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The following link shows a map of my neighborhood. The map highlights 12 months of residential crime for the area. Mind you, this is residential crime only. Seems out of control for a community under 10,000.

http://www.newstrib.com/mapping/

The last couple of days I've had to deal with a slow tire leak, and a dead furnace. The first instance involved a bent nail near the tire rim. The tire service place removed the nail, and since the tires are in good shape, they patched it. They never tried to sell me on anything else. Which, strangely, makes me more inclined to use them in the ( Read more... )

I'm considering a subscription to Publishers Market Place. Is it worth the expense? Will it open doors that wouldn't have been apparent without the subscription? Your opinion is desperately desired.

I just came across this nice review of the Horror Library vol 2, which includes my story "Filth Eater ( Read more... )

He left it behind, the altar, the haunted shore, the idea that he could ever let this go. The children, they could no longer remain forgotten, historical footnotes only referenced with the passing of years and their morbid anniversaries.

Just finished a story I want to be 5k, but came in at 6k. I never had the chance to meet Ken Rand, but whenever I overwrite like this, I certainly use his 10% Solution book. Ken's work is a lasting legacy.

Now, on to finish my secret nonfiction book proposal. And the article I'm co-writing with my wife. And the novel-in-limbo. And...

Morris Berman, one of the most insightful social historians around, has posted an excellent essay on our current circumstances. Have a read. He's brilliant.

http://morrisberman.blogspot.com/2009/09/parable-of-frogs.html

Just signed and mailed the contracts for my first story collection. Nice feeling, that.

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