Writer Tamago

Many thanks to folks who have gotten their input to me on Crystal Vision. It's a much stronger story because of your comments. Suddenly, the weekend has shaped up to be busier than I thought. We have to take one car to the garage tomorrow. It looks like we have to make a run to [...]

Sonya was right. Dress Barn had 4 dresses I tried on, another 3 I considered, and an awesome Navy blue number with discreet accent beading that I took home. I'm pleased. I have the perfect pearls to offset it that Allison gave me last year. I've also cleared out most of my Saturday calendar to [...]

Bryon and I are a fairly romantic couple. This summer we've been married 23 years. February 17th marks the celebration of twenty-seven years together as a couple. It's been an awful winter, so we thought we'd do Valentine's Day big this year. We have reservations at an intimate Italian restaurant, where the desserts and the [...]

We just had a fight here at Kirkwood. Most of the teachers froze like deer in headlights. Capable Paul came in and had capable Lorna call security. I responded with my high school teacher roots, and went to find the combatants to break them up. Which, in retrospect, wasn't very smart, and has never been [...]

I like the snow days better. Yesterday, I read Kirsten Cronn-Mills YA novel, revised a short story, finished a book on the Borgias, and watched Hot Fuzz. Oh, and I checked a batch of papers. Do you see what I could do if work would just get out of my way? But yes, I am [...]

The rewrite of Grandma's Girl, now entitled Crystal Vision is finished. I'm looking for some eyes to read it over, and then it's off to Swill. Next up: revisiting meningitis in Hartford. Catherine

I'd like to thank Ferrett for linking to Rachel Gardner's article via his tweet machine. Gardner approaches the topic from the angle of what appeals to an agent, the marriage of these three elements: story, craft and voice. Gardner believes that craft is the easiest to teach, and certainly it's the more measurable, tangible topic. [...]

You might remember me writing about whether romance was a ya requirement. At that time, fellow Drollerie author Heather Ingemar came clean about her day status as a young adult librarian, and offered to write an article about how YA librarians picked what was in their stacks. Happily, her article is right here. Of course, [...]

Seems that Catherine Cheek and myself are both reading middle grade novels at Wiscon. We'd like to call ourselves Young and Fabulous, and we're looking for a couple of other MG novel excerpts. Could that be you? Contact me if it is. *** Catherine Lundoff, if you're putting together a Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading [...]

Since I was working on academic conferences today, I've also spent some time getting my writerly conferences in order. Which means that I've reserved hotel and procured air ticket for Readercon, which I'm trying out for the first time this year. I'm keen to see some writing peeps and I hear the atmosphere is a [...]