Writer Tamago

caveat: I'm not a guy. Nor am I trying to be sexist by using the term "one of the guys." I'm using a term from our culture than indicates a casual sense of belonging. And that's all. --CMSS How big was the town you grew up in? I come from third-world Iowa, a town of [...]

Just taking a break from some design work to suggest that you might not want to send anything off to the Axelrod Agency, which seems to be too busy with its current clients. I'm thinking of jazzing things up around the ole Tamago a bit by reflecting on how it's going at this stage of [...]

This changes nothing. I still think they'd be cool for representation. Here's the letter I received this morning from Becca Stumpf. Thank you for giving me and Prospect Agency the opportunity to consider SUBSTANCE OF SHADOWS. You are clearly a talented writer, but I'm afraid this story just didn't grab me enough to offer representation. [...]

The ever present philosophical question: is hearing nothing better than getting rejections? My writing mailbox is pretty quiet right now. Work still continues comparing English teaching in Japan and in the US. What I'm learning right now is that Japanese students prefer adhering to the native speaker model, at least in one pilot study done [...]

Everyone: Our local SF/F group is going to actually have a book club. You know, where we all decide to read something together, and talk about it once a month? Yup, pretty old skool. So...I was thinking, what would YOU recommend if you were suggesting books to read? I'm not the only one suggesting books, [...]

Nikki Van Der Carr rejection. Right now, the students are testing, and I'm writing just a bit. I don't know about you, but do you ever discover that during those times you're not writing creatively, lots of creative bits keep leaking out into your every day life. Right now, I'm deep into a costume and [...]

Only time for three this week: Susanna Einstein (and the entirety of LJK Literary) Havis Dawson of Liza Dawson Jenny Rappaport of L Perkins Next week, it's back to mailing.

Suitably stuffy title. Check Suitably academic-ese abstract. Check. Introduction. Check Sorting of research into appropriate places in outline. Check. Plan to spend this evening doing something else. Catherine

Yeah, well, you wouldn't want to start the research section on your highly academic comparative pedagogy paper that had to integrate information on lingua franca and World Englishes. Nah, you'd much rather revise that YA scene you're reading at Wiscon this year. Remind me. I became a Second Language specialist why? Oh yeah. Pays the [...]

Well, that should tidily finish the basic bones research for the comparative English teaching article. Now I have to pull all these disparate bits into words. I just repeat the mantra rough drafts stink! I received my rejection from the Lazear agency. Back to it! Catherine