Writer Tamago

I know, I promised no more spam, but bear with. World Con-going writing peeps, this is for you. Apparently there was a SNAFU with writing workshop registration, and people are being asked to announce the troubleshooting instructions. This has been an Anticipation 2009 announcement, brought to you by writers who care for your revision process. [...]

And this entry is the last of three that I wanted to get done today. I'll try to be quieter tomorrow. *** As I mentioned last night, I've been reflecting on the troll novel. Right now, I'm looking at the word count by the end of chapter 5 to be roughly 22K. At this point, [...]

Because Ambika was frightened of Vyasa when he visited her, and she closed her eyes, the son she gave birth to was blind. This is bad news in ancient Indian culture, because even though Dhrtarastra is the oldest of the children of Vyasa, he cannot rule because of his imperfection. Therefore, the kingship goes to [...]

First up today, for a good cause! That's what Jim Hines does. He advocates, and he auctions arcs. And you know you want it. *** I had the good fortune to receive a copy of the August, 2009 Realms of Fantasy, also known as the resurrection issue. Some of you may have noted the kerfluffle [...]

The Drollerie Blog Tour returns! Last March, I had the pleasure of hosting Meredith Holmes . Next Monday, Meredith returns with a write up about summer. Look forward to it. Meanwhile, I'll skip on over to Heather Ingemar's blog, if you want to find me. *** On the horizon: I've received my free copy of [...]

This is cross-posted from my personal journal, so I'm sorry some of you are getting this in stereo. I thought there would be some curious friends here as well... FYI, new Blood is Thicker than Water is up! *** Well, that was a fine weekend. As many of you may know, I decided to have [...]

Well, I'm getting ready for my fake family reunion, with my family of choice, so today has been about buying a massive amount of meat, and cleaning my house. Because of that, I have no sage words of wisdom, so I'm cheating, and sharing some of Renee Sweet's sage words. Coaxing the Story from Renee [...]

ETA: Really, this is all tongue-in-cheek. I have no secret agenda that I wish to inflict upon other writers, or some secret superiority that I'm suggesting with any of these speculations. *** It's the last day of Bryon's chem guy workshop, and his last workshop for the summer. Getting away to the curriculum bunker clearly [...]

Back in the saddle with today's two scenes of the troll story. Here's today's clip: Tom flung the card on the table. “Far be it for me to suggest that the business card isn’t legit, but doesn’t everyone know the devil uses Nick Scratch as an alias. I mean, if this really were the Prince [...]

This owly-eyed post brought to you by the completion of ELA Curriculum time lines and reading lists. Now, we just gotta get the rest of the L1 and grammar materials in, neither of which are my responsibility. The copy shop is gonna get hit hard next week too. So, the rest of work should manage [...]