Writer Tamago

Well, of course I'm supposed to be writing an academic paper proposal, modifying generic syllabi, and working on my writing research trip to Chicago! That's exactly why I'm choosing to procrastinate. I've been reading Jim Hines this morning, and he linked to a post about the books that he's written. Some of you have done [...]

This just in: Julie Rose has posted her latest podcast with Alex Dalley MacFarlane on the Writers and Their Soundtracks web page. *** Let's talk about tonight. I'm really colding, so creating isn't as easy as revising. Hulk Hercules: I revised the Hera scene, but didn't have it in me to write the important science [...]

The second part of the Forte/Broadstead debate from Blood is Thicker than Water.

Arm on ice, but here's today's count for Hulk Hercules. 7 / 38(18.4%) The Augean Stables tale was pretty broad and fun to tell, and so it required little revision. Next session, however, will be pretty much brand new: introducing Hera and Libby. Hercules may get all my attention next session. I also want to [...]

So, today's glamorous word counts! Hulk Hercules: Began work on chapter 3, revising an interpersonal scene between Bianca and Tony, and set up the wrestlers potluck. Next session will be Nonna's retelling of the Augean Stables. 6 / 38(15.8%) *** Substance of Shadows: The beginning of a new chapter. Not too much wrong with the [...]

I know, I know. I'm not supposed to be here, so I'll keep it brief. When you write, do you become so involved with your characters that you feel them? You become them, you carry their sorrows and joys, you don't want to leave them at the end of the day? Not all the time, [...]

Today's more modest revision effort, to engage in elbow protection. Hulk Hercules: 5 / 38(13.2%) Next session is more of Chapter 3, which requires some major refocusing of events. I've mentioned all the major characters save Hera, who will be introduced in two more scenes. Substance of Shadows 44 / 377(11.7%) Chapter 1 is finished, [...]

Sure. I probably shouldn't have written for five hours yesterday. But writing is so sweet and tasty! Things were going so well that I just wanted to keep going.I was in the zone! I was cranking it out! Adrenaline is one of the reasons I write. When writing works, it makes me feel very good.the [...]

Used the Brookfield Zoo Site extensively today, and found out the name of cheesecake in India is burfi. Mmm, burfi. Today in Hulk Hercules, I wrote the Labor Day trip to the Brookfield Zoo, introduced Diana, Polly, Hannah, and her family, and wrote the Stymphalian Birds. Then, I found Tony and Bianca's school: Jane Addam's [...]

Today's Hulk Hercules session: research. I am working on a section where we see Leo at work at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago, so I visited the Brookfield Zoo site to learn a lot about it. And then, since Tony and Bianca with Nonna and Leo in Little Italy this year, I did general Little [...]