Tag Archives: writing

“What Happens Next Is F-Sharp” (by Stephen Ross)

Posted on January 8, 2014 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Stephen Ross made his fiction debut in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in June 2006. Since then, he’s gone on to write many fine stories in the mystery and science fiction genres, including one for AHMM in 2010 (“Monsieur Alice … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Editing, Fiction, Guest, Setting, Story, Writers | Tagged author, crime, film, music, mystery, story, storytelling, writing | 8 Comments

HISTORY AND MYSTERY

Posted on December 4, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Historical fiction has always had a powerful appeal for me, and it’s probably partly because of my love of mysteries. Didn’t Voltaire say that history is “little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes”? Think of the poison … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Editing, Fiction, Genre, Historicals, History, Setting | Tagged historical, historical mysteries, history, literature, mystery, past, writing | 1 Comment

“The Lee Strasberg Method School of Writing” (by Hilary Davidson)

Posted on October 23, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Hilary Davidson was a travel journalist and the author of eighteen nonfiction books in that field before she turned to fiction writing. Two of her three mystery novels featuring travel-writer sleuth Lily Moore are set in foreign locations, as are … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Editing, Fiction, Guest | Tagged arts, characters, literature, method acting, mystery, technique, tension, writers, writing, writing_technique | 4 Comments

“It’s the Heart that Counts” (by Evan Lewis)

Posted on October 16, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Evan Lewis won the Robert L. Fish Award for best short story by a new American author for his February 2010 EQMM story “Skyler Hobbs and the Rabbit Man,” a humorous tale about a detective who believes himself to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Books, Characters, Editing, Fiction, Guest, Writers | Tagged characterization, characters, emotion, feeling, heart, short stories, technique, writers, writing | 4 Comments

“What’s in a Name?” (by Charles Ardai)

Posted on October 9, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Charles Ardai has deep roots in nearly every area of the mystery field: He once worked in the subsidiary rights department for our fiction magazines (EQMM, AHMM, Analog, and Asimov’s), and in that capacity he edited and co-edited many short-story … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthologies, Books, Fiction, Genre, Guest, Novels, Publishing, Thrillers, Writers | Tagged genre, hardcasecrime, pen name, pseudonym, technique, writers, writing | 1 Comment

THE IMPORTANCE OF STORY

Posted on October 2, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Last week in Albany, New York, 1,500 readers, writers, editors, agents, and booksellers gathered for the 44th Bouchercon World Mystery convention. Bouchercons provide opportunities for authors to enjoy the company of other authors, and for business connections to be made, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Conventions, Editing, Fiction, Genre, Writers | Tagged eqmm, fiction, imagination, literature, mystery, story, worlds, writing | Leave a comment

“When the Place Itself Is a Mystery: Ten Tips for Someone Writing in an Exotic Location” (by Nathan Beyerlein)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Nathan Beyerlein is a blogger, a teacher of English as a second language, and a world traveler. His first fiction, “The Tricky Business in Mai Chau,” appeared in EQMM’s Department of First Stories in June of this year. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Characters, Editing, Fiction, Guest, International, Setting, Writers | Tagged elleryqueenmm, exotic, fiction, genre, literature, locale, location, setting, writers, writing, writing_technique | 3 Comments

CHILD CHARACTERS IN CRIME FICTION

Posted on August 28, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Using child characters in crime fiction involves navigating land mines. This is something I wrote about a couple of years ago on EQMM’s website, but as I’ve had a few additional thoughts about it since then, here’s an update to … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Editing, Fiction, Publishing, Writers | Tagged characters, child characters, controversy, editing, elleryqueenmm, eqmm, fiction, writers, writing, writing_technique | 5 Comments

WRAPPING IT UP

Posted on July 24, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

This week I’d like to expand on a post I made on November 8, 2010, on EQMM’s Web-site forum, concerning confession scenes. They’re a staple of our genre, so much so that I suspect most writers of crime fiction have … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Characters, Editing, Fiction, History, Writers | Tagged advice, characters, editing, fiction, mystery, suspense, thriller, writers, writing, writing_technique | 6 Comments

“Why I Love the Policial: Brazil’s Bonanza of Crime Fiction” (by Clifford E. Landers)

Posted on July 10, 2013 by somethingisgoingtohappen

Translator Cliff Landers’s work for EQMM goes back many decades. He’s also a professor—now professor emeritus at New Jersey City University—whose knowledge of Brazilian literature is extensive. He has translated from Brazilian Portuguese novels by Rubem Fonseca, Jorge Amado, João … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthologies, Books, Translation, Writers | Tagged brazil, crime, foreign language, rubem fonseca, thriller, translation, writers, writing | 3 Comments