Writer Tamago

The first two new scenes feature a horse chase across a winter landscape. Alfheim is patterned on Scandinavia, and I am looking for places to have such a chase. Which is why you get this exciting entry on Hardangervidda. Ready? Here we go. What I needed was a flat feature of lands embedded in mountains. [...]

From over at Matt Cardin's journal, Getting to Know Your Creative Demon, Part 3, part of the ongoing exploratory series. I'm off to research cold land masses. That is all. Catherine

Spring break=me pretending to be a full time writer. I've put in a lot of writing time today. While I don't have an excerpt for you after all, here's where I've been and what I've done today. Chapters 1 and 2: Complete Chapters 3 and 4: 3 scenes in need of deep revision Issues: Think [...]

It's not going to quite happen, that handout I need for the academic conference I'm going to right after break, so I'll be taking that home with me. That's the only work thing I have to take home. Oh yeah. The writing all break plan should begin on Monday. I'm excited. Did I mention I'm [...]

As of today, I'm driving this book. I just spent the last hour plotting the book, and I know everything that happens. Who's doing what, where the emotional stuff fits in, all of it. Although the alternate title could now be Teen Elf, I'm still pretty pleased. It's definitely a YA book. The end of [...]

I know that writing is a lot of unglamorous hard work. Yes, yes. It can be hard and frustrating during those fallow times, or when the writing isn't going where you want it to, or the words seem particularly insipid to you as you pen them. I've been there. And I know edits and suggestions [...]

Sarah Prineas wrote a pet story today, and asked us to share ours. Right now, we have two wonderful cats: Sekhmet, war princess of the upstairs, and Bastet, the queen of all cats. In the past we have had Michael, god emperor of the yard. All 3 of these cats filled or have filled our [...]

I'd like to draw attention to this response to my post earlier. Sylvia Rachel makes some strong points that I feel are exemplary. *** Tonight I've written about 1200 words. Sure they're sketchy and not well-crafted, but they're new. I'll take it. *** I understand that a box of Hulk Hercules: Professional Wrestler books will [...]

This has been on my mind for a while, and I think the ideas about it have coalesced at the crossroads of Jim Hines's entry about rape victims pressing charges and watching the Academy Awards last night, and seeing Mo'nique win her well-deserved best actress award. I've been public about my experiences as a sexually [...]

Artistic notes to self. 1. While the film was as uneven as Tim Burton films often are, Alice's champion armor from Alice in Wonderland is first rate, and I can see my frost elf girls dressed similarly. 2. Scott Lynch has me wanting to read the rest of Red Seas under Red Skies after a [...]