Prone and supine
I didn’t get any writing done this morning as my session was taken up with preparing supporting material for a grant application. These things are long shots, as a rule, but if I don’t apply I definitely won’t get one, so it’s worth a couple of hours of my time, I figure. I only have [...]
Murder and Mayhem
Still banging away at the new Chapter 1 of my novel. I spend a lot of time rewriting the early stuff and then getting a little farther each morning. I’m getting close to the end of the chapter. Hopefully by Friday.
Everyone’s favorite serial killer is back. Season 4 of Dexter got off to a rousing [...]
Video update
I’ve reconsidered my approach to the new novel over the last few days. My original plan with the rewrite was to convert the first chapter into what could be considered a prolog and then backtrack chronologically to detail the events leading up to that moment. The main reason for doing this was that, after discussing [...]
Julia Child is in my sights
We were sitting at the dining room table chatting after supper when I heard a truck pull up and stop out front. UPS is like clockwork in our neighborhood, so I suspected it was them. I peered out between the slats and there was the distinctive brown truck. Sometimes the driver will knock or ring [...]
Order up!
A cool, drizzly day. I know Texas well enough to not believe that summer is over yet, even though another cool front is predicted for a few days from now. Without warning it can end up over 90° again. I hope it stays like this, though. September/October can be the best months around here.
I completed [...]
One NCIS, not two
I’m reaching the end of my first pass through the first chapter of the novel. So far I’ve cut about three pages from it, and I suspect more will get lopped off during subsequent revisions. Since the scene’s place in the chronology of the book is different now than when originally conceived, I also have [...]
Homage
Can’t complain about the rainy cool weather too much since it’s been so hot and dry for months. It’s actually a good, solid rain, but it’s causing some street flooding in the city. Nothing like in other parts of the country, however.
I finally received a contributor copy of a magazine that subscribers and newsstands had [...]
Paree
Last Friday was my 20th anniversary at my day job. It’s hard to imagine. One of my pert coworkers brought it to my attention that she was 8 when I joined the company. My father worked for the same employer for 47 years, so I still have a way to go.
Another response to my flurry [...]
Deal or no deal
Scratching your head trying to figure out why Agent Jessup from Fringe looks familiar? Well, she was normally seen wearing more flattering apparel when she was opening up briefcases on Deal or No Deal. Is she going to hang around or just be a temp? Maybe a romantic rival for Olivia? We’ll just have to [...]
Puff or no puff
My Storytellers Unplugged essay this month is now online: What I Did on My Summer Vacation.
Degrees of separation: here’s my Peter, Paul and Mary story. My wife and I spent the weekend of my 40th birthday at the Kerrville Folk Festival, an annual event that Peter Yarrow helped found. At the Saturday evening concert, during an [...]
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.
