Category Archives: Mad Men

Therapy

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Bev Vincent

This week’s episode of The Killing was actually pretty interesting. It’s neat how they’re borrowing scenes from the Danish version and making them their own. The bit where the evidence is floored over has an analog in the original, but … Continue reading →

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Into the sunset (contains House finale spoilers)

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Bev Vincent

Every show’s finale should include a Warren Zevon song. They used “Keep Me in Your Heart” from The Wind album during the finale of House, to good effect. The retrospective was fun, in that it gave them a chance to showcase … Continue reading →

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Seasons change

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Bev Vincent

We had a very wet beginning to the year, but it didn’t take long for people to start thinking about drought again when it didn’t rain for a few weeks. We had a brief but loud thunderstorm in the middle … Continue reading →

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The secret to humor is surprise

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Bev Vincent

I hear a lot of people asking the same question: where the hell did April go? Having a rough time getting back into the swing of fiction writing again after a several-month hiatus. I’m trying to write a short story … Continue reading →

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A good day for dragons

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Bev Vincent

I received my contributor copy of The Crane House from Cemetery Dance last night and finally got a chance to read the story. My contribution is Chapter 5, so there was a lot that happened after I passed it on … Continue reading →

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The tax man

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Bev Vincent

Have you been holding off from buying a copy of When the Night Comes Down because you couldn’t decide whether to get the trade paperback or the ebook? Well, wait no more. If you buy that trade paperback (or any … Continue reading →

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It is done

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Bev Vincent

I finished my latest manuscript at about 9:30 pm on Sunday, April 1. That’s about an hour and a half ahead of my deadline. It worked out just right. I put in two more 14-hour days on Saturday and Sunday … Continue reading →

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On the corner of black and white

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Bev Vincent

Unexpectedly cool these past couple of days. Barely into the seventies and down to the low fifties at night. I know not many people will sympathize, but after a few days in the 80s when we had to run the … Continue reading →

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It’s only bullets whistling by

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Bev Vincent

Rubicon ended with a whimper, not a bang. And I really thought we’d hear that bang, or something like one. We still have no indication whether or not the series will be renewed for a second season, so there are … Continue reading →

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I didn’t think he’d be first

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Bev Vincent

I was going to start Elmore Leonard’s new novel, Djibouti, next, but I decided to breeze through the new Spenser novel by Robert B. Parker first, Painted Ladies. I have it on my Kindle and read the first 1/3 of … Continue reading →

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