Writer Tamago

There. That's everything in the VP ap and edited for content. Tomorrow, we do the whole format thing. Yeah, formatting. I should also send off my revised cover letter and ap fee tomorrow. And then, I can stop talking about this, and get on with something else. Like this idea I've had to ask you [...]

All right. It's time for an analogy. As a writer, have you ever been down a dead end? I've been hitting my head against the wall of the maze, and I can smell cheese on the other side, but I think the way to get the cheese is to go around, because going through isn't [...]

This synopsis is more character-driven, which the last one probably should have been. Would this make you want to read the book? Nasma has found a man in the desert, now treasure of the Storm Sisters. What she doesn't know is the man has lost a king, fragmented in the mists, one part of the [...]

After an afternoon of scooping snow, because that's the Iowa way, I settled in to some writing. I have written a synopsis and outlined everything I had so far, and added another scene to the actual manuscript. Which makes our word count meter look like this: 17,441 / 90,000(19.4%) *** It looks like I will [...]

No longer feeling like a non-writing lump, she was pleased that she had drafted a cover letter for her Viable Paradise application. Tomorrow she begins playing with her outline/synopsis. She really has to stop measuring her worth by accomplishment. Yeah, that's going to happen. Catherine

From Nephele Tempest's blog today: Poets and Writer's interview with 4 young agents. Very educational and insightful. Catherine

Last year at Wiscon, I attended a panel regarding speculative fiction, and the panel unfortunately devolved into a panel where the majority of the panelists, perhaps frustrated with experiences they had had, ran down the academy. Well, as a member of the academy, I did take some exception. That same year I had attended the [...]

All writers have their moments of insecurity. I mentioned that I keep this journal to keep me honest. Life this week has been all about the institution, and very little about me and my work. I feel like I'm procrastinating. Finally, tonight! I see some time to write. I miss the activity of my inbox. [...]

I adore my new office. I realize now that part of the problem with the old office was claustrophobia when students would descend. This office, we can convene around a table, and I'm also safely behind a desk. They sit, I type, we do this well. But I'm not here to sing praises of blond [...]

I've rested as much on my laurels as I can in regard to past material, and now that I have some readers to help me, I can make some definite plans. The first thing I need to have done, and I want it done in two weeks, by January 17th, is to have a summation [...]