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I am pleased to announce that my short story O-Taga-San will be available from Drollerie Press from their Flyleaf imprint. It will be published on its own, and will cost you...pennies. The story goes like this: I submitted a story at request for the Hellebore and Rue anthology, and while the editors liked O-Taga-San, they [...]

The signpost up ahead says maudlin sentimentality. Turn around before it's too late. However, if you too are sad because you aren't going to Martha's Vineyard this weekend to see wonderful writer people and have life changing revelations about your writing, you can click on the more spot.

Thanks to Jim Van Pelt, I have a link to a counter viewpoint regarding Waiting for Superman, Davis Guggenheim's new film. Rick Ayers writes the article What Superman Got Wrong, Point by Point. in The Washington Post. It's an article that you should read before accepting Guggenheim's word as the final one. I've been a [...]

I haven't done one of these for a while, and I've been very good today at work (translation: finished a grant and wrote a test.). The brain needs a little break before it moves onto a survey and some deep thoughts on a collaborative project. So...I thought I would talk a little bit about what's [...]

Maybe I've written 200 words. I'm off this morning, because I have a late meeting and so I'm shifting some time around. There are other writer things on my mind, so I'm having a little trouble with ye olde discipline this morning. Still, the file is open, and I've written a little, so that in [...]

Have you read this book? The Structure of Scientific Revolutions discussed the idea of paradigm shift, how science changes its theories and ideas. I'm sure there's been a lot of different ground covered since the book came out philosophically, but the premise of Kuhn's book comes in kind of handy for my discussion of the [...]

The times, they are a-changing. There's an issue we're teasing apart into different filaments at the college. Diversity at Kirkwood is at an all time HIGH. Coolness and awesomeness! We have lots of students from different countries. We have lots of students who speak different languages. We have lots of students who are coming from [...]

I'm full of odds and ends on this Thursday morning. *** Haircut tonight. After years of not really caring about my hair, Bryon has discovered he likes the colored dye thing. He's put in requests for white and blue on some occasion. So tonight, Margot and I will have the Ramona Flowers discussion, and we'll [...]

As a companion piece to the Fur-Face book review, here's an interview from Jon Gibbs. Welcome, Jon, to Writer Tamago. Thanks for the delightful and funny interview. For the record, I really like Mr. Tinkles a lot too. Tamago: Where did you get your ideas for Fur-Face? Jon: I’ve always liked the idea of someone [...]

Flash back to the beginning of June. June 1st was Hulk Hercules' book day. It was also the book day of fellow author Jon Gibbs' Fur-Face. Jon is a writer's writer. He runs a very interesting blog about writing, and works hard to help other writers find critique groups at Find a Writing Group. He's [...]