Tuesday, December 16, 2014

I Miss the Old Days

You should go immediately and read this essay, and not just because my name is mentioned.

Venture Galleries: In 1973, DAPA-EM (which stood for Elementary, My Dear APA – don’t ask, because I don’t know the origin of the name) became the first and only APA (Amateur Press Association) devoted to the mystery genre.

8 comments:

Rick Robinson said...

Good one, all right. I miss it too.

Kevin R. Tipple said...

Never heard of it. Apparently I missed a lot of good things over the years.

Anonymous said...

Most of my best friends in the world I met on DAPA-EM.

Jeff

mybillcrider said...

Ditto.

Cap'n Bob said...

Anyone with an apa jones can join Slan-apa or OWLHOOT.

Anonymous said...

Though Marv Lachman was a contributor to Mystery Readers/Lovers Newsletter early and often,it was published by Lianne Carlin. Except for that one glitch, a very, very nice piece.

I feel very bad about pointing that out because it seems mean to do so.

I am not mentioning it at Venture, because this in the ONLY place on the intertubes that I make comments. Because this place is the best.

Stilwell

mybillcrider said...

I caught that glitch, too, but I figured it wasn't worth mentioning. Those of us oldtimers know the real story. My first published fan piece was in Lianne Carlin's zine.

Unknown said...

Which is why, Bill, that you are a much better person than I.

Stilwell