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One thing I observed when I was rereading the proof pages for the short story I mentioned in yesterday’s post: I really, really like this story. It was previously published as a chapbook and will appear in anthology form for … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I received the electronic proofs for a story that will appear in an anthology later on this year. I only found two little mistakes, one of which I think was inserted by the editors. The other was one of … Continue reading →

The Cemetery Dance Exclusive Collectors Set (including the round robin novella The Crane House) will be yanked off the website later today, so if you want to reserve your copies of these three incredible signed Limited Editions (instead of battling … Continue reading →

The season finale of Breaking Bad was a little surprising. For several weeks now, they’ve been teasing us with images of a teddy bear in the swimming pool, crime scene experts photographing the broken windshield of Walt’s car, and a … Continue reading →

I heard that my publisher had a booth at Book Expo America (BEA) and had a mockup of my forthcoming book on display. Very cool. I’m waiting for until booksellers are set up to take preorders before announcing it. Or until … Continue reading →

Many years ago, I used to work in software development. Anyone who has ever done that knows that bugs are unavoidable. We make silly mistakes, we fail to anticipate a set of condition or a combination of events, we are … Continue reading →

If I had free time, I would have turned the accompanying image into an animated gif in which Jack vanished, which is the trademark of his show Without a Trace. The victim of the week was always shown doing something … Continue reading →

Watched the most recent episode of Breaking Bad last night. Holy cow. What a story. Jesse causes Jane to backslide into addiction, she gets him hooked on heroin, her father catches them and they plan their great escape. Which, of … Continue reading →

My passport (well, actually, that used to expire in March but thanks to my oversight, it is now May), my car registration, my car inspection sticker…it’s got me looking at other things that might expire. My driver’s license — nope, … Continue reading →

I’ve been  ignoring my short story submissions for most of 2009, while working on the book project that will be coming out later this year. I filed the rejections, but let the stories lie fallow. This weekend I decided to … Continue reading →