We’re always glad to introduce readers to new crime-fiction blogs, so let us point you at Crime Zine Report. According to author-blogger Sandra Ruttan (Suspicious Circumstances), who appears to be in charge here too, Crime Zine “is intended to be a group blog where publishers of ezines that contain crime fiction content can post about new issues, contests and news. An RSS feed will be linking Crimespace and Crime Zine so that crime fiction readers and authors will see updates there as well. It’s intended as a way to get the news out.” Sounds good.
However, there’s still a lot of growing this new blog must do. So far, only a few publishers/editors have put in their two cents, and they seem to still be in the process of introducing themselves to readers--a practice that is very popular in blogging circles, but that frequent Web site visitors and listserv subscribers tire of quickly. (There’s a fine line between community building and self-promotion.) We look forward to reading substantive reports not just about new content in crime-fiction zines, but some behind-the-scenes stuff about how interviews were secured, perhaps, or the real headaches to be found in putting out Web publications. Good grist, all of that.
Monday, March 26, 2007
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"We look forward to reading substantive reports not just about new content in crime-fiction zines, but some behind-the-scenes stuff about how interviews were secured, perhaps, or the real headaches to be found in putting out Web publications."
Hmmm. I hadn't thought of that. The main reason we set up the blog was so that Crimespace would not be overrun with announcements on the forum.
But since you suggested it maybe I'll go post a little story.
Yes, it wasn't really intended so much as a blog, but a central place to announce crime fiction zine updates. The idea being that the type of articles mentioned are in new zine issues. The blog as a mechanism just makes this dead easy to manage.
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