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My favorite bit of TV dialog in recent memory came from a scene near the end of last night’s The Closer. “Who gave you the right to play God?” Brenda asked a perp. “The position was vacant, so I took … Continue reading →

I signed a contract last night for a forthcoming anthology appearance, but I still can’t really talk about it until the fall. I’m very pleased that it all worked out in the long run. I also got the green light … Continue reading →

When I get busy, my blog gets ignored. Thus I find myself in the unusual position of not having written anything here for nearly a week. Gasp. However did the world survive? Quite well, I guess. Last weekend we watched … Continue reading →

Toronto, combined with some nice second unit photography, did a very serviceable job of passing for Zurich, Switzerland on this week’s episode of Covert Affairs. There were the requisite shots of the airport and of the churches along the lake, and … Continue reading →

After a short story was rejected recently, I decided to take a look at it before sending it out, a sort of semi-annual checkup, and I was shocked and appalled by how heavy handed it was. The story was 3500 … Continue reading →

Suffering from a summer cold this weekend. It started out with a scratchy throat—a familiar warning symbol. Then my voice turned basso profundo. It’s amazing how little it takes to throw me off my writing schedule. Sore throat and phlegmy … Continue reading →

Only once before have I had to submit a short story proposal instead of a short story to a new market. That was in the case of the Doctor Who: Destination Prague anthology, where we had to pitch the story … Continue reading →

Another rainy day in Texas. Last night we had some of the most impressive thunder I’ve ever heard. One crack was loud and fierce enough to shake the house and make me say a bad word. Several of the rolls … Continue reading →

This weekend I finally finished “The Vengeance” to the point where I was happy to submit it—and did. I had two other stories in the recycle heap so I thought I’d take a glance at them before sending them out … Continue reading →

I’m one of over 10,000 people who downloaded Brian James Freeman’s novella, The Painted Darkness, which is being offered as a free eBook in advance of its Cemetery Dance publication. I finally got around to reading the book on my … Continue reading →