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:
Archive for January, 2009
Random Rejection: Maria Carvainis Agency
Posted by jamesviscosi on January 25, 2009
Posted in You Suck | Tagged: 1990s, adverbs, Books, literary agents, maria carvainis agency, rejection letters, show don't tell, writing, You Suck | 6 Comments »
Okay, So I Lied
Posted by jamesviscosi on January 18, 2009
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.
Posted in Lulu, Publishing, fantasy, horror | Tagged: 9/11, a flock of crows is called a murder, anthrax, california, dennis, Dogs, dragon stones, fantasy, hard shell word factory, horror, lies, Lulu, moving, new york, night watchman, Publishing, san diego, self-publishing, television man, Vizslas, writer's block, writing | 6 Comments »
Sorry, No Part Two Today
Posted by jamesviscosi on January 18, 2009
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?
Posted in Writing | Tagged: aargh, wordpress, writing | 1 Comment »
New (To Me) “Night Watchman” Review
Posted by jamesviscosi on January 4, 2009
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!
Posted in Books, Reviews, horror | Tagged: horror, night watchman, reading, Reviews, writing, you don't suck | 5 Comments »
