Writer Tamago

Another week, five morning queries! Cameron McClure of Donald Maass Anne Boyle of Wylie-Merrick Whitney Lee of the Fielding Agency Christi Cardenas of the Lazear Agency Shawna McCarthy of the McCarthy Agency I'll continue the literary series shortly, but today I've got to be a good coordinator, and get some things together for the teachers. [...]

Donald Maass sends a polite rejection. I have noticed among some of you a reluctance to be rejected. It is an important part of your growth as a writer. Everyone tells you that you will be rejected much more than you will be published, and it's true. Please don't allow it to keep you from [...]

After yesterday's initial foray into the world of the break out novel, we were left with the daunting task of trying to figure out what a good book is, or what literature is. Unlike J. Evans Pritchard, PhD (Good for you, if you caught the Dead Poet's Society reference!), I don't think literature can be [...]

Letter this evening: "We'll be including 'Yellow Cat and the Man' in the FACF chapbook. I'll be looking over the accepted pieces closely over the next couple of weeks, and if I have any editing questions about your story I'll let you know." For those of you in the know, "Yellow Cat and the Man" [...]

Here's our group's reading schedule for the upcoming future. I'm pleased. It's balanced with genres, classics, new authors and established. It pushes all the members of the group, yet everyone chose some favorites as well. 2008 May The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon June Dead Zone by Stephen King July The Magic Thief by [...]

First of all, no from Alexandra Machinist. For our reading group, I've been pouring over the newest Michael Chabon book, The Yiddish Policeman's Union. The book is a hard hitting detective story in the Raymond Chandler tradition, set in an alternate reality where the Jews, fleeing from Europe's holocaust, settle in Alaska. The story is [...]

Melissa Chinchillo says no. Beautiful Wiscon reading support materials have arrived from Fed-Ex Kinkos. Purdy. Just so you get a feel for the theme, here's that banner again. REALLY getting the itch to write something creative. Not seeing the time right now. May end up breaking down and spending a little time on Hulk Hercules [...]

There are many of you coming to Wiscon, I know, and I'd like to meet those of you who are coming. Let me tell you about my schedule first, so you can sneak in and see me do either of my things, if you're interested. Title: Journeys of Self-Discovery Saturday, 4:00-5:15 P.M. Conference2 Las Habladoras, [...]

This was a nice one, albeit still a rejection from Krista Goering. "Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to read and consider THE SUBSTANCE OF SHADOWS. Unfortunately, I don't think I am the right agent to represent your work. I only take on fiction projects that I am absolutely crazy about and [...]

A good little professor, I've set up the vetting group for the Portus YA Reading Series. You might remember that I'm on the board of the HPEF, and we're trying to expand our programming a bit by inviting YA authors, especially new ones, to come and share their work with us. We've had a few [...]