Monthly Archives: May 2008

(Obligatory obscure lyric title) I managed to hand-edit another 35 pages of manuscript last night before the evening was given over to LOST. I haven’t been watching the rehash episodes, but I tuned in for last night’s and was glad … Continue reading →

Last night was the first television-free weeknight in recent memory, and I got a decent amount of work done. My first editing pass on the novel in progress was done at the computer, and it was a process of unwriting—getting … Continue reading →

I watched all four hours of the A&E remake of The Andromeda Strain last night. The original is clearly dated in terms of the technology, but it is a suspenseful film all the same and not really in need of … Continue reading →

Jack Haringa Must Die! (104 pp) is now available from Merricat Publications. Proceeds from the book will benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards. “Within the pages of this book are the tales, scenes, confessionals, and dare I say, fantasies of the … Continue reading →

I love my new(ish) laser printer, a Brother HL-2070N. For years, all I had were bubblejet and inkjet printers. Generating a novel manuscript on one of those puppies—no way. Wave bye-bye to an ink cartridge and keep feeding sheets of … Continue reading →

I’m not the biggest Bob Dylan fan on the planet by any stretch of the imagination. I respect what he did, but I find a lot of his material difficult to listen to. It always seemed to me like he … Continue reading →

Jack Haringa Must Die! (104 pp) is now available from Merricat Publications. Proceeds from the book will benefit the Shirley Jackson Awards. It contains my flash story “A Post-Apostrophic Tale.”

Two more movies last night. First was a British comedy called Death at a Funeral, though the title is a little misleading. It’s a farce set around a funeral that involves hallucinogenic drugs labeled “Valium,” a 4′ tall blackmailer, a … Continue reading →

We’re camping in for the long weekend. I stocked up on movies to watch in the evenings, we’ll fire up the BBQ later in the afternoon, and we’ll catch up on the severe sleep deficits we both seem to be … Continue reading →

Something we have to grow accustomed to around here once the hot weather arrives, which it has, is sporadic power outages. Sometimes they are prolonged, half an hour, a couple of hours, but usually they are momentary. I’d rather the … Continue reading →