11 out of 18 members of my Clarion writing workshop class managed to make it to a cabin in Lake Tahoe for a Clarion Reunion. The Clarion Workshop is happening right now in San Diego and our hearts go out to the students having the life-changing experiences we shared three Read more
The write-a-thon is a fundraiser for the fantastic Clarion writing workshop, a chance for aspiring authors to work for six intense weeks with top professionals in the business. I attended Clarion and want to help everyone have a chance to experience the wonder and joy I did, so I donate Read more
My goal for the 2017 Clarion Write-a-Thon is to write 50 stories in six weeks. I’ll keep track here and on twitter. My previous post has a list of rewards I’m offering if you donate to my cause! Progress: Day One: 1. “Saving Big Daddy” re-write horror story 2. “Ghost Read more
Well, I did it! I wrote 50 new short story drafts in 42 days. I started strong, zipping out some flashy flash pieces, and I slogged and hit writer’s block and I did sorta take four days out to revise a novel because that’s the kind of crazy I am. Read more
Every year the Clarion Foundation hosts a write-a-thon to raise money to keep the Clarion workshop going. I attended Clarion in 2013 and it was a life-changing experience I’d like to help more people have. Write-a-thon participants set their own goals for the six weeks of the Clarion workshop. (It Read more
I will once again be participating in the Clarion Write-a-Thon to raise scholarships for the Clarion Writer’s Workshop. Usually I set my goal as writing 50 short stories in the six-week write-a-thon window. This year I posted a twitter poll asking if I should do that or instead try to Read more
You, my loyal fans, in my write-a-thon poll chose for me to write an urban fantasy in first person point of view with bromance/sismance in it somewhere. (I confess some panic at Urban Fantasy winning. Hard SF had an early lead and I’d started researching topics!) So, for the Clarion Read more