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I’ve had better reading years. I’m not exactly sure why I had difficulty carving out time to read. A kind of malaise, I guess. When I picked up my iPad, I found myself playing stupid games instead of reading. I’m … Continue reading →

Time to look back at the year that will be drawing to a close in less than two weeks and ruminate. Was it a good year? Was it a bad year? One for the history books or one we’d prefer … Continue reading →

Today is publication day for Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences. I’m quite pleased with myself that I’m now able to type out that entire title without looking it up, including the serial comma! The … Continue reading →

I’ve often talked about my Stephen King origin story, how I randomly picked up a paperback copy of ‘Salem’s Lot at a used bookstore in 1979 and was immediately hooked. That book was not only my gateway to King—it stoked … Continue reading →

A week from today is the official publication day for my new book Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences (and, yes, I have to look up the title every time I write it down—it was … Continue reading →

Publication of Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences has been pushed back a month due to supply-chain/transportation issues. Getting the book from the printer to the warehouse is proving to be complicated. However, that doesn’t … Continue reading →

We were starting to think the clouds had forgotten how to throw water from the sky. My wife and I were having supper at one of the handful of local restaurants we frequent (we only go to places that have … Continue reading →

For my birthday this year (“prime” refers to my age), my wife and I went to one of our favorite vacation/getaway spots—a rental house in Surfside Beach, TX called Land’s End. It sits behind a grass-covered dune on the Gulf … Continue reading →

Alan Parsons Project fans will recognize that line from their Vulture Culture album. That one came out when I was a grad student and before I had a car, so I had a 20+ minute bus ride from my apartment … Continue reading →

For the first time since July 2019 (when I went to NECON), I boarded an airplane. I can’t say it’s the first time I was at an airport since then because I had to make a few trips to pick … Continue reading →