All Discussions Tagged 'fiction' - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T16:05:25Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=fiction&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLong Time Not Here (but am back)tag:crimespace.ning.com,2017-10-11:537324:Topic:4271682017-10-11T16:14:04.259ZMarta Stephenshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Samharper2
<p>Hi all!</p>
<p>I'm so excited to have found the link to Crimespace this week. I joined this group several years ago, but seven years ago, due to several critical situations that were beyond my control, I stepped away from writing and all social media. I'm slowing making my way back into the publishing world and all it entails. I look forward to reconnecting with old friends here and meeting several new crime fiction lovers!</p>
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<p>Hi all!</p>
<p>I'm so excited to have found the link to Crimespace this week. I joined this group several years ago, but seven years ago, due to several critical situations that were beyond my control, I stepped away from writing and all social media. I'm slowing making my way back into the publishing world and all it entails. I look forward to reconnecting with old friends here and meeting several new crime fiction lovers!</p>
<p></p> Is it necessary to 'like' your characters?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2015-08-06:537324:Topic:4091282015-08-06T18:18:17.193ZJ. F. Juzwikhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Crimewriter
<p>I write crime fiction/noir, and since those genres generally involve lawbreakers in some form or another, suffice to say, there are 'bad' guys in my stories. The way I look at it though, is with a realistic point of view. Some 'good' people have serious flaws and some 'bad' people have some nice qualities about them. I believe our characters should reflect that, which brings to mind a question. Do you think it's necessary to like your characters? Do you feel they would come across as…</p>
<p>I write crime fiction/noir, and since those genres generally involve lawbreakers in some form or another, suffice to say, there are 'bad' guys in my stories. The way I look at it though, is with a realistic point of view. Some 'good' people have serious flaws and some 'bad' people have some nice qualities about them. I believe our characters should reflect that, which brings to mind a question. Do you think it's necessary to like your characters? Do you feel they would come across as more genuine to your readers if you do?</p>
<p>Depending on what the makeup of any of your characters is, you don't necessarily have to condone, or like, what they've done or plan to do. But is there something about them (good guys or bad guys) that you can personally relate to or identify with that you try to get across when you create their lives, their thoughts, their perspectives, etc.? Personally speaking, there's a bit of me or someone close to me in every character I write. I enjoy creating their pasts, their presents and especially their futures. I enjoy them--every one. How about you?</p>
<p>Writing crime fiction and the dark genre of noir, I seldom write happy endings, and events and character interactions are rarely uplifting. However, I really do like creating these individuals and try to make them as three-dimensional and tangible as someone I'm sitting next to on a bus. While an actor is in front of the camera, he or she BECOMES the character they are portraying. If the character is distasteful to them, it shows in their performance and we, as their audience, are unable to engage and the film, or TV show, falls flat. I think that while we, as writers, sit in front of the notebook, keyboard, or typewriter, we should take the same approach and put ourselves in our characters' skins, and relish, and be grateful for, the time spent there.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p></p> eFiction Noir is Accepting Submissionstag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-07-12:537324:Topic:3492562012-07-12T21:23:14.326ZEugene Schachthttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/EugeneSchacht
<p><i>eFiction Magazine</i> is launching a new genre magazine entitled <i>eFiction Noir</i>, and we are now accepting submissions for the inaugural issue. We are looking for compelling, well-written mysteries, thrillers and crime fiction from both young and seasoned authors alike, and we would love it if you could contribute.</p>
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<p>Please visit our site at <a href="http://www.efictionmag.com/noir/">http://www.efictionmag.com/noir/</a> for more information. </p>
<p><i>eFiction Magazine</i> is launching a new genre magazine entitled <i>eFiction Noir</i>, and we are now accepting submissions for the inaugural issue. We are looking for compelling, well-written mysteries, thrillers and crime fiction from both young and seasoned authors alike, and we would love it if you could contribute.</p>
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<p>Please visit our site at <a href="http://www.efictionmag.com/noir/">http://www.efictionmag.com/noir/</a> for more information. </p> New Crime Fiction Podcast!tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-06-29:537324:Topic:3478942012-06-29T13:53:28.340ZCherhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Cher
Crime City Central debuts on Monday evening, July 16, 2012! Our first author will be Lawrence Block! Please join us at <a href="http://www.crimecitycentral.com">www.crimecitycentral.com</a> (under construction) or via a link from our parent show at <a href="http://www.starshipsofa.com">www.starshipsofa.com</a>, or via iTunes or Stitcher.<br />
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We still need materia, crime fiction 3000 - 10,000 words. Those numbers are just an approximation - we'll take longer or shorter. We are also looking for…
Crime City Central debuts on Monday evening, July 16, 2012! Our first author will be Lawrence Block! Please join us at <a href="http://www.crimecitycentral.com">www.crimecitycentral.com</a> (under construction) or via a link from our parent show at <a href="http://www.starshipsofa.com">www.starshipsofa.com</a>, or via iTunes or Stitcher.<br />
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We still need materia, crime fiction 3000 - 10,000 words. Those numbers are just an approximation - we'll take longer or shorter. We are also looking for "fact pieces." These could be true crime stories, short essays on the justice systems of various nations, book reviews, kind of whatever.<br />
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We also want to have some interviews. If you write crime fiction or crime fact and would like to be interviewed on our show, let me know! Currently accepting guest blogs and columns for Mystery Tribune Online Newspaper.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2012-03-22:537324:Topic:3346432012-03-22T18:21:17.799ZEhsan Ehsanihttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/EhsanEhsani
<p>In order to provide a broader base of contents and leverage the inights and reviews of crime fiction community at Crime Space, we are currently accepting guest columns, blogs (and occasionally reviews) in the genre of crime and suspense.</p>
<p>Our site, Mystery Tribune (<a href="http://www.mysterytribune.com/">http://www.mysterytribune.com</a>) is essentially an online newspaper for crime fiction and suspense novels.</p>
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<p>In order to provide a broader base of contents and leverage the inights and reviews of crime fiction community at Crime Space, we are currently accepting guest columns, blogs (and occasionally reviews) in the genre of crime and suspense.</p>
<p>Our site, Mystery Tribune (<a href="http://www.mysterytribune.com/">http://www.mysterytribune.com</a>) is essentially an online newspaper for crime fiction and suspense novels.</p>
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<p>We review around 100 crime fictions a month and provide industry news, interviews with authors and giveaways.</p>
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<p>You can contact us through info [at] mysterytribune [dot com].</p>
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<p>We are looking forward to hearing from you.</p>
<p> </p> No Such Thing As Fictiontag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-10-12:537324:Topic:3187702011-10-12T16:42:57.240ZLisa Towleshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/LisaTowles
I pose this question to all of us here and invite all comments and thoughts: Do we write crime novels, craft exquisite villains and then kill them off as a way of exorcising our own psychological demons? And if this is true and we're subconsciously (or consciously) drawing on our own lives, paths, and pain, is there really any such thing as fiction??
I pose this question to all of us here and invite all comments and thoughts: Do we write crime novels, craft exquisite villains and then kill them off as a way of exorcising our own psychological demons? And if this is true and we're subconsciously (or consciously) drawing on our own lives, paths, and pain, is there really any such thing as fiction?? Whats the next wave in E-Media? Interactive Fiction, Fad or Future?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2011-07-19:537324:Topic:3007612011-07-19T15:15:34.878ZKarynehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Karyne
<p>I think we've all seen so much changing in the publishing and writing world for the last ten years, even the last two, to know that there is always something new around the corner.</p>
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<p>The question is, what? Howard Sherman has created this site, <a href="http://www.malinche.net/">http://www.malinche.net/</a></p>
<p>for his line of interactive fiction. It made me think of those Choose your own Adventure books when I was a kid. He gives an example and some thoughts behind it at…</p>
<p>I think we've all seen so much changing in the publishing and writing world for the last ten years, even the last two, to know that there is always something new around the corner.</p>
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<p>The question is, what? Howard Sherman has created this site, <a href="http://www.malinche.net/">http://www.malinche.net/</a></p>
<p>for his line of interactive fiction. It made me think of those Choose your own Adventure books when I was a kid. He gives an example and some thoughts behind it at my site, <a href="http://www.jerseywisefiction.com">www.jerseywisefiction.com</a></p>
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<p>Could engaging readers at this level be the next new thing? A way to draw readers in when they are constantly being lured away by twitter, facebook and other forms of media hype?</p>
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<p>I think it's creative and inventive and might just be something that sticks. It has been done in various ways before, but these days, anything that pulls someone out of the real world and into a fictional one seems to hold mass appeal. There are even cell phone apps that do it, I have one on my smartphone right now.</p>
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<p>So, I'm wondering what everyone else thinks? Fad or Future?</p>
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<p> </p> Throwing Meat to The Sharks (Article to Check Out)tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-12-12:537324:Topic:2581892010-12-12T18:47:33.092ZStacyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StacyDeanne
<p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>Just wanted to share. I know folks will have plenty of opinions. They were tearing it up on another forum. LOL!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/dec/12/genre-versus-literary-fiction-edward-docx">http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/dec/12/genre-versus-literary-fiction-edward-docx</a></p>
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<p>Check out the author if you care to:…</p>
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<p>Hi All,</p>
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<p>Just wanted to share. I know folks will have plenty of opinions. They were tearing it up on another forum. LOL!</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/dec/12/genre-versus-literary-fiction-edward-docx">http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/dec/12/genre-versus-literary-fiction-edward-docx</a></p>
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<p>Check out the author if you care to:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.edwarddocx.com/biog.html">http://www.edwarddocx.com/biog.html</a></p>
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<p>Best Wishes!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.stacy-deanne.net">http://www.stacy-deanne.net</a></p>
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<p> </p> Exclusive eBook Reviewers?tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-11-05:537324:Topic:2551032010-11-05T18:29:07.546ZMark Younghttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MarkYoung
I am aware of a number of great online book reviewers who focus on crime fiction in print. However, I can't say that about reviewers dedicated specifically to those authors who have exclusively published eBooks.<div><br></br></div>
<div>As part of my blog, I interview published authors who have print and eBook releases (after I have read at least one of their novels and feel the author might be of interest to my readers). I'd like to broaden the scope of these authors to include a few quality…</div>
I am aware of a number of great online book reviewers who focus on crime fiction in print. However, I can't say that about reviewers dedicated specifically to those authors who have exclusively published eBooks.<div><br/></div>
<div>As part of my blog, I interview published authors who have print and eBook releases (after I have read at least one of their novels and feel the author might be of interest to my readers). I'd like to broaden the scope of these authors to include a few quality writers who have braved the eBook publishing gauntlet as their only means of publishing. I don't want to wade through a million digital releases to find those few authors, and I hoped reviewers might be able to cut those numbers down a little bit for me. Like the marine's slogan, I'm looking for a few good writers who might be missed in the digital flood.</div>
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<div>Can anyone suggest quality (online) reviewers who seem to put out quality reviews? Thanks ...in advance.<br/><div><br/></div>
</div> Commissioning Fiction Editor's Take on the Book Industry, Horror, Etc.tag:crimespace.ning.com,2010-10-20:537324:Topic:2536802010-10-20T16:06:42.765ZStacyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StacyDeanne
Hi All,<br></br><br></br>Saw this in another writing group and decided to pass it along. Might not be anything too different but it's from Donna Condon's (commissioning editor) point of view so I thought it's cool just to see what another inside person has to say about how things are changing.…<br></br><br></br>
Hi All,<br/><br/>Saw this in another writing group and decided to pass it along. Might not be anything too different but it's from Donna Condon's (commissioning editor) point of view so I thought it's cool just to see what another inside person has to say about how things are changing.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2010/10/13/are-we-doomed-is-the-apocalypse-waiting-around-the-corner-for-writers-by-donna-condon/#more-1949">http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2010/10/13/are-we-doomed-is-the-apocalypse-waiting-around-the-corner-for-writers-by-donna-condon/#more-1949</a><br/><br/>Best Wishes!<br/>