by Carter Wilson | Aug 1, 2020 | Book news, Personal stuff, The Dead Husband, What's Entertaining Me, What's in my backyard
A couple weeks ago I turned 50 (on Bastille Day, for all you Francophiles out there). When I turned forty I had a big party and was planning to do the same for fifty but, you know, pandemic. I’m excited to be fifty. Excited to see what the decade brings,...
by Carter Wilson | Jul 1, 2020 | Book news, Dead Girl in 2A, Personal stuff, What's Entertaining Me, What's in my backyard
It’s hot and I don’t know what to write. I’m just sitting here with a blank screen, blurry eyes and fuzzy brain, and I suspect this shit is just gonna spill out without a lot of filter. It’s hot and I’m tired, and it feels like I never...
by Carter Wilson | Jun 1, 2020 | Personal stuff, Quarantine, Uncategorized, What's Entertaining Me, What's in my backyard, Writing
Hello, folks. How are you? You getting through these very strange days with ease or with struggle? Likely both, I imagine. Have you been connecting more, reaching out to those you haven’t talked to in awhile, just to ask them the simple question you okay? Me...
by Carter Wilson | May 1, 2020 | Personal stuff, What's Entertaining Me, What's in my backyard, Writing
You’ve heard me go on and on about my favorite band James, whose lyrics I’ve used in my last two books and, hopefully, the next one as well. Their latest album, Living in Extraordinary Times, was released a year and a half ago, and is essentially a protest...
by Carter Wilson | Apr 1, 2020 | Uncategorized, What's Entertaining Me, What's in my backyard, Writing
Jessica and I just got back from our annual ghost-hunting excursion at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado. For those of you unfamiliar with this tradition, for the past six years I’ve gone to the famously haunted hotel to do some writing and search for ghosts,...
by Carter Wilson | Mar 1, 2020 | Personal stuff, Uncategorized, What's Entertaining Me, What's in my backyard, Writing
I pay attention when another author’s book captivates my attention. I’ll analyze the detail, pace, prose, and voice, and try to figure out what exactly it was that grabbed me. (Sometimes the opposite is true: I’ll read a terrible book and obsess...
