There’s something about Eliza
Eliza’s long road to publication seems finally to have reached an end. Here and Now #7 is apparently shipping at the moment.
I started writing Eliza in the 1980s, inspired by “artificial intelligence” found in a BASIC program that ran on Radio Shack TRS-80 computers. I never got very far with it then, but rediscovered the [...]
Some time off—I thought
I decided to take a few days off from the early morning grind this week, so this morning I set my alarm for 6:30. Straight to the shower and breakfast and work instead of the usual 90-minute detour upstairs to the computer to write. However, I discovered that I can’t turn my mind off from [...]
Taking a breather
I’ve eased off the past couple of days, taking a bit of a breather after the busy writing period I’ve had for the past several weeks. I finished a short story on Sunday and revised it several times in the interim. Bundled it all up and have it ready to submit next time I get [...]
On a roll
I don’t keep track of how much I write any given day/week/month/year except for special projects, like NaNoWriMo. However, I think it’s safe to say that the past six weeks have been my most productive period ever in terms of total word count.
Of course, word count doesn’t really mean much if the words are drek. [...]
The aftermath
I contemplated taking this morning off from writing to celebrate the completion of the first draft of The Silent Desert yesterday, but old habits die hard. I sent the manuscript, warts and all, completely unrevised, to my agent yesterday for his first appraisal to see if he thinks it’s worth pursuing. I did the same [...]
I’m going to miss those guys…and gals
The end is here
I finished the first draft of The Silent Desert this morning. My output slowed down a little over the past few days, and I think it was because I didn’t look forward to this moment. Writing “The End” has a sense of accomplishment, but it also engenders melancholia in me, especially on [...]
The End is Near
I can see the end. It’s just over the top of that small rise in the road ahead. I’m at 93,000 words, 327 manuscript pages, 26 chapters. I’m not sure what shape the denouement will take, but I expect it to be very brief, in this draft at least. I’d say chapter 27 will be [...]
If only we didn’t have to…
It’s a little bit like revisiting last week’s research trip, to go through all my audio and video notes and try to get them into a form where they will be useful to me when the time comes to revise The Silent Desert, a title that is starting to grow on me. I’m up to [...]
About
Bev Vincent is the author of The Road to the Dark Tower, the Bram Stoker Award nominated companion to Stephen King's Dark Tower series, and The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, which was nominated for a 2010 Edgar® Award and a 2009 Bram Stoker Award.
His short fiction has appeared in places like Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, From the Borderlands and The Blue Religion. He is a contributing editor with Cemetery Dance magazine and a member of the Storytellers Unplugged blogging community. He also writes book reviews for Onyx Reviews.
