Bill,
Re your messge below:
> Dorothy Uhnak
> Louisa Dixon
> Anne Wingate
> Gina Gallo
> Nevada Barr
> Robert Daley
> William Caunitz
> Dan Mahoney
> Ed Dee
> Sgt Thomas P. Connors, NYPD, and Lt. Paul
> Glaser, NYPD
> David Hunter
> O'Neil DeNoux
> Cherokee Paul McDonald
> Hugh Holton
> Paul Lindsay
> Albert Cornelis Baantjer
> Ted Wood
> John Galvin
> Fridrikh Neznansky
That was the lot, Bill. Be advised that, while I enjoy all of
those writers, not all of them are super-stars. For one
thing, all of them were writers I never mentioned in posts on
LA, San Francisco, or British cops-turned-writers (during
months devoted to those areas). Neither were they cop-writers
were have been mentioned a lot by other Rara-Avians (like
Donald Harstad, for example).
Some of them, Louisa Dixon and Fridrikh Neznansky, for
example, were chosen as much for their interesting law
enforcement careers as for their writing.
Finally, just to give my posts some focus, and because I'm a
cop-writer myself, all of them were cops (or at least
quasi-cops). There are hundreds of good police procedural
writers who have no professional law enforcement
background.
> Additionally, I am curious, Jim, if these
were
> written specifically for
> Rara-Avis, or if they are extracts from a
larger
> Work, already written or
> being worked on?
Written right off the top of my head, just for Rara-Avis, and
no one else.
> Furthermore, if I were publishing a
> general-circulation mystery fanzine,
> I'd be asking if I might publish them in a
more
> tangible form, for the
> benefit of those poor souls who are not
subscribed
> to this List.
And I'd be saying yes, if you're willing to do the editing
and make it clear that they first appeared on the Rara-Avis
mailing list.
> In fact ... *if* you've no other plans at
the
> moment, I'd love the chance
> to reprint the pieces in my DAPA-Em apazine
--
> although I'd probably split
> it up over two or three issues.
I'm familiar with DAPA-EM, and I'd be happy if they were
reprinted, under the conditions mentioned above.
> Then again: I just (Saturday) received the
first
> issue of the Kate
> Stine-edited Mystery Scene. Perhaps she might
be
> interested in a
> compendium of your posts.... (Don't want it
to
> become "cozy-heavy", after
> all!)
That would be fine, too. Does she pay? I know DAPA-EM would
be a freebie, which is okay with me, but naturally, I'd
prefer to get paid.
> In any event, Thanks for yet another reason
why,
> even if I don't contribute
> much of substance, I always enjoy my morning cup
'o
> rara-avis!
Thanks for your kind comments. And thanks also to everyone
else on Rara-Avis who posted compliments, and to those of you
who contacted me personally with nice comments.
JIM DOHERTY
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