I received the proofs for “A Murder of Vampires,” my story in the Evolve anthology. Need to go over them and get any changes back to the editor asap since the book will be launching at World Horror. Though March 2010 seems like a long way off, it’s really only three months away. I finally bit the bullet and bought my plane tickets yesterday. I’d been waiting for a more favorable airfare, but the prices have been all over the map and don’t seem to be trending downward at all. I wanted to fly into Gatwick, but Heathrow will have to do.
Criminal Minds has been concentrating on some emotionally difficult material lately, what with the death of a secondary character last week and its repercussions this week, though it seems like the official period of mourning will last for only one episode. Hey, at least CBS is still cranking out new episodes at this time of year–there’s even another new one next week–when most other shows are on hiatus. I suspect that at some point the writers will explore Emily Prentiss’s backstory. It’s clear from the way she reacted to the perp at the end of this week’s shows that she has some serious issues bottled up. Gun pressed against forehead to accentuate proclamations of delight at the perp’s future behind bars as someone else’s bitch.
It’s always good to see John Larrouquette, who was a guest star on Law & Order: SVU this week. He had a neat role on Boston Legal in its last season or so, and I’ve enjoyed watching him since the days of Night Court, when he was another smarmy lawyer, Dan Fielding. He played that part with panache. On L&O he got to trot out his southern drawl and range from advocate to outrage. The show needs to get rid of its unfortunate tendency to turn every episode into a protracted public service announcement. As an aside, I caught an old episode of Homicide: Life on the Streets this weekend and Munch hasn’t changed a bit in all those years.
Double elimination week on Survivor. Can’t wait to see if/how Russell manages to make it through.
