Writer Tamago

Tomorrow I lay the pipe for big action. I've started with a strong action sequence, and moved into several establishing bits, and now I need to pull the readers back in for some excitement. This sequence will probably need a lot of rewrites, but I'm looking forward to writing it, as I get to feel [...]

The next installment of Blood is Thicker than Water, available at a Las Habladoras blog near you. Today, we learn the definition of coffinated. Catherine

One of my favorite writing places in the world, Query Tracker is offering a very Twitter-like contest today. Agent Joanna Stampfel-Volpe is running a one-line hook contest. Make sure you follow all the directions. Catherine

Short story submissions: Jackal's First Hunt to A Fly in Amber. Mark Twain's Daughter to Shimmer. Also, something cool that I didn't know about before: Duotrope Digest, a poetry and fiction search engine. It's pretty spiffy.

Happiest of Easters to those of you who celebrate, religiously or secularly! I lost yesterday's work in revision, due to sloppy saving on my part, so yesterday was doing that again, and moving a bit forward. Today was all new. I thought that this would be a nice bit to share. Grant and his brother [...]

The first gallery is up! These are Vesterheim pictures from the from the Norwegian home exhibit. Interesting points? 1. Notice that everything is colorful, coated with rosemaling. A minster's wife who visited Norwegian immigrants in the states thought that their homes were garish, because of all the colors. 2. Elaborate woodwork? You betcha, even though [...]

Proofs off to Drollerie for Sister Night, Sister Moon. Rumor has it it may be available next week, but much depends on the proofers of all the stories. Don't worry. I'll keep you posted.

Grant tumbled down the wooden stairs, passing the family portraits on the wall. He grabbed his coat from the hall stand, and crossed the soft carpet of the living room to the kitchen door. Peering round the doorway, he saw his mom flipping pancakes. “David’s on bowl patrol.” “I knew that,” said Elin. Grant smiled [...]

Fellow writer Jennifer St. Clair is an artist of breadth. Just take a look at her craft-tastic website! Jennifer not only writes, but also makes jewelry, dolls, and crafts; gardens, and cooks. She is the mistress of many muses. In the tradition of Writer Tamago talking about the other lives of writers, Jennifer has kindly [...]

Worked on labeling the pictures from our trip to Decorah, and I'll start getting them in galleries with some commentary tomorrow. Here's a photo of where trolls live to tide you over. *** Tonight's work on the novel: revised the scene that shows us where the Widow and Jensinna live. Wrote the first part of [...]