I will not talk about the frequency of my blog posts in this blog post. Dammit, I did it anyway. Moving on. Two things are on my mind right now: 1) the Post Office and 2) my writing. Thing 1: Post Office, or How America is Still Climbing Uphill We all remember last year, the …
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First Post of 2021. Nailed It.
A lot has already been said about what happened last week, and I've given everything a lot of my thoughts and attention, and so I'm not going to churn out more crap about it here. Suffice it to say that the idiots who stormed the Capitol are fucking walnuts, and watching their "plot" fold in …
I Gloomed, I Doomed, I Used the Clippers
It's almost Halloween, y'all, the Most Wonderful Time of the Year. I love Halloween. It jockeys for first position against Xmas as my favorite holiday, depending upon my mood. I do love Xmas. I love its pagan origins. I love Xmas trees and gifts and Xmas songs and the meaning of Xmas, which to me, …
Social Distancing Day 7: Harder Than I Thought.
So I haven't written in a while. The last time I wrote, there was no apocalypse, and now there is. Surprise! I started to feel like I had a cold on March 15 (BEWARE THE IDES) but I went to work on Monday. That was before everything went into complete lockdown, but it was already …
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Working on Some This, Working on Some That.
I did a little freelance work this morning, and then I actually sat down and started revising and working on my novel. Welcome to the State of Beck Address. Here are my talking points: I'm going through a midlife crisis. I'm turning 42 in a few months, so this should surprise no one. I've got …
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Shoveling Snow, Shoveling Bullshit, Shoveling Food in my Face.
So the city of Philadelphia is closed today because of the "winter storm." I have to say that while it is snowing outside, it certainly is not a winter storm. I've been living here for five years, and I'm still confused about why, as a northeastern city, we don't have better snow procedures. I know it's warmer …
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Long Time, No See. You’ve Changed So Much. Here’s What Happened…
So I haven't written anything in a while; there are several reasons for that. 1) I've actually been traveling and doing stuff, which is weird for me; 2) I have a job, losers; and 3) I'm lazy. So far I've just been rejected across the board, although Pseudopod sent me a personal rejection and told …
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I Didn’t Want You Anyway. Also, Bullet Journals (Mullet Journals?).
So a few new but uninteresting-to-anyone-but-me things happened this week. I got rejected by The Dark. Not THE DARK, as in the breathing black space that haunts closets everywhere, but the horror magazine. Rejection Game Strong thus far. Still waiting for DarkFuse, Pseudopod and Apex to tell me to fuck off. I have two weeks' …
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Rejectathon, Commence. Also, Submission Grinder.
So I polished some things up and sent them out. I look forward to either 1) boilerplate rejections, 2) personalized rejections, or 3) acceptances. #1 would surprise me the least; #2 would probably make me feel the worst; and #3 is unlikely. All the same. I kind of wish personalized rejections were less professional. They …
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Maiden Voyage
Welcome to my new website. You're thinking, "Beck, you don't have an old website." To that I say, "Old is not a prerequisite for new, and don't be an asshole, whoever you are." I'm turning 40 this year (I know, I look about five in that photo. Wear sunscreen), and I'm trying to keep the promises …
