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Ralph S. Kendall on becoming a writer
Ralph S. Kendall was an Englishman who became a member of the RCMP, a Mountie as they were called then. After a long career, he wrote two novels partly based on his experiences: Benton of the Royal Mounted and its sequel, The Luck of the Mounted. His hero, Benton, was the younger son of a… Continue reading Ralph S. Kendall on becoming a writer
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British pulps – ads
Lesser known fact: Britain had its own pulps, among the best were Hutchinson’s stable of Adventure Story, Mystery Story and Sovereign. The contents were often reprints from Clayton and/or Fiction House pulps (The US pulps featured stories from the British pulps, too). The covers, though, were originals and they were stunning, exotic scenes. They’re all… Continue reading British pulps – ads
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Know their policy, insure against rejection
This article is on how different magazines even within the same genre have different requirements for what and how stories should be told. Richard A. Martinsen was editor at Dell and Fiction House in addition to being an author who had published stories in many of the magazines mentioned here. Martinsen was the editor who… Continue reading Know their policy, insure against rejection
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Double booked: Identity theft among authors
We all know of plagiarism, the crime of stealing words without attribution. To deal with it, publishers used to ask for references when they wanted to use a story from a first-time author. But how do you deal with someone who pretends to be a famous author? Read on to find out how authors came… Continue reading Double booked: Identity theft among authors
This was just after Butterick/Ridgway had sold Adventure and Everybody’s to the team of Joseph Moore , former Hearst executive,…
I wonder if the interviewer was correct in assuming that Adventure discouraged personal visits from authors? Many times in The…
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Blackwell may be talking about Edgar Wallace. His real name was Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace and he lived in England.…
Extremely interesting article about writing for the pulps. Presents a good case against the old criticism that all pulp fiction…