Writer Tamago

Jackal's First Hunt comes home, and goes back out to... Big Pulp. How can you not love an e-zine called Big Pulp for your YA spy story? *fingers crossed* Catherine

Jim Hines wrote a very interesting post on body image last week, which you can locate under this link. I have very little to add, because I think a whole bunch of angles on the subject have been discussed over at Jim's place. Of course, leave it to me to find a tangent in here [...]

Grant headed down a sloping hill, his wings helping with balance, over the metal and wooden bridge that crossed the creek, and further down into the timber. General Hjalmar meticulously placed on large foot in front of the other as he trod down. Hjalmar was a broad, rocky troll, the color of tan sandstone. Grant [...]

I have the scenes arranged for chapters 2 and 3 now. Two more scenes are polished, and we're working in the quiet teen troll angst. Need to get the teen trolls talking just a bit more with each other, but one case of angst at a time. Manuel is introduced very shortly soon, so I'll [...]

Twenty minutes of grooming later, Grant tumbled down the wooden stairs, passing the family portraits on the wall. Stone giants smiled and waved at him from picnic tables, on top of tractors, in school plays. He grabbed his coat from the hall stand, went through a doorway and crossed the plush carpet of the living [...]

I'm a little late to this party, but I still think it's worth posting about, especially for all three of you who read my journal and don't read Gaiman or Scalzi. Let's start with a little history. Many famous writers have, on occasion, had to fall back on their writing and reputation to make a [...]

Chapter one weighs in around 17 pages. The new improved version makes you feel sorry for Jensina and Wort. I hope the trick of not coming back to Wort until chapter three or four works to keep the reader in the loop, because I've got to set up my young trolls next. Keep weighing in [...]

It was truly challenging to get this done today, but here's what happens when a middle-aged skeptic fights a vampire. Well, the first part anyway. Catherine

I have been attending a class on the Mahabharata. Last week we talked about the details of the Indian epic, and I'd like to do some summarizing and reflection on it and the culture it represents, but this week, we're talking about symbol, culture, ritual, and art. Right now, a discussion of labels is going [...]

More scenes. The first scene expanded a lot; the second two were pretty okay, and needed some tightening. Tomorrow's scene is one of the later ones, and needs a lot of work. I have to reframe Jensina and Wort, setting Wort up to meet Manuel and family, and setting Jensina up to make the troll [...]