These “early years” samples are not really writing-related, but they probably explain a lot about why I spend so much time on Dennis’s crazy adventures.
Author: James Viscosi
The “Honest Scrap” Award
Last week, A Blog in the Rough tagged Dennis and me for the “Honest Scrap” meme, in which you have to list ten honest things about yourself, along with the exhortation “and make it interesting”. Gosh, ten honest interesting things about me? I’m not sure I can manage that, but let’s find out. I’m pretty sure that by the time you’re done reading this list, you’ll consider me an even bigger geek than you do already.
Random Rejection: Maria Carvainis Agency
Well after the last couple of weeks of me being chatty about my checkered past in the horror field, this week we are back on more familiar ground, with a lovely random rejection letter from the Maria Carvainis Agency:
Okay, So I Lied
Earlier, I wrote a brief story about how I got into the horror field; now, as promised, is the story of how I got out.
Sorry, No Part Two Today
So I was working on part two of my story about how I got into and out of the horror field. I think it was a good post — unusually long (by my standards) and unusually revealing (also by my standards). It was almost finished; I just wanted to add a few links.
And then my browser ate it.
And WordPress, which normally keeps revisions of drafts as you go along, mysteriously didn’t have any revisions of this one.
I’m just not feeling up to retyping the whole thing again right now. So, unfortunately, I’ve got no Part Two to show you today. Can I interest you in some talk about the legendary Chilean Meat Plant instead?
Stumbling Into The Horror Field
In the comments for my “Pinch Bobby ‘Til He Bleeds” post, Almostgotit asked how I got into writing horror and why I got out. Like many things in life, I just sort of stumbled into it, but getting out again was a little more complicated.
New (To Me) “Night Watchman” Review
As I mentioned a while back, I periodically Google myself to see if there are any new reviews or other mentions of my stuff. Evidently I don’t do it often enough, though, because I’ve only just now become aware of this review (published last August by Sharon of A Bookworm’s Journey; Sharon’s dog Rusty is good friends with Dennis the Vizsla, and the two can often be found conspiring together against the squirrels) of Night Watchman. A brief excerpt:
Once I started it it was hard to put down. The characters and places Viscosi created were engaging, interesting. I would have loved for Yolanda, a psychic, to have had a bigger part.
I can’t argue with that — by the time I was done writing this book, Yolanda had become my favorite character as well. Perhaps she’ll get her own story some day …
Sharon gives Night Watchman 4 out of 5 stars. Thanks, Sharon!
Random Rejection: E-scape, “Pinch Bobby ‘Til He Bleeds”
This week’s random rejection happens to be another one from E-scape, which you may remember from such other random rejections as “Comfort“. Once again the editor has nice things to say about the story, but once again, she doesn’t like it enough to publish it, thus continuing my long tradition of entertaining editors for free.
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And On The Sixth Day
In place of the usual random rejection letter or snarky review, this week, we have my installment of The Sixth Photo, which Dennis’s friend MyEye tagged me to do. In my case, the sixth item in the sixth folder was another folder, so I took the sixth picture from inside there. I’m sure it will come as no surprise to anyone that it’s a picture of a dog.
The Depressing Song Challenge
Dennis recently got tagged by Tony in Tasmania to do the Depressing Song Challenge, but since he doesn’t usually listen to the lyrics, he asked me to handle the challenge for him. So here I present my current top depressing song and video, “Broken”, by Seether, featuring Amy Lee of Evanescence:
Viscosity 