Monthly Archives: June 2009

Got the first draft of my Cemetery Dance column for issue 63 written today. It’s due with the editor next Friday, which gives me lots of time to revise and polish it. Once upon a time, these articles ranged anywhere … Continue reading →

Burn Notice was really good last night. Tense, complex, interesting, funny, violent, intriguing. The bit where Michael had to get the guy to say all the numbers from 0 through 9 was hilarious. Still hot as hell around here these … Continue reading →

It’s a good thing I don’t Twitter. I wouldn’t want to inflict my uneventfulness on any. I can’t think of anything at all to blog about today. I didn’t start any new books, didn’t watch anything on television last night (interesting … Continue reading →

This month’s entry in Storytellers Unplugged is called Adventures in Reading. I wouldn’t mind at all if it rained one of these days. I’m not sure when we last had any (it was a pretty heavy downfall, as I recall), … Continue reading →

…two out of three ain’t bad. I posted three new reviews to Onyx Reviews yesterday. Two out of three books are currently available (the Lansdale isn’t released until July) and two out of the three are very good (I’ll leave … Continue reading →

I don’t say this lightly: This is Not a Game by Walter Jon Williams is one of the best novels I’ve read recently. I’m not familiar with the author, but I plan to seek out some of his other works in … Continue reading →

I received my subscriber copy of Cemetery Dance #60 earlier this week, so it should be in the hands of most people by now or will be shortly. Now all I need is some time to read it. My work … Continue reading →

The season debut of The Closer was pretty good. Gruesome, horrible crime, diversions and misdirections, personal issues, and a tense interrogation through a sheet of plexiglass. I thought I knew what was going on with Law & Order: Criminal Intent … Continue reading →

I received a royalty check this weekend for On Writing Horror. This is our second dispersement, and thought he checks are paltry, it’s still revenue, so I ain’t complainin’. I also received my contract for my essay in the forthcoming … Continue reading →

One thing I observed when I was rereading the proof pages for the short story I mentioned in yesterday’s post: I really, really like this story. It was previously published as a chapbook and will appear in anthology form for … Continue reading →