Writer Tamago

It's been a grim week at Chez Stump for a variety of reasons. At least the snow is melting into dirty masses, which at night, can become all sorts of gremlins if you let them. I needed to do something for myself today. After today's weigh in, I discovered that that can't be eating anymore [...]

Sisyphus is officially looking for brand new rocks. Agent B was Shana Cohen of Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency. She kept my partial for a while. Here's what she had to say. "...your (manuscript) had been set aside after an initial favorable reading. Unfortunately, despite the strength of your work, I'm afraid I didn't respond strongly [...]

I set the story Hulk Hercules: Professional Wrestler, the first of the MYTHtery Kids books in Chicago. As I'm sitting here, waiting for the rest of my students to show with their portfolios, I started doing a little research. I've hit the jackpot. I just wanted a gym in Chicago where Uncle Leo could train, [...]

Received today's (very polite) rejection from Michael Bourret. And that's about it. Catherine

This week's queries: Michael Bourret of Dystel and Goderich Alyssa Eisner Henkin of Trident Media Group Uwe Stender of TriadaUS Scott Miller of Trident Media Group Eric Myers of The Spieler Agency And three returns: Merrilee Heifetz of Writer's House Kat Tienstra of KT Public Relations and Literary Services Uwe Stender of TriadaUS (my, he's [...]

Tina Dubois Wexler of International Creative Management and Kate Schafer of Janklow and Nesbit rejections over the weekend. Funny. All I can remember is a blur of blue and gray material. Bryon and I sewed A LOT. As soon as I get to it, this week's queries. Catherine

I wonder if you wonder why I'm busy posting about all the queries and rejections that I get in my journal. During a rejection streak like this one, it may seem like I am a glutton for punishment. I've never made any bones about the idea that this journal is to keep me submitting and [...]

Rejected very politely by Andrea Somberg of Harvey Klinger. I decided to immediately send a request to another agent at that agency who interests me, Sara Crowe. Well, it's a way to procrastinate from my daily duties just a little more. Missing the writing a lot. I don't think that paper I'm going to do [...]

So, there I was in the Iowa City library, waiting to have dinner with my friend who had flown in from Tokyo to chat with his professors about his thesis. It was going to be the first time I had seen Tetsuya in five years, and I was excited about it. However, because of one [...]

Sometimes something odd shows up in your inbox. One of my coworkers sent me information about submissions being accepted for a chapbook of poetry for the local organization Friends of the Animal Center Foundation. After some trimming, I succeeded in getting The Fable of Yellow Cat, a piece I wrote for my husband in 2006, [...]