Writer Tamago

Feeling vindicated in my recommendation of Shadowbridge, here are some links about how good it is. The ALA says read it! Bookgasm says read it! Other than that, I got nothing. We've been driving back from Minneapolis most of the day. Catherine

Checked more papers, and have no more to check today, which is swell. Sent in a story, and sent off some interview questions this morning for a Tamago feature up and coming. Figured out how to download new software for computer updates. Can't figure out how to dump things out of trash. Going to savagely [...]

A writer thing and a health thing. Health thing: Preliminary reports say blood test looks good. I'll get more specifics Thursday, but it looks to NOT be biological. I'll ask some wise questions about numbers. If I can avoid pills, excellent, but I will still need a plan of action, because there is still a [...]

Over a bar of soap yesterday morning, my husband said to me, "Cath, I'd like it to be June." I get that. He's a high school teacher. June means freedom for him. I said, "Oh no. There's a lot of good weather in April and May I don't want to miss." In Iowa good weather [...]

Three vials of blood, and we should solve the mystery of the volatile, sleeping, semi-depressed Catherine soon. My sense of humor remains rapier sharp, so either I'm a sarcastic depressive, or it's something else. I thought I would link to some impressive verbage on line as of late. From Tiffany Trent: A reminder about patience [...]

Here are a few more words. I'm also going to keep track of hours, which I think might serve a beach comber better... 3,875 / 100,000(3.9%) Hours invested: 10 I can feel the thing is all over the place right now, but I'm trying to find its voice, and warm up to its flavor. It's [...]

Time for some medical stuff! I've been...weird lately. I've been having some over-reactive crying jags to daily events, and some feelings of despondency. Many of you writers think, well, you're trying to publish! What else is new? Except, you might remember, I'm the OPTIMISTIC writer on your friends list. Because I'm proactive, I toodled off [...]

Hmm. I think I may need to revise my GrapeMo goal. I had a very productive afternoon plotting my novel. I think this one is going to be a beach comber--instead of words flowing, I'm going to have to rake the sand several times and find the shells. At any rate, I feel a little [...]

First of all, to remind my fellow Wiscon readers that I will continue to watch in February for reading sign up, but we all have to sign up separately as part of our group. Next, here's this week's installment of ribald Victorianism. *** I promised a piece on Magical Realism and LA Story. Without further [...]

And that's the Amazon entry. Go, brave little novel, into the world. Catherine