Writer Tamago

A start to my research on cow diseases. This entry will no doubt get more disgusting before it gets better. I'll be asking some experts some questions soon as well. If you'd told me I'd be learning about Blackleg and Wooden Tongue during the Christmas season, I would have laughed and laughed... Catherine ETA: You [...]

Miranda Suri's very first novel admitted her into Viable Paradise. No pressure, Miranda, but we expect big, big things. Here's Miranda's first published story over at Electric Spec *** Tamago: My understanding is that the novel you submitted for Viable Paradise was the first novel you ever wrote. How did you come to be motivated [...]

They say the books we read teach us about what we want to write. Recently, that seems to be the case. I read The Fox Woman by Kij Johnson. I admit to going into the book with low expectations. I know a bit about Japan and Japanese folk lore, and I've seen a lot of [...]

Well. It was *that* kind of day at work. A good day, in which much was accomplished. I am left with little brain, and so, thanks to the magic of technology, I let others entertain you! *** So You Want to Write a Novel. You've probably seen this, but if you haven't, get on over [...]

It can be interesting, being the person who has divorced their family around the holiday season. Sometimes, you feel it, that lack of not belonging. And then, you suck it up and realize how lucky you are. Witness. Bryon and I just hit the house with the Christmas stick. The tree is up, the mechanized [...]

Ah, Tobias Buckell, little did I know that I would end this day wanting to have your puppies. You barely know me, but my soul wants to thank you. Because my brain has been allowing itself to be so distracted by the other stuff to remember that this is the core. Not of only my [...]

Split was recommended to me at Kidlitcon while I was there this October, and I have to tell you, this is one of the best books I've ever read depicting children of abuse. Swati Avasthi puts us in the mind of Jace Witherspoon, child of domestic violence. Jace is kicked out of his home after [...]

A very quick reset: Bryon's Dad is quickly mending. He was behaving like a hellion yesterday, and his doctor finally got to him. The doctor decided it was the drugs he's been on for the last several months, especially, the steroids, that have been making him increasingly psychotic. And sure enough, after a quick diagnosis [...]

Tomorrow begins two days of teacher development workshops at Kirkwood. At a normal university, one wouldn't have to do something that smacks of high school in-service, but we are a community college, which some suggest is high school with ash trays, so it goes. It's actually a step backward for us, but our new administrative [...]

The almost agent bubble has burst. I use the bubble metaphor a lot when I talk about publishing. It's the perfect analogy. Everyone talks to you in terms of shininess and promise, but until you have something like a contract in your hand, the bubble is a shiny, fragile thing. If you try to grasp [...]