Writer Tamago

Here it is. Me looking professorial, the Endowed Chair literature for this year. Catherine

I'm sitting in a coffee shop in a campus town to the south, working on HH:PW. Yeah, it's a poser thing, but I did have to come in for my Russian lesson, and we do have a teacher cookout at Bryon's school tonight, so here I am. I had a most scrumptious vegetarian Indian lunch, [...]

Today's writing work: first draft of Stymphalean birds, begin the revision of the Hairy Pig (Erymanthian Boar) recess wrestling match. On the cutting room floor: Tony's English class. New hotness: interspersing Leo's practice with Ernie Boar with the kids recess wrestling. Insert Tony's nemesis. Tomorrow's plans: work on Stymphalean bird expansion, continue work on Hairy [...]

I managed to write tonight. I'll confess, my heart wasn't in it. I'm becoming more and more enthused about the project, but something personal took the wind out of my sails tonight. This thing comes up every once in a while, and I suppose the only reason to bring it up here is to make [...]

32,478 / 75,000(43.0%) A few more words tonight, moving us toward the Stymphalean birds labor, and an introduction to Leo's workplace and his interest in Diana. We've also introduced Hannah, who has secrets of her own. Toasted now. Must stop. Tomorrow will finish this scene, and work on the wrestling match/recess match with the Hairy [...]

Well, I've revised the first two scenes, and I'll work on the rough of the Diana/Hercules zoo scene tonight. Here's our current word count: 31,560 / 75,000(41.0%) The Lernean hydrea did have 9 heads. Mochi Monkey and Yvonne both had the right answer. Next question: what did Iolaus and Hercules do with the immortal head? [...]

Julie Rose has a soundtrack for Jeff Sypeck at Writers and Their Soundtracks. And the next installment of Blood is Thicker than Water is up at Las Habladoras. Yeah, I know it's Wednesday. Welcome to the fall semester.

Today's word count. 31,378 / 75,000(41.0%) This is mostly the addition of the new master outline, as I had one of *those* days at work. It's the first day back, and the unregistered students are like woah...I have to go in tomorrow, but I plan to run away at noon and work on a couple [...]

I received my beautiful little Endowed Chair brochure yesterday. I'm going to try to get the picture from it into my icon mix. I look like some professor. Tomorrow is supposed to be my first day off for writing, but I guess I have to be here to field student traffic. That's sort of anti-climactic [...]

Right. So, the master outline for Hulk Hercules is done. Hoo and hah. It's got subplots and action. It's got romance. It's got historical perspective. AND it's got wrestling. Tomorrow we begin again with the writing, so look for a Herc-o-meter near you.