Just in time for spring — more cold weather
There hasn’t been all that much to blog about lately. We went out to an Irish pub on Wednesday evening for a couple of beers to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. A Guinness rep was there handing out trinkets and free beers.
Last night I watched the return of Flashforward. It’s an interesting enough show, but I [...]
Good for you
Contrary to what I said in my Storytellers Unplugged essay, “The Book Launch,” I did in fact remember to wear something green today. I wasn’t entirely sure — I had to confirm it with my wife. I thought for a while that it might have been beige or brown but she reassured me that it [...]
A Lifetime
I received my Stoker nomination certificate in yesterday’s mail. Shortly it will be hanging on the wall next to its mate from five years ago and the new Edgar nomination certificate, which is almost as large as the two Stoker nomination certificates combined.
I was also contacted by the president of the Houston Writers Guild. [...]
Beware the Ides of ZZzzzz…
I had no trouble getting up at my usual time this morning, even with the time change, but I feel draggy today. I should be back on schedule just in time to go to England and mess myself up all over again.
I was browsing through the Houston Chronicle yesterday and when I got to the [...]
Those wacky heroes
I’m making progress with my new exercise regime. Yesterday I managed five laps of the pool (up from three), and today I knocked a minute off the time for my aerobics training.
I had a brilliant idea about the story I’m trying to get written. As usual, it happened when I was in the shower. [...]
Only in Canada, eh?
What did they expect? There’s an article on the CBC website today about an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Montreal that was delayed a couple of weeks ago. Not necessarily big news. The reason for the delay? Technical problems? Nope. Weather? Nope. Crew delay? Nope. The passengers refused to get on board the plane. [...]
Lost – Redemption
We’re skipping spring and going straight into summer. Not exactly, but we’ve been flirting with 80° days this week, though the evenings are cool.
I’m getting back into my exercise regimen after two months off. Hit the elliptical today to do my standard 400 calorie / 3 mile workout. Before I took a break it used to [...]
Swimming laps
I wonder how many takes it took for them to nail the showtune scene on How I Met Your Mother last night. It was one of those montages where the actors essentially stay put and a lot of backdrops and props glide into place around them, only to be replaced a line or two later [...]
Suitable for framing
I received my Edgar nomination certificate this weekend. It’s ginormous, as my daughter would say. 11 x 17. Went out at noon to pick up a frame for it so it can hang on the wall of shame fame.
Speaking of framing, I finished Innocent by Scott Turow this weekend. Probably the best book I’ve read [...]
Guilty of a bad haircut
Found out this morning that my story “Ground Wood,” originally published by the now-defunct Wrong World as a DVD ebook, will be in Volume One of Best New Zombie Tales, edited by James Roy Daley at his Books of the Dead Press. Also in the first volume are stories by Ray Garton (30k word novella), [...]
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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.
