I might have written this before, but when it came to the Bram Stoker Awards last month, I wasn’t nervous leading up to the presentation. I pretty much figured how it was going to go, and the adrenaline only kicked in about 30 seconds before the winner was announced, on the off chance that I was wrong. I’m far more nervous about the Edgar Awards presentation tomorrow night in New York. Not because I think I’m going to win–I don’t, really–but there’s still a chance. One way or the other, we’re going to have a fine day, but we still have to go through the hassle of getting there (and getting there on time, more importantly) so I suspect I’m going to be at least this nervous until we touch down in New York tomorrow. Once we get out of the airport, we’re going to be running from one thing to another for the rest of the day, so there won’t be much time to dwell ont he award annoucement–at least until that time comes rolling around.
Speaking of nerves, I found out yesterday that I have a herniated disc in my lower back, which has been the cause of my discomfort during most of 2010. The disc is pressing against a nerve bundle. It’s been getting better a bit at a time, especially during the past week, but it’s not there yet. The next course of treatment may be physical therapy. We’ll see how that goes.
I posted my review of Tell All by Chuck Palahniuk last night. Some really promising ideas got swept up in an experiment gone awry. I also received a request for a possible reprint of an essay that has previously only been published in French. It will be untranslated–or detranslated–if everything goes according to very tentative plan.
M.C. Gainey is sure getting around these days — not that he didn’t before. He plays the sheriff on Happy Town, which debuts tonight (see last Saturday’s post for my comments on that show), and he also appeared as Boyd’s incarcerated daddy at the end of this week’s episode of Justified. Fans of Lost will know him as Tom, or possibly as Mr. Happy. Another smashing episode of the show. I always enjoy Raylan’s prison therapy sessions with Boyd, and it’s good to see that people who get shot don’t always die right away. The book-writing hitman was a hoot, too. The episode had some nice surprise moments.
A lot of people said they were going to jump ship from Law & Order: Criminal Intent after Goran and Eames left the show, but I still think it’s the best of the three incarnations of the series. Nobody puts the screws to the bad guys better than the detectives of the Major Case Unit.
Catch y’all on the flip side of the Edgars. I might be able to tweet from New York, but if not, check out the Murder By the Book feed for updates, if you’re interested.
