All the content that was formerly at CrimeBlog.US -- including comments from readers -- is now at TrueCrimeMagazine.com. There's a couple of extra posts there, made since I began using that URL, detailing a couple of my favorite historic true crime stories, too.
As some regular readers might know, that site is currently not being updated, partly because I don't usually have the time. This nags at me, because I own the space, and because even without my paying the site much attention, it still can get up to 1,000 visitors a day. Bloggers and webmasters can tell you that typically, a site that's not updated is a site that loses visitors. TrueCrimeMagzine/CrimeBlog.US simply didn't lose that many, which does make me kind of proud.
Today one idea for further use of TrueCrimeMagazine.com occurred to me -- I would make the site a repository from here on out for only what I thought was the best stuff I or any contributor had to offer. With the writers' permission, for instance, I might post Seamus McGraw's recent, stunning guest entry, "The Executioners' Song." I'd also add Larkin Vonalt's excellent piece published earlier today, "The End of the World." I'd add entries of my own that I feel really live up to the standards I set for myself.
In addition to that, I might put out a new call for submissions -- from journalists who want to flex some crime writing muscle but can't find a paying taker for the story, for instance.
Those are just stubs of ideas, though. This post is to ask for reader recommendations, suggestions. Leave them in the comments, or send me a brief message through the contact form, including your correct e-mail address (brief for the first message because there is a character limit in the contact form's text box). I'll write you back and you can give me your feedback via regular e-mail, then.
As some regular readers might know, that site is currently not being updated, partly because I don't usually have the time. This nags at me, because I own the space, and because even without my paying the site much attention, it still can get up to 1,000 visitors a day. Bloggers and webmasters can tell you that typically, a site that's not updated is a site that loses visitors. TrueCrimeMagzine/CrimeBlog.US simply didn't lose that many, which does make me kind of proud.
Today one idea for further use of TrueCrimeMagazine.com occurred to me -- I would make the site a repository from here on out for only what I thought was the best stuff I or any contributor had to offer. With the writers' permission, for instance, I might post Seamus McGraw's recent, stunning guest entry, "The Executioners' Song." I'd also add Larkin Vonalt's excellent piece published earlier today, "The End of the World." I'd add entries of my own that I feel really live up to the standards I set for myself.
In addition to that, I might put out a new call for submissions -- from journalists who want to flex some crime writing muscle but can't find a paying taker for the story, for instance.
Those are just stubs of ideas, though. This post is to ask for reader recommendations, suggestions. Leave them in the comments, or send me a brief message through the contact form, including your correct e-mail address (brief for the first message because there is a character limit in the contact form's text box). I'll write you back and you can give me your feedback via regular e-mail, then.
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