Writer Tamago

Cupped in my hands are three things: my grandmother's soul, my family's cats cradle, and my memories. When I open my hands, the cats cradle falls to the ground in a tangle. The memories jewel and streak my cheeks. And grandmother's soul flies away on the December wind, indistinguishable from the dust of a county [...]

...are actually the same old. I write as much as I can, I submit as much as I can, and I hope an agent picks me up. I'll be spending January applying to those writing workshops I mentioned waaayyy back, and then the rest will be trying to work on the new novel to get [...]

Thanks to Yo, Jenn, Yvonne, and Cat for volunteering to read the faerie story. Gratitude aboundeth. I've sent the first parts off, and I'll send more shortly. Very little tonight, but a little. 16,701 / 90,000(18.6%)

There it is. My usual emotional disturbance pattern works something like this: I spend a day or two manic, trying to ignore the emotion, and then, tired, the manic grinds to a halt. Lethargy kicks in. It goes without saying that I won't be writing until I kick lethargy out. Luckily at this point, I [...]

16,534 / 90,000(18.4%) Mostly editing of the old material, which is finally finished. I thought you might enjoy a scene from the Desert Tales part of the story. Now, we earnestly start preparing new material and continuing these stories. Desert Tales #4: Akhim and Rohren Nasma squinted at the orange sun in the middle of [...]

Thank you for your condolences and wishes last entry. I'm much better at keeping busy than not during these times, so I give you both this week's and next week's Blood is Thicker than Water entries. Now, a small break for lunch, and then I'll be back with today's Solitary King word count. Catherine

Noting here that my grandmother passed away yesterday shortly after I wrote my Christmas post. We are fine. It wasn't entirely unexpected. There's a lot to think about, to chew on, and to reflect about. I'm sure it'll surface in writing somewhere, eventually. The funeral will be next Wednesday. Catherine

Happy holidays! My creative endeavors these last two days have been cooking, traveling and entertaining. We are now full and content with a good dinner in. We've locked the bad weather outside, and we are done with our Christmas travels. The presents have been unwrapped and the cats are content with tuna and new catnip [...]

16,506 / 90,000(18.3%) Oh, the melodrama! ;P Catherine

Mostly cleaning up tonight, but added a wee bit. 12,612 / 90,000(14.0%)