Category Archives: Mentalist

Empty DVR

Join us at Bitten By Books today for the EVOLVE Two: Vampire Stories of the Future Undead chat and contest, starting at noon Central and running into the evening. The anthology authors will answer questions and there are Valuable Prizes at … Continue reading

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Just me and my demons

Chances of rain this evening and tomorrow. That makes two Fridays in a row, if it comes to pass. Not an end to the drought by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s a start. Had a call from Pete … Continue reading

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Drum roll, please

The rainstorm yesterday afternoon was productive. About half an inch in some places. Enough to leave the front yard soggy. Not enough to end the drought. It’s supposed to be quite temperate this weekend. Lows in the fifties and highs … Continue reading

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The slush pile

I received my contributor copy of Screem magazine yesterday. Haven’t had a chance to look at it in detail yet, but I plan to this weekend. The editor has invited me to write for them again, so now I have … Continue reading

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Which way is out?

We had a stretch of fence between us and our neighbors replaced this week. It included a gate. When the workers were finishing up we went to survey the results. Fenced looked good, but the gate was installed backwards! The … Continue reading

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It’s there, then it’s gone

Finished up revisions to the second short story that I had to proof this week and got it back to the editor. That’s probably about as much writing work as I’ll get done today. Got some very good news from … Continue reading

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What do you do when you lose? Party harder!

I was in high school the year of the incident at Three Mile Island. Though it was all over the news at the time, it seemed a long ways off. Over a thousand miles, in fact. However, at the end … Continue reading

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I won all of them

More work on the essay this morning. I hope to have it whipped into shape after another day or two. It has a lot going on, discussing a novel and three movies, and I want to keep it under 4-5000 … Continue reading

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Gold in them thar hills

Another editing pass through the work in progress. Trimmed by an additional 200 words. I’ll probably send it out tomorrow. For a long time I’ve had a story on the short list for consideration for inclusion in Thrillers 3, the … Continue reading

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Make sure they spell my name right

Almost finished doing the taxes and looking forward to a refund, which is always nice. Listening to Split Enz and getting ready for a productive day of writing. The plan: finish first draft of short story, revise proposal, get two … Continue reading

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