Monthly Archives: February 2005

If you have read the whole book, bold it. If you have read part of the book, italicize it. If you own it but haven’t gotten around to reading it yet, ** it. #1 The Bible #2 Huckleberry Finn by … Continue reading →

As you may know, I co-wrote an adaptation of the Stephen King story Lunch at the Gotham Cafe for some colleagues out in L.A. who acquired the rights as part of King’s Dollar Baby program. The resulting films can only … Continue reading →

This sounds like fun. Let’s see if I can come up with ten Been bitten by a stingray (not stung, mind you, bitten) Pet a shark Saw copies of a book I wrote in an airport bookstore Went grocery shopping … Continue reading →

I’d heard Steve Earle’s track on the Warren Zevon tribute album Enjoy Every Sandwich, so I decided to give his new album, The Revolution Starts Here a whirl. An intriguing CD, to say the least. I like the title track … Continue reading →

I have a couple of auctions running at present, one that ends on Friday and one I just started a few minutes ago. You can check ‘em out here. The first is the signed/limited of Cujo from mysterious press and … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on this new story since last Wednesday, and I finished the first draft early yesterday afternoon. It ended up a lot longer than I originally envisioned. Final word count as of yesterday, pre-editing, is about 9600. I … Continue reading →

This is exciting news. Last year, a baker’s dozen writers produced a round-robin novella that was published in installments in the Cemetery Dance weekly newsletter. Ray Garton started the tale and passed it off to Tom Piccirilli, who passed it … Continue reading →

When I got home from work yesterday, I found two huge boxes awaiting me from Cemetery Dance. Within were my author copies of The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book, both the trade paperback (lovely) and the hardcover (gorgeous). Just when … Continue reading →

I finished final revisions for the story that I’m submitting to the World Horror Convention contest last night. I thought I was done already except for one last read-through, but I ended up cutting another 150 words from it. I … Continue reading →

I finished up my proofing of the Cemetery Dance limited of The Road to the Dark Tower on Saturday, glory hallelujah. That meant I was able to treat myself to a guilt-free Super Bowl yesterday afternoon, though I did have … Continue reading →