Writer Tamago

Writing from a dubious state of animism at World Fantasy. There was a VP meet up last night, and I made it to bed by 2:30 am Iowa time. So, Dr. Zombie will be on this morning's panel in about 45 minutes. It was cool to be at the VP gathering last night. Truths were [...]

Now I know for sure that the Sigfried and Quartz background stuff won't be flashback in the novel. I thought at first short story. Then I thought I could use it. Then today happened. Elves all over each other. Not for a YA novel. No, sir. I mean, sure, I knew that happened. I just [...]

Jim's post about Icon is here. Highlights include pictures of shrubbery. As you all know, I'm off to World Fantasy on Thursday. It should be a good time. I'll get to see my good friend Julie Rose, and hang out with some of my new Viable Paradise peeps. I know several folks who are reading [...]

Hanging out with writers and artists while minimally writing can be a bit dangerous. It makes you feel a bit like you're productive when you're not writing all that much. You feel cool and hip. You're networking and talking to neat people. Word count? Not so much. Gotta get back to that solitary writer thang [...]

It's not a contemplation question. It's simply this: I plan to write in November. Whole bunches. The troll book needs to get done, and I'll stop traveling. In October I made good process, considering what I've been up to, but in November I'll be writing because I'll be home lots and I'm motivated. I'll join [...]

Weary, but a good kind of weary. Saw Jim and Heather off at the airport, grabbed some dinner and groceries, and came home. Both are delightful. Meeting Jim in person is about everything those of you who know him on line would expect him to be like. All I'm saying right now is I've gotta [...]

It's appropriate. We're doing the panel on networking and presence on line today, so gotta practice what we preach. Jim is an amazingly easy guest. He's pretty much what you'd expect from the persona on his blog, and he's really funny in panels. I think he's a hit with the locals. At least last night [...]

First of all, today's basement cat for the win. It hits all the spooky, spooky buttons. So, yeah. Dolls of death. *** After a whirlwind morning of counseling students about their papers, and hastily checking a few more, and then after a quick meeting with the Deanster, I'm off to pick up Heather and Jim [...]

Not thwarted by colleague Kevin's free brunch entirely, I wrote 1850 words in 1.5 hours. This is keepable stuff. Here's our first scene. Feldspar, pale as a December lake, looked at her from over the top of a silver goblet. His pale blue eyes met her dark ones. The wind roared outside of the cavern. [...]

All right guys. It's time to shoot from the hip in a frank fashion. This is sort of how my writing career has evolved. This might seem familiar to some of you. Each time a little more fantasy is peeled away, but the idea is that it is replaced by the more interesting possible. This [...]