tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post7159296438767236593..comments2024-01-04T03:21:53.195-05:00Comments on Fear in Writing: The Birth of the Detective StoryJournoMichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-13930937783617029822010-04-27T15:49:35.745-04:002010-04-27T15:49:35.745-04:00The Beautiful Cigar Girl sounds like an interestin...The Beautiful Cigar Girl sounds like an interesting book. I shall have to read it. Great post!Debbie Cowenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345631448431031295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-85511694321170568552010-04-24T14:38:50.394-04:002010-04-24T14:38:50.394-04:00Michael- Thanks for the interesting biography. Yo...Michael- Thanks for the interesting biography. You have an amazing attitude--and I don't blame you for publisher's woes. :)JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-16748300790613858222010-04-22T16:27:43.559-04:002010-04-22T16:27:43.559-04:00No. It is more fun to comment and run. No deadline...No. It is more fun to comment and run. No deadline to worry about.<br /><br />I began my internet life as yupyop (named for a character in a old forgotten comic strip called "King Aroo") in the newspaper comic strip e-world. It lead to me becoming a submission editor for a long gone internet site called Full Tilt. I did a regular blog for it until I grew tired of it. I had my own thread at a long gone comic strip forum.<br /><br />In my past I have had a variety of creative jobs from entertainment editor for a local newspaper to selling two screenplays that never made it to the filming stage. <br /><br />At 55 years old I looking back at all the strange work I had done trying to become a successful writer and realized that even those who never make a living at writing have a lot of fun. You end up with great stories. I have been fired on local TV while dozens watch. I was hired to do commentary on a local radio station. The station burned to the ground the night before I was to go on the air. Everything I ever wrote is gone, everyone I ever wrote for is out of business. I don't want to doom the internet too.<br /> <br />Currently disabled from diabetes, I have turned to writing a book. I may be to blame for all the problems publishers are having.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-90887363959738262252010-04-21T20:26:44.775-04:002010-04-21T20:26:44.775-04:00Michael, do you have a blog?Michael, do you have a blog?JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-21726816709684670932010-04-21T20:26:11.436-04:002010-04-21T20:26:11.436-04:00Very true, Michael!Very true, Michael!JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-19357346566720175932010-04-21T16:51:33.146-04:002010-04-21T16:51:33.146-04:00Ah, the critic in me can not resist to note a scen...Ah, the critic in me can not resist to note a scene from "The Murders In the Rue Morgue". Remember when Dupin viewed the bodies? The two dead women had been kept at the scene, a "locked room" in an unair-conditioned house, for at least two days. Now there is a scene the public's horror loving Poe could have done something with.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-78649240864831589592010-04-21T15:17:31.407-04:002010-04-21T15:17:31.407-04:00Michael is very right to point out Wilkie Collins ...Michael is very right to point out Wilkie Collins role in detective fiction. I am a big fan of Collins! But Pos is the originator, with 'Rue Morgue' in 1841.<br /><br />I am so glad you are all familiar with Poe's work. I have mentioned him so many times on this site! And to think, the man barely made a living while he was alive.JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-47492349914865990802010-04-20T21:21:41.433-04:002010-04-20T21:21:41.433-04:00Loved Poe's Dupin. And the ominous feel to hi...Loved Poe's Dupin. And the ominous feel to his stories...it was Poe, through and through. :)<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-73708059686686423362010-04-20T19:46:50.324-04:002010-04-20T19:46:50.324-04:00Poe really created something! It's really inte...Poe really created something! It's really interesting to think about the evolution of the detective story :) Great post!Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-32870062044233895722010-04-20T15:01:11.267-04:002010-04-20T15:01:11.267-04:00I promise to reread it tonight.
There has been de...I promise to reread it tonight.<br /><br />There has been debate over who created detective fiction. T.S. Eliot claimed "The Moonstone" by Wilkie Collins (1868) was "the first and greatest English detective novel".<br /><br />I have in my library mystery stories dating back to ancient times.<br /><br />But there is little debate over who is most responsible for today's mystery/detective genre. It is Poe. He created the first rules. His work made the subject popular and accepted by the public. Others would follow such as Collins, Doyle, Christie, Hammett, and Chandler that would leave their mark on my favorite genre. But it began with Poe.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-20650137236066879192010-04-20T13:33:23.775-04:002010-04-20T13:33:23.775-04:00Poe was in a class all by himself. I love to hear ...Poe was in a class all by himself. I love to hear someone who really knows Poe read and expalin. ANd I do incorporate some true crime into my books. I have a couple detectives working the murders who will ultimately make the connection with my protagonist. But that story will have to wait until the next installment is published.<br /><br />Stephen TrempAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-26997046898280196112010-04-20T13:13:53.488-04:002010-04-20T13:13:53.488-04:00I've always admired Poe more for his detective...I've always admired Poe more for his detective stories than anything else. He was truly brillant!!DL Hammonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007260062331783715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-19894431081646776532010-04-20T12:37:29.600-04:002010-04-20T12:37:29.600-04:00I just learned something!
True crime must be daun...I just learned something! <br />True crime must be daunting to write.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-59307807776173611612010-04-20T11:16:24.273-04:002010-04-20T11:16:24.273-04:00Thank you for this post. No, I did not know the de...Thank you for this post. No, I did not know the detective story was born today- the only April birthday I celebrate is Shakespear's. This week calls for a double celebration.<br /><br />AND, I kept the post you originally posted unread, because I wanted to comment on it eventually. Now, I can happily do so!<br />~ RaynaNatashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-1740663676459889972010-04-20T10:20:00.653-04:002010-04-20T10:20:00.653-04:00Oh, Matthew...That's the beauty of this field!...Oh, Matthew...That's the beauty of this field! Everyone has a different take...And I just gave you the opportunity to advertise your upcoming post! You should be thanking me. ;)JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-46565672569205823752010-04-20T09:52:30.240-04:002010-04-20T09:52:30.240-04:00You want to know something weird? I'm going to...You want to know something weird? I'm going to write about Detective Fiction on Thursday for my Roots of Steampunk series. Sheesh, you and Susan Quinn have both now written about things I'm going to before I do it. <br /><br />Y'all need to get out of my head. ;)Matthew Delmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452378192874048547noreply@blogger.com