Posted in Becky and her bad taste in husbands, In with the Old out with the New on December 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I think 2007 may have been the most signifigant year of my life so far professionally and personally. In addition to cracking a couple of hard markets, writing some stories that other people thought were good, and finally getting picked up for anthologies, this was the first year I got paid for my fiction. That’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I was in Borders last night loaded with a $25 gift card and all I walked out of there with was a copy of “The Chipmunk Adventure” on DVD for Becky. There were a couple of books I almost bought, but I just wasn’t very excited about anything. It’s been a while since I raced [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Ah, the day after Christmas, the biggest let down day EVER. Five weeks culminates in one big blow out of a day and then you kind of look toward the new year, and then it’s three more months of crap cold weather in Michigan. Oh, and my wedding.
But Christmas was good. Split time with Becky [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 19, 2007 | 7 Comments »
First, some fun news. The cover for A PRISONER OF MEMORY AND 25 OF THE YEARS FINEST CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES is now online at Amazon.com and it looks cool. You’ll recall my story CADAVER DOG, originally published in HARDLUCK STORIES, will be appearing in this anthology. I’m going to be in an anthology with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 17, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I’m terrified of ending this new book. I crossed the 60 and 61,000 word marks this weekend and while it’s a great feeling because the book is now officially “novel length” it’s also frightening because now I have to start bringing things together for a satisfactory conclusion. I’ve got multiple POVs out there, numerous plot [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 14, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Over at the blog of authors Anne Dayton and May Vanderbilt they’re asking readers what they’re favorite Christmas song is. I responded in the comments about the song I like the least. Year after year I’ve heard this song and it never really triggered anything but that was because I never heard the whole thing [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m amazed daily by the drive and self-control my beloved Becky possesses. Even taking into account her distinct lack of control when it comes to life partners, she’s amazing. Right now she’s being very strict in her diet and her reward will be having a Whopper on New Year’s Day. Holy crap. I’m ticked if [...]
Posted in Gratuitous word count updates on December 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I love it when I get a lot of work done with little effort. Last night it was getting on to be 10pm and I hadn’t done squat writing-wise. I was tempted to just let it go, but I’ve been digging this policy of trying to get at least a few words done each day [...]
Posted in Animals at the Holidays, Steaming Piles of Boredom on December 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I was in a BAD mood yesterday. I stayed up way too late watching “No Country for Old Men.” What a steaming pile of boredom that movie was. It started off decent enough, and there a few high points, but the last hour on didn’t need to exist at all. Everything this movie did, and [...]
Posted in Dave-type Post, Gratuitous word count updates, In other news on December 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A funny thing happened last night. It was getting to be almost 10pm, I was tired, Becky and I had just been out to dinner for her brother’s birthday and I wasn’t feeling the writing. But I didn’t want to lose the tiny streak of momentum I’d been building so I sat down at the [...]
