Burn After Reading
The first episode of the second season of the UK edition of Life on Mars covers similar ground to The Dead Zone. If you knew beyond all doubt that someone was going to commit heinous crimes in the future, would you be morally justified in doing something about it? That’s the dilemma Sam faces, and [...]
Held back
The Closer is back on TNT. I was interested to see how they handled the cliffhanger from the end of last season. They simply skipped ahead without going through any of the handwringing or agonizing over the fate of a wounded character.
I liked this week’s episode of Burn Notice much better than last week’s. The [...]
Frost on the pumpkins
We don’t actually have pumpkins, but we did grow them when I was growing up and I think the source of the saying was that they were among the most vulnerable garden plants to the cold weather. They were fussy plants all around–I remember my father having to hand-pollinate them as well; otherwise, they would [...]
Winter is back
Probably not the same definition of winter as used in many parts of the country, but when it gets down to 32° in Southeast Texas, it’s winter. No precipitation, just cold—and it only made it up to 45° during the daytime today. I liked Obama’s comments today just before his statement about the economic stimulus [...]
A Chill in the Air
Not really—it’s nearly 80°, but it’s supposed to go down to near-freezing tonight and there could be ice storms a couple of dozen miles north of us.
Instead of finishing off Chapter 8 of the book in progress, I did my preparatory reading for Chapter 9 last night and wrote about 1/3 of it this morning. [...]
Slow Leak
I haven’t been reading much for the past month. I picked up Chelsea Cain’s second novel, Sweetheart, on Saturday and finished it this morning. It’s a sequel to Heartsick, which introduces Gretchen Lowell, a female version of Hannibal Lecter. The protagonist, Archie Sheridan, was at her mercy for ten days before she was arrested and sent [...]
Pulling the trigger
I spent last night and this morning going over the manuscript one more time before I send it off to my editor today. I also received the final contract to sign last night. The timeline for deliverables is spelled out clearly in the contract–the first 1/3 is due today. Easy peasy–I’m sending in about 3/4 [...]
A ton of awesomeness
I finally received my copy of CD #59 last night. The magazine has been on newsstands for several weeks but, owing to some problems with the mailing house, copies are still trickling out to subscribers. I’ve already turned in my column for #60, which is supposed to be out in six weeks, and just received [...]
Doing Lunch
Tonight is Lost night chez moi. All Lost, all the time. Three solid hours. Yes, I know I’m totally up to date, so I could skip the recap show, but maybe there will be one little tidbit of information that I’ve overlooked before, or one three-second scene that I’ve never seen before.
I finished Chapter 3 [...]
Burn Notice
My wife and I are the same age as the president(-elect, for a little while longer). I’m a couple of months older; she’s a month younger. We’re all Class of ‘79. Our generation is getting its shot at the brass ring, we figure.
If I read the fine print on the USA Network ads correctly, Burn Notice [...]
About
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.
