiction?” by Elizabeth Zelvin

Posted on August 15, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

There’s been a big shift in readers’ perceptions of what belongs in the mystery and crime-fiction genre over the past decade. Here to talk about one area in which the boundaries have been expanded is Elizabeth Zelvin, who has recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Guest | Tagged elizabeth zelvin, ellery queen, elleryqueen, elleryqueenmm, fantasy, horror, lizzelvin, magic, mystery, paranormal, shapeshifter, supernatural, vampire | 9 Comments

On Editing

Posted on August 8, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Bill Pronzini’s post on this blog, “Don’t Tell Me You’ve Got a Heater in Your Girdle, Madam!”, with its entertaining and instructive examples of bad crime writing, generated some dissenting opinions about one of the passages quoted. Several respondents felt … Continue reading →

Posted in Editing, Fiction | Tagged alternative classic, editing, editor, editorial advice, ellery queen, elleryqueenmm, eqmm, grammar, literature, writers, writing_technique | 5 Comments

“Don’t Tell Me You’ve Got a Heater in Your Girdle, Madam!” (by Bill Pronzini)

Posted on August 1, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

There can’t be many who know the mystery field better than Bill Pronzini. His fiction has earned him the Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America, France’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Guest | Tagged alternative classics, bill pronzini, ellery queen, elleryqueenmm, eqmm, examples, literature, novels, publishing, writers | 17 Comments

“The Magical Mystery Bookstore” (by Jenny Milchman)

Posted on July 25, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Jenny Milchman is a new writer, and yet she has already influenced not only the mystery field but the wider bookselling world. Her first paid professional publication, the short story “The Closet,” will appear in EQMM’s November issue (on sale … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshops, Fiction, Guest | Tagged book shop, books, booksellers, bookshop, bookstore, bring your child to a bookstore, childrens books, elleryqueenmm, eqmm, literature, nancydrew, suspense, youngadult | 2 Comments

“Revisionist History” (by Jon L. Breen)

Posted on July 18, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Jon L. Breen will need no introduction to readers of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. He is a fiction writer with several novels to his credit and many of his short stories have appeared in EQMM. For today’s blog, though, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Guest, Magazine | Tagged classic_mystery, editing, editorial, ellery queen, elleryqueenmm, eqmm, exotic, headon hill, jon l breen, jonbreen, literature, mistakes, publishing, rare, revision | 4 Comments

Contributions from the Classics

Posted on July 11, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

2012 has seen celebrations around the world of the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812—June 9, 1870). It had been my intention to blog about Dickens this week. He’s one of the great writers in history … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction | Tagged classic literature, dumas, ellery queen, elleryqueen, elleryqueenmm, eqmm, fiction, itw, literature, musketeers, romance, thriller, twistphelan | 1 Comment

IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T FOUND THEM YET

Posted on July 11, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

For nearly two years, EQMM has been producing monthly podcasts of stories from the magazine’s archives. Most often, they are readings by the authors; sometimes full or partial dramatizations are featured. A couple of authors have composed and performed music … Continue reading →

Posted in Magazine, Welcome | Tagged ahmm, alfred hitchcock, anthology, elleryqueen, eqmm, podcasts, podomatic | 1 Comment

“Location, Location, Location” (by Marilyn Todd)

Posted on July 5, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

In my June 6th post “Taking Us There” I discussed settings from the standpoint of the character-like role they can play in a story. Marilyn Todd comes at the subject from a different angle—seeing setting as a source of inspiration. … Continue reading →

Posted in Fiction, Guest, Setting | Tagged ancient greece, dark, ellery queen, elleryqueen, elleryqueenmm, eqmm, exotic, France, Greece, jerome, literature, locale, location, magazines, marilyn todd, noir, novel, short story, wild west, wild_west | 1 Comment