6/1 - In Georgetown for my reunion. A great time seeing old friends. Photobombed Bill Clinton at least half a dozen times at the Friday night BBQ. While there, a demonic little girl puked green in my face, knocking me out a window. http://tinyurl.com/pne6edy No worry. I bounced back
6/3 - spam subject line of the day: "POWER YOUR CARNAL WANTS"
6/4 - Part of today will be devoted to proofing pages for the COLD CITY mmpb. This tends to be disorienting because I'm presently writing about the same characters 2 years later in FEAR CITY.
6/5 - Best pulp cover ever? http://tinyurl.com/nwq82do
6/5 - On a panel tonight at the Salmagundi Club in Greenwich Village, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America. Topic: genre hopping in fiction. Jason Pinter moderated Josh Getzler, Katia Lief, and moi.
6/6 - I realize I have never spelled "sacrilegious" correctly the first time. Never.
6/11 - Useful Phrases for the Surveillance State: The Borowitz Report http://tinyurl.com/kr3xafl
6/13 - flight to NOLA for the World Horror Convention delayed by weather. I'm eating the United Club out of pepper jack cheese.
6/13 - the biz goes on: while stranded here at EWR I just agreed to MacMillan's terms for a tpb edition of SIBS.
6/13 - A good start to WHC weekend - great dinner at Kingfish with Ellen Datlow et al. Then the invasion and takeover of the back room of the Erin Rose
6/15 - Slushpile played a 2-hr set at WHC. Our new bassplayer, writer John Palisano, fit in like he'd been playing with us all along.
6/17 - Debbie Downer - the best thing about live TV is when the performers lose it: http://vimeo.com/27566023. And let's not forget "The Siamese Elephants" from Carol Burnett. Make sure you wait for Vickie Lawrence's quip at the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp-
6/18 - I'm...s-s-s-speechless. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/chin
6/19 "The Killing" - season 3 is way dark, wading through human cesspools. Just saw episode 3 and felt the need for a shower. But I'm hooked.
6/19 - RIP Vince Flynn. So sorry to hear this. Met him a couple of times at Thrillerfest. What a nice guy. Bummer. http://tinyurl.com/ldyu2gt
6/19 - I may be late to the party, but these are astonishing. http://twistedsifter.com/2013/01/rock-ba...hael-grab/
6/21 - My interview with Wicker Girl at WHC. It's day 3 in NOLA and I'm sleep deprived, but still coherent, I hope: http://wickergirl.com/2013/06/20/exclusi...ul-wilson/
6/22 - nice review of the Gauntlet limited edition of DARK CITY (trade edition coming in October) http://horrorworld.org/hw/?p=5041
6/24 - RIP Richard Matheson. I knew it was coming, but it's still jarring. If you're of my generation and you write imaginative fiction, you stand on Matheson's shoulders. If you are a writer of the next generation, you were probably influenced by King, who cites Matheson as a major influence, so therefore you too stand on Matheson's shoulders. That's one hell of a set of shoulders.
6/25 - get over yourself, Jim Carrey. Did you send the check back? Or donate it to the families of the kids who died because their folks believed your ignorant spewings about vaccines? http://tinyurl.com/ny2mlha
6/ 27 - FEAR CITY - adding back scenes to support later scenes. Sort of the point where the house is pretty much finished but needs spackle and molding to give it a smooth appearance (or hide the cracks of you're a half-empty sort).
6/28 - if you've done any self publishing, this might come in handy. http://signup.booktrakr.com/?lrRef=t81xw
6/29 - Okay. Hit the 100k mark on FEAR CITY. Time to put it aside for a bit and work on something else.
6/30 - must share: Chris Thile and Sarah Jarosz at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. I confess the throat got a little tight toward the end when it became a singalong. Sit back and invest 9.5 minutes in real Amurrican music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k44aysIkQY
6/3 - spam subject line of the day: "POWER YOUR CARNAL WANTS"
6/4 - Part of today will be devoted to proofing pages for the COLD CITY mmpb. This tends to be disorienting because I'm presently writing about the same characters 2 years later in FEAR CITY.
6/5 - Best pulp cover ever? http://tinyurl.com/nwq82do
6/5 - On a panel tonight at the Salmagundi Club in Greenwich Village, sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America. Topic: genre hopping in fiction. Jason Pinter moderated Josh Getzler, Katia Lief, and moi.
6/6 - I realize I have never spelled "sacrilegious" correctly the first time. Never.
6/11 - Useful Phrases for the Surveillance State: The Borowitz Report http://tinyurl.com/kr3xafl
6/13 - flight to NOLA for the World Horror Convention delayed by weather. I'm eating the United Club out of pepper jack cheese.
6/13 - the biz goes on: while stranded here at EWR I just agreed to MacMillan's terms for a tpb edition of SIBS.
6/13 - A good start to WHC weekend - great dinner at Kingfish with Ellen Datlow et al. Then the invasion and takeover of the back room of the Erin Rose
6/15 - Slushpile played a 2-hr set at WHC. Our new bassplayer, writer John Palisano, fit in like he'd been playing with us all along.
6/17 - Debbie Downer - the best thing about live TV is when the performers lose it: http://vimeo.com/27566023. And let's not forget "The Siamese Elephants" from Carol Burnett. Make sure you wait for Vickie Lawrence's quip at the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp-
6/18 - I'm...s-s-s-speechless. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/chin
6/19 "The Killing" - season 3 is way dark, wading through human cesspools. Just saw episode 3 and felt the need for a shower. But I'm hooked.
6/19 - RIP Vince Flynn. So sorry to hear this. Met him a couple of times at Thrillerfest. What a nice guy. Bummer. http://tinyurl.com/ldyu2gt
6/19 - I may be late to the party, but these are astonishing. http://twistedsifter.com/2013/01/rock-ba...hael-grab/
6/21 - My interview with Wicker Girl at WHC. It's day 3 in NOLA and I'm sleep deprived, but still coherent, I hope: http://wickergirl.com/2013/06/20/exclusi...ul-wilson/
6/22 - nice review of the Gauntlet limited edition of DARK CITY (trade edition coming in October) http://horrorworld.org/hw/?p=5041
6/24 - RIP Richard Matheson. I knew it was coming, but it's still jarring. If you're of my generation and you write imaginative fiction, you stand on Matheson's shoulders. If you are a writer of the next generation, you were probably influenced by King, who cites Matheson as a major influence, so therefore you too stand on Matheson's shoulders. That's one hell of a set of shoulders.
6/25 - get over yourself, Jim Carrey. Did you send the check back? Or donate it to the families of the kids who died because their folks believed your ignorant spewings about vaccines? http://tinyurl.com/ny2mlha
6/ 27 - FEAR CITY - adding back scenes to support later scenes. Sort of the point where the house is pretty much finished but needs spackle and molding to give it a smooth appearance (or hide the cracks of you're a half-empty sort).
6/28 - if you've done any self publishing, this might come in handy. http://signup.booktrakr.com/?lrRef=t81xw
6/29 - Okay. Hit the 100k mark on FEAR CITY. Time to put it aside for a bit and work on something else.
6/30 - must share: Chris Thile and Sarah Jarosz at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. I confess the throat got a little tight toward the end when it became a singalong. Sit back and invest 9.5 minutes in real Amurrican music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k44aysIkQY
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fpw Wrote:6/17 - Debbie Downer - the best thing about live TV is when the performers lose it: http://vimeo.com/27566023. And let's not forget "The Siamese Elephants" from Carol Burnett. Make sure you wait for Vickie Lawrence's quip at the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp-
Tim used to be able to get Harvey laughing all the time; in addition to the one you posted, this was another favorite:
[video=youtube;Q9T8i4FkNVo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9T8i4FkNVo[/video]
fpw Wrote:6/30 - must share: Chris Thile and Sarah Jarosz at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. I confess the throat got a little tight toward the end when it became a singalong. Sit back and invest 9.5 minutes in real Amurrican music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k44aysIkQY
Great stuff. I absolutely adore Sarah; she is easily one of the best musicians, if not the best, I've discovered in the past couple of years(she frequently sings me to sleep). You're probably already aware but her new CD, Build Me Up From Bones, is coming out on Sept. 24th. I see she is touring on the east coast presently and hopefully you'll get a chance to see her.
Scott
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