Writer Tamago

I am, alas, going to sound a bit pedantic here. Forgive me. I think that the farther up the ladder you are, I'm also going to sound kind of amateurish. So, please forgive that. Are you ready then? Here we go. *** Let's go back to your childhood. Do you remember when you started taking [...]

My computer comes home tonight. The good news: new hard drive, systems operation is updated. The bad news: No data retrieved from old hard drive, all programs will have to be reloaded, all the novels in process will need to be imported again to Scrivener. Well, better to have the computer back. That saves money. [...]

One of the things that I do here in Iowa is I help out with an organization called Mindbridge, which runs three conventions in Eastern Iowa : Gamicon, AnimeIowa, and Icon. Icon is our local literary convention. It's going into its 37th year, and it's undergoing a bit of revitalization. We've decided to try to [...]

Hey, I remembered that other thing! Viable Paradise applications close June 15th. That's close, peoples. And you know how I feel about Viable Paradise? You don't? Click here, and find out. You can also see what some other wonderful people thought as well. If you want to take your writing up to another level, meet [...]

It's been a while since I've added new links to the vintage page, so here are a couple for you. I've been meaning to add Stop Staring! for a while. Stop Staring! has one of the best selections of vintage styles on the web. You'll find their dresses available at other sites, but this is [...]

It's time for modular post day, also known as a post for everyone day! I got yer Wiscon schedule, some updates to the vintage clothing links, and some updatery goodness. I think I'm forgetting something else, so if that springs to mind you'll get that too. *** Tomorrow I'll be off work. I am taking [...]

Tiffany Trent, author of the Hallowmere series, has a new book coming out, The Unnaturalists, an interesting and fantastic tour marrying Victorian science and the biology of faeries. Tamora Pierce has great things to say about the book, and I can speak to how much I enjoyed the Hallowmere series. I'm happy that Tiffany has [...]

This weekend, one of my former students, Katie Beckett, died at 34. Why talk about this at all? Katie was certainly a gifted literature student, one of the best I had had. Her research papers went above and beyond, and her interpretations of texts were nuanced and complex. More importantly, as you read about Katie's [...]

For the majority of this weekend, I'm going to cozy up to my work computer and move forward with Abigail Rath Versus Blood Sucking Fiends, which has not been receiving the attention it deserves for a variety of sad, sad reasons. However, I am ready to get back to it. I need to get back [...]

Greg Van Eekhout is the rock star of middle school writing. My first experience with Greg was when I met him at World Fantasy in 2009. As fate would have it, the book I had finally advanced to in my big stack o' to reads was Greg's first book, Norse Code. Norse Code's cover made [...]