How to increase your memory
I inherited my laptop computer from my daughter when she upgraded. I don’t travel with it, I just use it when I want to work away from my desk, which usually means on the couch while the TV is on. It’s none too peppy, but then again I’m not trying to crack encryption codes, just [...]
It’s hot — no, it’s cold — no, it’s warm
Bipolar weather around here. Yesterday it was 75°; overnight it was in the 30s. Now it’s in the 50s on its way back up to the high 60s.
House, M.D. was back last night with a new episode, the first in a while. I’m not sure why they didn’t air this one back in December, since [...]
How do organizations help their members?
Every year when the dues statements get sent around for various writing organizations, people are faced with the question: What am I getting for that $50, $65, $95? How am I benefitting from the organization? (No altruistic echoes of “Ask not what X can do for you” here. Writers don’t always have the luxury of [...]
Leakier than a sieve
Of death and taxes, I expect to experience the latter far more than the former. I installed TurboTax this weekend, so I can officially say that I’ve started my taxes. I even entered the information from one W-2. But nothing more than that.
I read a novel called Restitution by new author Lee Vance. It was [...]
Brain damage
Last night I finished two book reviews, one that has been in progress for a couple of months and one that I started writing earlier this week. They are: The Painter of Battles by Arturo Perez-Reverte and Fatal Revenant by Stephen R. Donaldson. That clears off my slate of reviews until I read something else [...]
I’ve got Religion
I received an ARC of The Blue Religion today. This is the Mystery Writers of America anthology edited by Michael Connelly that contains my story “Rule Number One,” due out in mid-April. Along with my upcoming appearance in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and a chapbook from Cemetery Dance, this is one of the exciting things [...]
Doing it by the book
I’ve been invited to do a book signing at Murder By the Book in Houston in April. I’ll post more information as it becomes solidified. It might be just me or there might be others present. I’m hoping for the latter.
When I interviewed Frank Darabont for Rue Morgue magazine, he told me that he was [...]
Mittwoch
I spent most of last night working on my review of The Painter of Battles but didn’t get it finished. Maybe tonight. Reviews are funny things. They start as a conglomeration of ideas and quotes (in this case, I made three or four pages of notes while I read the book, noting some especially quoteworthy [...]
I dreamt I finished my novel
I finished my review of Martin Cruz Smith’s Stalin’s Ghost and posted it to Onyx last night. I haven’t updated the index page yet because I’m still working on two reviews I hope to get posted by the end of the week.
I’ve read at least half of MCS’s novels, and I was simply astonished by [...]
What a finish!
And, no, I’m not talking about the Giants/Packers game, though I will get to that in a few moments. I’m referring to the gratifying conclusion to The Amazing Race. As I intimated before, it was a rare situation where all three teams were worthy of winning the $1 million, but I was secretly hoping that [...]
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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.
