The History of Crime Fiction – Part I

February 18, 2014 · by Brenda Lloyd | in The Story of Books | tagged Agatha Christie Queen of the Crime Novel, Charles Dickens, Charlie Chan, crime fiction, Dashiell Hammett, detective novel, Dorothy Sayers, Edgar Allan Poe, Hercule Poirot, history of crime fiction, Miss Marple, Poe Father of the Detective Novel, Raymond Chandler, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Moonstone first modern detective novel | 1 Comment

In detective crime fiction, there must be a crime, typically a murder; an investigative process, and a solution to the crime or satisfactory conclusion. We can thank Edgar Allan Poe for what is now the most popular type of fiction. The master of gothic and the macabre introduced Parisian crime solver Auguste Dupin in 1841 […]

Confessions of a Closet FF Writer: Part 3

January 10, 2013 · by Chrinda Jones | in The Writing Life | tagged Alice in Wonderland, Bronte Sisters, Cassandra Clare, Elementary, Fan Fiction, fandom, fanzines, Fifty Shades of Grey, Lev Grossman, Meg Cabot, Sherlock Holmes, Spockanalia, Star Trek | Leave a comment

“Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don’t do it for money. That’s not what it’s about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They’re fans, […]