Writer Tamago

The first time I was paid for it. Until I began thinking about “origins,” the topic for this month’s blog tour, I’d forgotten all about the first time I sold any of my writing. It was 1980 or 1981, right after I’d graduated college and begun making my living as a writer ... Except that [...]

Since today is my day for linking to people who have more to offer than myself... John Scalzi's 10 Things to Remember about Authors

Ilona Andrews is one half of the mastermind duo behind the Kate Daniels books and the upcoming The Edge series. Responding to frustration on her Live Journal friends list from eager, unpublished writers, Ilona began a paragraph editing project. For one day, writers were invited to submit a single paragraph, and Ilona would pull it [...]

Getting ready to go out of town can really ramp up the amount of things you have to do at work. Doubly so, as I've got a two day work week next week. So, pertinent to writing... 1. Wrote a piece to be posted at John Rosenman's on Saturday. I'll see you there. 2. Updated [...]

February 28th, the Drollerie authors will be at it again on tour. This time around, Writer Tamago will be happy to host Fraser Sherman Fraser has written several short stories. Right now you can find his short story "One Hand Washes the Other" at Abyss and Apex. His short story "Red Moon Rising" is due [...]

First, for all you horror/YA writers: Drops of Crimson: June's issue will be YA. If you've got a YA story you'd like to submit, send it to editor @ dropsofcrimson.com. The deadline is May 15th. For submission details go to Drops of Crimson. I like Drops of Crimson! Check them out! They were number 4 [...]

Do you read out loud? To your kids? To someone? Do you share stories with others? Bryon and I occasionally get a hankering to share a literary experience together. We read the Harry Potter books together, mostly me reading and him listening, but sometimes the reverse. It became a shared experience for us. We read [...]

Today work was workarious, a new blended word meaning working and precarious. Like that. I won't go into details, but I was in high gear as coordinator today, escorting students to the Dean of Students, fielding phone calls, and nonchalantly not getting projects done that are due by Friday. Oh yeah. This used to make [...]

Writing solves all the major problems in the world. It can solve yours too. Let me tell you about this project my counsellor wants me to work on to combat my depression. It's a great idea. He wants me to approach the people I know, ask them to write about themselves, how they know me, [...]

I've converted the old manuscript to Scrivener. There's a surprising amount here--about 119 pages, or 50,298 / 100,000(50.3%) I really believe that it will be longer than 100K, as I have to add in the magic, and I need to add in Edmond's pieces, as well as flesh out the pieces I already have, and [...]