>Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 16:29:10 -0700 (PDT)
>From: JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Jim Doherty's Gems
I wrote, regarding 'reprinting' Jim's posts):
> > 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.
Naturally!
This incarnation of Mystery Scene has a full-blown
web-page:
http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/
Herewith, excerpts from the "Editorial Guidelines"
[ http://www.mysteryscenemag.com/guidelines.html
]
>Our Contributors
>
>Mystery Scene publishes a broad range of experienced
writers -- many of
>them mystery authors. We also receive contributions
from editors,
>publishers, agents, TV and film folks, and
booksellers. We are, however,
>very open and appreciative of new writers and new
viewpoints. Please do be
>familiar with Mystery Scene before you contact us --
we do not publish
>fiction, for example. (See the sidebar at right for
information on
>obtaining sample issues.)
>
>Articles
>
>We are interested in articles on a variety of topics
within the crime &
>mystery genre. These include: essays on the writing
life, appreciations of
>particular books or subgenres, biographical sketches
of interesting people
>in the mystery world, opinion pieces, career
overviews, and the occasional
>rant. Payment is negotiated with the editor in
advance; payment is upon
>publication. Length: 800 to 2,000 words.
There's lot's more on that page, but, yes, they pay -- though
probably not enough for you to take early retirement.
So, Jim, send Stine a couple of the posts, and a backstory
... and see what happens. If she is interested, great.
Otherwise, my 'offer' stands.
[Actually, several other Avians might try their hand: MS has
never had enough H-B stuff, to my taste...]
## By the way, despite the parenthetical quibble up there, I
do recommend the magazine to any serious mystery fan/reader.
Close to 90 pages each issue, and I end up reading most ...
which is not true of most magazines, any more.
The current issue, #76, contains a lengthy Tribute to the
incredible Ed Gorman, who co-founded MS, and edited the
previous 75 issues.
I'm not sure if Ed was ever in an apa, but he *did* start out
as a science fiction fan, and published a number of sf
fanzines in the late 50s/early 60s.
I'm not sure of Bill Denton's "inspiration" for starting this
list, but, in large degree sf fans "founded" mystery fandom
(in some ways, mystery fandom is maybe a decade or two
_behind_ sf fandom; this is not, I hasten to add, necessarily
a Bad Thing!). Back in the 60s, Len & June Moffatt
started a little throwaway titled "The JDM Bibliophile". I'm
not sure if they were directly involved in the beginning of
DAPA-Em -- which was modeled after the sf apas, which in turn
were modeled after the mundane ajay associations
(going back to the mid-1800's), which produced H.P.
Lovecraft, among others..... -- but they are still active
members of the apa.
And sf fans -- the late Bruce Pelz, along with, I do believe,
the versatile Moffatt's -- started Bouchercons, the mystery
equivalent of the sf WorldCon
-- naming it after William A.P. White/Anthony Boucher -- one
of several authors/editors who were equally well known in
both the mystery and science fiction genres.....
But don't get me started!
If Joy, or anyone else is interested, a crash course in sf
fandom can be gleaned by poking around
And if anyone is interested in sf fanzines, quite a few are
electronically hosted on (and even more linked to) a rather
incredible site we refer to as The Fanzine Newsstand:
When you come up for air, let me know what you think!
--- Bill Bowers | <Bill@Outworlds.net> | "I, like many of you, have known in a vague way that fandom exists. It was only when I actually went into the thing -- subscribed to a couple of fanzines, that I really knew what a dynamic, alive group fandom is. Those of you who are not in fandom in some way are much like the wallflowers at a dance. You may be enjoying the dance music (in this case the prozines). You might even be getting fun watching the dancers (the fans). But unless you get on the floor and dance you aren't getting all you should out of science fiction and fantasy." --- Rog Phillips; The Club House | Amazing Stories, June 1948
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