Living in interesting times
So, last night was a week of Big Brother in 60 minutes, and it all played out pretty much as expected. I doubted that Michelle was going to pull of any sort of coup to change people’s minds (though I still maintain that Dan made a mistake in not nominating Ollie). The HoH was funny. [...]
Whither goest thou, Gustav?
Bill Clinton hasn’t lost the knack. Carville had it spot on when he predicted Clinton would deliver a terrific speech that would put an end to the endless dissection of the Clinton’s intent with respect to the upcoming election. Maybe deep down he and his wife can’t stand Barack Obama, or maybe they’re just sore [...]
Harming redux
I’m not entirely sure I got the point of Dan’s game during POV last night. Kudos to Memphis for pulling off a win when he needed one and to Dan for doing the right thing when it got down to the wire, but he went to an awful lot of work to orchestrate this big [...]
Notorious
I’m revising an essay for a publication that requires MLA formatting, so I’m educating myself on all the myriad ways things get referenced. I found some good pages that had detailed examples that covered most of my situations. My favorite one is a magazine article that has been posted online, which gets dual referencing. Some [...]
Shocked
Law & Order: Criminal Intent had an excellent season finale last night. As soon as I realized who the blonde was, I thought, “Oh, crap.” They sure put Goran through the ringer. Target and suspect at the same time. Son of a murderer, to boot. But the ending was oh so creepy when the culprit [...]
Catfight in sequester house
I found a new market for a long essay I’ve been working on for quite some time now. It was originally intended for a Discovering Modern Horror edition that never materialized. After NECON, I was inspired to pick the three- or four-year-old essay up again, updated it and revise it. Thanks to some conversations I [...]
A very special Eureka
I finished my Red Dragon essay and sent it to the editor this morning for his review. The overall form I’d arrived at a couple of days ago held up on review and I only changed the wording a few sentences here and there during three or four revision passes. It was raining by the [...]
He doesn’t just run, he bolts
Congratulations to Usain Bolt for another gold and a world record in the 200 m sprint. And on his birthday, to boot. Mad Men was good this week. The relationship between Peggy and the new priest is interesting, especially the final moments of the show. The set-up with the American Airlines meeting was well done, [...]
Little things
Canadian medal update: lucky 13, comprised of two gold, six silver and five bronze. I think I finally have a reasonably sold first draft of my Red Dragon essay. I’ve been pushing sentences and paragraphs around like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle where I don’t know what the picture looks like. I knew what I [...]
Twelfth place
Canada’s up to nine medals, two gold, three silver, four bronze. We’ve squeezed in front of Kenya and Ethiopia. Woo-hoo! I spent most of the weekend working on an essay about Red Dragon (the novel). I’m limited to 900 words, which means I have to be picky about what I say. I was up to [...]
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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.
