Author Archives: Bev Vincent

Forget the original: just get a good copy

Yesterday I got all my rewrites done on the first 7000 words of the novella in progress to change one event and propagate its impact through the rest of the story. The way people react to a disappearance is perforce … Continue reading

Posted in Burn Notice, Fringe, movies | Comments Off on Forget the original: just get a good copy

A National Treasure

I started revising the section of the novella in progress that needs changing to come into line with my new theory of the story this morning, but I was interrupted by some business that required my attention so I didn’t … Continue reading

Posted in Justified | Comments Off on A National Treasure

We all scream

I added another thousand words to the novella this morning, reaching 7000, but I think I’ve hit the breaking-off point. The old storyline isn’t going to serve me for this version so I’m ditching the rest of it and going … Continue reading

Posted in Criminal Minds, Survivor | Comments Off on We all scream

Blue eyes

Made some serious forward progress on the novella this morning, jumping from just under 4000 words to a tad over 6000 by the end of my session. Not all of them are new words, exactly. Since I’m revamping an old, … Continue reading

Posted in NCIS | Comments Off on Blue eyes

You call that a gun?

Working my way back into the novella by reading over and editing what I’ve already written. Tomorrow I should be able to tackle new material. I’ve been cutting mercilessly so far. I’m hoping that it will be a very lean … Continue reading

Posted in Castle, House, Law and Order: LA | 1 Comment

The reverse Hitchcock

90% of Texas is in a drought and no rain was expected in the coming days. We had very little in March and none so far in April. There was a 12% chance of precipitation today, which seems paltry given … Continue reading

Posted in books, movies | Comments Off on The reverse Hitchcock

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

Posted in CSI, Mentalist, SVU | Comments Off on Which way is out?

Pick the devil you run with

Two or three weeks ago I received a letter from Elections Canada telling me I was being dropped from the registration list. Two days ago I received my voting package for the forthcoming election. Mixed message? Do I dare vote? … Continue reading

Posted in Justified, Survivor | Comments Off on Pick the devil you run with

How could I get that wrong?

Broke my promise to myself: I didn’t get around to working on the novella this morning. I got my “assignments” for World Horror in Austin in a few weeks so I had to do some prep work. The program hasn’t … Continue reading

Posted in NCIS | Comments Off on How could I get that wrong?

Femme fatale

Got tangled up with paperwork this morning, so I didn’t get back to the novella yet again. Tomorrow, I promise (myself). After several days with the A/C activated and actually having it run a few times, we had to turn … Continue reading

Posted in Castle, The Event | Comments Off on Femme fatale