Writer Tamago

I'd like to welcome John B. Rosenman at this stop on his blog tour. Welcome to the Tamago, John! Without further adieu, John's piece on What and Why I Write. *** WHAT AND WHY I WRITE . . . by John B. Rosenman Greetings to the readers of this blog, and my warmest thanks to [...]

Before I haul my cold-inflicted self off to be tortured by Russian grammar... This weekend, look for Who I Am and Why I Write by fellow Drollerie author John B. Rosenman. I will send off Substance to Amazon Breakthrough contest early Monday. If 10,000 entries are met before then, so be it. There will be [...]

Whacky writer research trip to do very soon: Decorah, Ia because it has the Vesterheim Museum, and I need loads more information on Norwegian culture and Decorah, since it's the first scene of the new version of Gossamer and Veridian Also lots of reading about trolls. I took some Germanic myth back in my undergraduate [...]

Meanwhile, on Earth 2... Catherine Shaffer. Kinda cool really... Cath ps I'm doing Grape Mo. I needed something goal driven to get me back on task, and to stop thinking about the Duster, which, by the way, was green.

The world of the author has many tightropes to walk, and a rope I've been seeing twinging and quivering above my safety net recently has been the idea of hyping yourself and your story. I am an intense, but low key kind of overachiever, and I've never been one for too much self-pimpage. Rather, I [...]

In connection with the blog tour, you might want to know where I'll be off to on Saturday while John is here. Fraser Sherman will be graciously hosting me at his space. Our topic for this week will be "Who I Am and Why I Write." We'll see you there. Catherine

This year, I have the privilege of introducing you to some of my fellow Drollerie authors. I have a novella with Drollerie, Sister Night, Sister Moon. Rest assured, I'll let you know that's available. Meanwhile, you might want to check out many of the works by other fine Drollerie authors at the Drollerie website. This [...]

Bucking recent trends, I actually managed to get this weeks installment of Blood is Thicker than Water up today. It didn't hurt that Chip's scene was a short one. Catherine

It shaped up to be a very iiinteresting weekend. We moved the in-laws yesterday, and my day took a detour into frighteningly greasy pizza and McDonald's fries. Then, there was Robert Burns' birthday, and all Scottish people celebrate that by eating haggis, highly nutritious and heavy Scottish rustic food. Hard cider may or may not [...]

When I was a teen, I had this *terrible* crush on a boy I went to Upward Bound with. He was from Missouri, and I lived in a border county, so it was not unlikely he would visit from time to time. I did my best to not let him know about the crush (although [...]