Writer Tamago

Right. There's a reason you're staying trunked, old short stories. Don't try luring me with your siren call again. I love you for what you are, but you belong to a specific time and place. There you will stay, a memory like the rose at the Beast's chateau. And then there's Wiscon inspiration, which has [...]

Tech Tools for Writers Panelists: Morven Westfield, Caroline Stevermer, Kellie Jones, and S.N. Arly This panel focused on technical tools for writers, so there was truth in advertising. A variety of things were discussed. 1. Note books: Both Morven and Kellie displayed their new little netbooks, tiny computers that look like toys. Kellie's looked like [...]

Courtesy of Will Couvillier, who received all the links courtesy of Josh Palmatier, more information on the art of synopses and queries. For those of you who were interested yesterday. Catherine

Actually, this is a post more for agents than writers. I know that there are a few of you out there reading this. This post really is about agent etiquette when meeting authors. I don't mean any old author that you've never met, or an author that's sent you a query that you've rejected. Rather, [...]

I guess what the world really wants out there are links to panel descriptions. The spike I had in visitors yesterday! It sort of doubled the ordinate line on my stats graphic. Well, that's what they're there for...to be read. Hopefully, also, to be of use. There are a lot of panels for people JUST [...]

Just weighing in to celebrate the finish of amassing some word count on the Troll story. I just finished my MayNo verbage, and a tad over today. I'll be working on a couple of short projects very briefly, and then return to this. I'm pleased with my progress, in terms of getting to know the [...]

Panelists: Sylvia Kelso, Kelly McCullough, Caroline Stevermer *** The gist of the synopsis panel was to help writers learn about the varying kinds of synopses that a publisher might ask for. Many writers are often confused by the variety of terms a publisher might use. What's the difference between an outline and a synopsis? What [...]

Panelists: Nayad Monroe, Catherine Lundoff, Madge Miller, and Marianne Kirby. *** We've all been there. I was there this weekend. At my Saturday night party, I was introduced to a male novelist who kept invading my personal space. He sidled up to me, with his agenda. "I would consider it a personal favor," he said, [...]

On my way to the post office to send those 75 pages and the outline to the editor. Substance will now settle back into the long limbo of the submission process. Next: More verbage on the troll story. Then: Frankie's project After: Strangely enough, a short story that's been working itself out in our commutes. [...]

School started at Kirkwood, and yesterday and today were chalk full of five minute conversations. I'm hoping for some time to cut lose today on some projects. But before that, let's talk about Saturday at Wiscon. Of course, you know from The Reveal post two entries back that I was apparently schmoozing on Saturday morning [...]