Tag Archives: publishing

Causes in Fiction

Posted on September 5, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

With Labor Day just past and the political season heating up, I thought I’d revisit a topic I made a post about in June 2010, on EQMM’s forum. For many people Labor Day is now nothing but an end-of-summer day … Continue reading →

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“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 →

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“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 →

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“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 →

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Taking Us There

Posted on June 6, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Many of my own happy memories of Ed Hoch resurfaced with Doug Greene’s post about the much-missed author on this blog last week. Ed and I spoke almost every week over the seventeen years we worked together as writer and … Continue reading →

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“Memories of Ed” (by Doug Greene)

Posted on May 30, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

There are many ways in which individuals can make contributions to the field of mystery and suspense fiction other than by writing the stories and novels we love to read. In recent years, conventions such as Bouchercon and Malice Domestic … Continue reading →

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“The Moment of Decision” — Perched on the Edge of What Happens Next (by Art Taylor)

Posted on May 16, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

This week, as promised, we have a post by Art Taylor, a writer whose reviews and critical essays are regularly featured in magazines and newspapers. The authors whose work he discusses here are some of my favorites (and I hope … Continue reading →

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SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN: Not Just Another Mystery Blog (we hope!)

Posted on May 9, 2012 by somethingisgoingtohappen

The Internet already contains innumerable sites where crime and mystery fiction is discussed. As the editor of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, I should know. Our magazine hosts “Blog Bytes,” a column started by Ed Gorman and continued by Bill Crider … Continue reading →

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