Writer Tamago

Writerly Schedule: Monday night: Meeting with Catrina Tuesday afternoon: Working on battle scene for Chapter 3 in Troll Story; working on scenes for squid project. Thursday night: Begin chapter 4 of troll story. New Submissions: Point River out to Pedastal Magazine Appearances: This weekend Bryon and I are off to Tempe to North American Discworld. [...]

I did promise you one of these, didn't I? Let me see...how about a snippet of the not-so-place-able spy story, which is now out to Sniplets? Sure. *** There was a knock on the door. Drew popped out of the kitchen. "What do you think she forgot?" Chas looked over his shoulder and saw Drew [...]

It's been a little while since I've had a chance to sit down at the keyboard and think at you. Now that I'm back in the groove of word production, I'm feeling good writing vibes. It doesn't hurt that I actually wrote a story I really like. I don't know if Oliver Toddle will find [...]

The Epilogue and finish to Blood is Thicker than Water is up. Thanks for staying along for the ride. The story will remain up at the site. You can complete the whole thing--backwards! Today, I sent Jackal's Last Hunt out again to Reflection's Edge. Yes, I do expect a rejection. I'm not sure where this [...]

I have mentioned that Catrina Horsfield and I are working on a joint writing project, and things are beginning to take shape. What we are doing is writing a 19th-century story about a scary leviathan, an offbeat magician, and a feminist scientist. The three of them are meant for each other. We're still working on [...]

As promised last week. This Week's Schedule: Writing on Monday, 6-8, Tuesday, 12-3, Wednesday, 7-9, and Thursday, 7-9. Tuesday will be working on scenes for the joint project with Catrina Horsfield. Wednesday and Thursday will mark my return to the Troll Story. Queries Out: Jackal's Last Hunt went out to Shiny (I expect this will [...]

Oliver Toddle will receive its final revision tomorrow. Who's got time for a quick read through? I'd like to have it back by Thursday, so I can get it shipped off. I feel a bit re-energized, and ready to go back to the troll novel now, so we'll wait on the werewolf detour. Good ole [...]

Tonight's writing session was researching Roxanne's and Oliver's poetry correspondence. There are some awesome poems to share. I think I'm just going to give you Pablo Neruda tonight. Just in time for the weekend. Get out there and date! And Because Love Battles by Pablo Neruda And because love battles not only in its burning [...]

The end of Blood is up. There's still an epilogue (because I was a much younger writer when I wrote it) to go up next week. Even overburdened professors need the occasional break. The scheduling your writing time looks like it's going to work. I edited half of Oliver Toddle last night, and I'm looking [...]

I'm going to link you to Seanan McGuire's article on writing and balance. There is a reason. *** Yesterday, in a pique of math, I discovered that I am now responsible for 52 classes and 785 seats approximately. That is my original load as a supervisor cubed. It never pays to be too successful at [...]