http://cathschaffstump.com Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:20:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I adore my new office. I realize now that part of the problem with the old office was claustrophobia when students would descend. This office, we can convene around a table, and I'm also safely behind a desk. They sit, I type, we do this well. But ... http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2009/01/06/blood-post/ I've rested as much on my laurels as I can in regard to past material, and now that I have some readers to help me, I can make some definite plans. The first thing I need to have done, and I want it done in two weeks, by January 17th, is ... http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2009/01/03/gossamer-and-veridian-plans-for-application-and-production/ Over the course of the last couple of days, running errands and all that, a couple of authorly things have resolved. Honestly, with very little effort from me. I will apply to Odyssey AND Viable Paradise. I've talked to Bryon about both. As soon as school ... http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2009/01/03/author-updatery/ I think I will be a Wiscon orphan this year. I will sign up for readings in February, but I wonder if anyone would be interested in having me in their group, or on working on a group with me? What could I bring? Well, I can read part ... http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2009/01/01/wiscon-think-ahead/ I've spent some time researching and thinking about workshops. While there's always more I could learn, I've taken short story workshops frequently in college, and that's not my genre, so I've ruled out Clarion. There are about 3 I've found that interest me as a novelist. Here ... http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2009/01/01/workshop-decisions/ Cupped in my hands are three things: my grandmother's soul, my family's cats cradle, and my memories. When I open my hands, the cats cradle falls to the ground in a tangle. The memories jewel and streak my cheeks. And grandmother's soul flies away on the December wind, indistinguishable ... http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2008/12/31/gifts/ ...are actually the same old. I write as much as I can, I submit as much as I can, and I hope an agent picks me up. I'll be spending January applying to those writing workshops I mentioned waaayyy back, and then the rest will be trying to work ... http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2008/12/30/those-new-years-writing-goals/ Thanks to Yo, Jenn, Yvonne, and Cat for volunteering to read the faerie story. Gratitude aboundeth. I've sent the first parts off, and I'll send more shortly. Very little tonight, but a little. 16,701 / 90,000(18.6%) ShareThis http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2008/12/29/little-bit/ There it is. My usual emotional disturbance pattern works something like this: I spend a day or two manic, trying to ignore the emotion, and then, tired, the manic grinds to a halt. Lethargy kicks in. It goes without saying that I won't be writing until ... http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2008/12/28/slower/ 16,534 / 90,000(18.4%) Mostly editing of the old material, which is finally finished. I thought you might enjoy a scene from the Desert Tales part of the story. Now, we earnestly start preparing new material and continuing ... http://cathschaffstump.com/archives/2008/12/27/desert-tales-akhim-and-rohren/