So, of course she was carrying a rearview mirror
As part of my desk-clearing initiative, I read through a story that I thought was pretty close to being ready to send out again. It’s not a new story, but it’s one that I’ve only submitted a couple of times. I trimmed 200 out of 3600 words during this morning’s readthrough, but I want to [...]
Shirley gets her grove on
My whiteboard is uncrowded. The only concrete looming deadlines I have penned onto it are for the Apex Digest story contest (Oct. 15th) and Storytellers Unplugged (Oct. 17). I have the story written for the contest and have only to revise it a few more dozen times until it’s ready to submit. For my SU [...]
Withdrawal
I don’t make a habit of withdrawing stories I submit for publication, but I have done it a couple of times in the past. I did it again this morning. I have a longish story, 5200 words, that’s been with a penny-a-word market for over five months. I queried about it a few weeks ago [...]
A laugh a minute
Last night was comedy night on CBS. I watched How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and Two-and-a-half Men and laughed through them all. Big Bang was even funnier than I thought it would be. I was sure they had already shown all the good stuff in the promos that have been airing [...]
Cold case
I’m nearly finished with a partially polished draft of the short story I’ve been working on. The first 2/3 have been revised and edited extensively, and I’ve written the closing two paragraphs, but there’s a little gap near the end that I need to fill in. Then it’s off to the serious editing. It’s coming [...]
The new seasons begin as the old ones end
Survivor: China got off to a good start last night. I got a good feel for several of the players during the first episode, which is unusual. Chicken’s arc was interesting—his petulance was his downfall. To back off to the extent he did was survivor suicide. He wouldn’t even offer an opinion as to whether [...]
Signed Dark Tower 1-7 for the Haven Foundation
Eureka wears its heart on its sleeve. They could use a sledgehammer to drive home the theme each week, but they stop just short. I don’t care—I just enjoy the show. It makes me laugh. Had a good chuckle when Jack, with dust still falling from the ceiling due to an explosion in the bathroom, [...]
X-ville
I lasted about five minutes into K-ville last night before I switched the TV off and returned to reading Exit Music. It was too much of a mish-mash and I found myself not really trying hard to pay attention to what was going on or caring about it. I think I got it on tape, [...]
Vampires prefer red wine
What would you expect to find at www.vampire.com?
My wife arrived home the other night with two bottles of vampire wine. Romanian, of course. From Transylvania, even. Nice, classy bottles, with only a few pithy quotes on the back label (blood of the vine, for example). According to their website, they also produce a soft drink [...]
To tell the truth
My September essay at Storytellers Unplugged went up this morning: It’s hard to tell the truth. The podcast version should be up at Podango and on iTunes shortly. If you’ve been following along, you might recognize the story that forms the center of this month’s essay. Next month I’ll be posting a short story for [...]
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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.
