The grand illusion
We watched The Illusionist last night. Neat film. Paul Giamatti was excellent—I saw one review where his performance was described as having the gravitas of Orson Welles. I never saw the ending coming, except in a way I did. A character utters a line early in the film and thought, well, that would be one [...]
Who Are You
My first round of story notes concerning my contribution to Doctor Who: Destination Prague arrived today. I was asked to include a little background material pertaining to a previous Short Trips story involving the same characters for continuity, so I have to read the pertinent story and do a little minor surgery. Shouldn’t take terribly [...]
Destination: BBC
As I postulated yesterday, Doctor Who: Destination Prague won’t be coming out in March but rather in May, which was the original plan, way back when. We got a sneak peek at the cover today and this is going to be one gorgeous book, both outside and in. I’m really looking forward to this one. [...]
Loose ends
I would say that last night’s episode of LOST was about wrapping up some loose ends. It’s the sort of necessary episode that doesn’t exactly thrill you with excitement, but takes care of some issues that demand attention. Juliet’s actions on the beach, primarily. I know a lot of long-time watchers of the series are [...]
Pancakes and quantum chemistry
I don’t know if the tradition follows in the US as well, but on Mardi Gras in most Commonwealth countries it’s usual to have pancakes for supper. The idea, apparently, is to use up all the eggs, grease and milk before going into Lent and making pancakes is a good way to do that.
Growing [...]
Anatomy of a short story
I did my final editing pass through my essay for Storytellers Unplugged, which I will be posting in the wee small hours of tomorrow. I have to be at the high school 15 miles north of here at 7:30 a.m. to judge the high school science fair projects, which means I’ll be getting up earlier [...]
I can see clearly now
Got my new specs last night. The second prescription I’ve had with progressive lenses. These ones are more sophisticated than the previous. They handle angular/peripheral differently in addition to being stronger. They’re taking a little getting used to, but I noticed an immediate improvement when I put them on yesterday, so I guess that’s good. [...]
Pod people
I’m usually late to the game when it comes to buying into new technology. I didn’t get a cell phone until 2000, reluctantly. I came early to computers—I had a TI 99/4A back in the early 1980s and the BASIC programming I learned at the point was the foundation for one aspect of my career [...]
Little Miss Sunshine
I finally got the new short story out the door. I did a lot of rewriting, sent it off to my first reader again, got back a good report with only a couple of minor suggested adjustments, some of which I took and some that I didn’t. I reread it one last time this morning [...]
Ferry tale
Still working on the short story I’ve been yammering on about for nearly two weeks now. I think I know what I want to do with the end, but I’m not sure anyone’s going to like it. Endings are hard, because you want to bring a story to some sort of resolution, but not everything [...]
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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.
