10.20.08 | Substance of Shadows

Posted in General at 1:23 pm by Catherine Schaff-Stump

Weird freaky day at work where contacts are almost all not available. What is the likelihood of having this many irons in the fire, and having them almost all stymied by needing feedback/parts from others. *** Snuck out to write for 1.5 hours at coffee shop. We're almost through the Substance revision. 375 / 389(96.4%) [...]

10.20.08 | Around the Internet

Posted in General at 7:39 am by Catherine Schaff-Stump

I dunno. The weather must be changing. I lost Saturday and Sunday to both too much running around for others and my arm. I intend to get back in the saddle today. Meanwhile, what I do have is the next installment of Blood is Thicker than Water. Catherine

10.18.08 | Research Travels

Posted in General at 2:40 pm by Catherine Schaff-Stump

My house smells like beef tenderloin and tarragon leaves. Michelle and Mark are coming out for Klarion birthday dinner, which is usually Halloween, but they have candy to give out, and we have candy to give out, and there's Icon, so I figured we'd have it early. Therefore, today has been big time cooking and [...]

10.17.08 | Notes from the Revision Cave

Posted in General at 6:51 pm by Catherine Schaff-Stump

Finally! Today I fell into the scenes I wrote in Hulk Hercules. I see the need to check in with Tony and Bianca before I write El Toro, so I will add in some more new material. We are now longer than the first rough draft. Here's the scene measure of the Herc-o-meter. 20 / [...]

10.17.08 | Drops of Crimson

Posted in General at 12:21 pm by Catherine Schaff-Stump

Sharing information, as I've just sent a story off. Drops of Crimson Catherine

10.17.08 | Beware the Might of the Hairy Pig!

Posted in General at 9:17 am by Catherine Schaff-Stump

FYI, Hairy Pig is what Tony's friends call one of the wrestlers in HH:PW. Just got off the phone with Lewis, who is in charge of the locker room at Windy City wrestling. Tomorrow after 9 am I have to call Sam de Caro, the owner. If that's not the name of a wrestling promoter, [...]

10.16.08 | Research

Posted in General at 7:34 pm by Catherine Schaff-Stump

Armed with a new outline of the classic car/hamburger contest sequence, knowledge of a 68.5 Red Mustang Convertible, and a review of the labors of the man-eating mares and Geryon, she was ready to write the next two scenes of Hulk Hercules...tomorrow. Give me good gumbo, subconscious. Give me good gumbo. Catherine

10.16.08 | Goldfish Dreams

Posted in General at 9:47 am by Catherine Schaff-Stump

Lately, I've been feeling like Jim Hines' publicist, which is not a job I want or am particularly well qualified for. My own writing career certainly needs a publicist, so I have to ride that pretty hard. Still, it's hard not to advocate for a writer you admire when your local convention asks you who [...]

10.15.08 | Last Gasp

Posted in General at 4:24 pm by Catherine Schaff-Stump

No, really, this is absolutely all I can do today on Substance! 335 / 387(86.6%) So close, but so far. Catherine

10.15.08 | Notes from a Coffee Shop

Posted in General at 1:48 pm by Catherine Schaff-Stump

Well, that was three hours of writing! Woo! Hulk Hercules: last night as I was drifting off to sleep, I decided to move the Nemean Lion scene so we could check back in with Tony and Leo. So, I snipped some verbage out of El Toro's wrestling match, and inserted it, and then gave Tony [...]

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