Writer Tamago

I just can’t justify an almost $900 ticket to Canada after our Japan extravaganza. On top of that, no one to share hotel with. The trip would be a huge amount out of pocket.

So, unless there’s some sort of Alberta miracle, it ain’t happening.

Which means I’ll hit our local Icon for a day, and run away before Bryon and Steve have their Hammer party.

Which also means I’ll take a close look at Potlatch in February. I have an international ed conference earlier that week, though, so it might not be the smartest idea I could have.

If this is the only place I have to start budgeting, I’m grateful I’m doing so well, given today’s trying economic times. My only regret is all the lovely people I’d meet. At this point in my career, it’s not a necessity, however, and I’ll be pragmatic.

Catherine

Translation: Internet next door.

Julie Rose: Writers and their Soundcasts highlighting Mark Teppo and Mandy Roth.

I would like to tell you that I am already for Portus, and I worked on writing and sewing last night, but let’s be honest here. Jet lag and convention living caught up with me. I went to bed at 8:30 pm and got up at 6:20 am. I even skipped the gym.

I do, however, feel somewhat less drained. Those time management vampires have, in fact, been fanging around my temporal arteries, so I got nothing.

Actually, over at the other journal, I got travelogue for Hiroshima.

Tomorrow, then, is full of possibility. So is today.

Catherine

Travelogue of Japan begins with
Fukuoka. So far, the gallery is florally heavy.

This week I’ll be at Portus, moderating the Portus YA Series, and reading Neville Longbottom and the Heroic Journey. If you’re in the area, feel free to stop by the Hilton Anatole.

On Saturday, the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading at Wiscon had 15 attendees. Three of us read our work, and it was well received. Yup, enjoying the author life…

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I’ve posted the next installment of Blood is Thicker than Water over at Las Habladoras.

Getting ready for Portus this week…

Catherine

I’m thinking about writing workshops. I’m thinking about applying for Viable Paradise in 2009, provided I can get some material together after I’ve written Hulk Hercules. I think, if I were accepted, I could get the college to cover the majority of Viable Paradise.

I think about the idea of joining a writing group, but I think that to some extent it would get in the way of my writing time, so I think maybe that’s not my best idea while I am day job writer(TM).

Another thing I would be interested in is a writer’s retreat. There’s this really interesting workshop called Blue Heaven that would be a good model for one. Again, it would be good to write first, and organize later. So no, I can’t plan a workshop. Stop it!

I’ll just think about Viable Paradise, then, and try to take some anti-inflammation medicine for my Type A gland, which is trying to swell into the time I’ve carefully carved out for writing.

Can anyone weigh in on Viable Paradise, or Clarion West, or Blue Heaven? What do you think of these kinds of workshops? Have you found them useful as writers? I haven’t been in a writing workshop since 1987 during graduate school, so I’m a bit rusty!

Catherine

(actually, this is the I’ve been in Japan, catch up version, and encompasses more than one week!)

The prologue to my Victorian Action adventure novel Blood is Thicker than Water is now live.

Cat posts her 4 Seasons pictures!

Jenn talks about I Should Be Writing, Mur Lafferty’s podcast, Scrivener, and Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King.

Yo discusses amusement at the office, and well, naked defense.

Go on over! Here!

Catherine