The 2009 Clarion West Write-a-thon begins on June 21st. Participate by signing up, setting a goal, & collecting sponsors. Or become a sponsor yourself! Support participating writers by pledging donations that will encourage them to reach their goals.
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Tom I wrote, finished, and submitted a short story, "Domino Theory," during this time. It's not how I'd planned to spend the Write-a-thon, but I'm declaring victory.
Wendy Bradley
I did it! Squee! Well, I did six stories in six weeks, although due to a slight laptop death at the end of week two it was all a bit lumpy... the last four stories were all done in the last two weeks, while I was on a writing retreat at a friend's house, with unrestricted use of an Imac. I think it's love!!!
No idea how much money I raised, sorry.
Clarion West Write-a-thon The Write-a-thon officially ended this weekend! Did you meet your goals? Do you know how much money you raised? Come post on our wall to brag :)
Ruth Nestvold
Reposted from the Clarion West page:
I managed to get 34,000 words done on the new draft of the novel, just under 6,000 a week, when I was shooting for 7500. Four of the weeks I made or exceeded my goals, and two I was way under. But I've been plagued by hardware problems these last few weeks. Not only did my new / old ...iBook die in the middle of the Write-a-Thon, last week our Internet stopped working (it was supposed to be an upgrade). We are surviving through neighbors and cell phones. :-/
So given the trials and tribulations (sinking in a gentle pool of wine) I'm inclined to be happy with how I did.Read More
I managed to get 34,000 words done on the new draft of the novel, just under 6,000 a week, when I was shooting for 7500. Four of the weeks I made or exceeded my goals, and two I was way under. But I've been plagued by hardware problems these last few weeks. Not only did my new / old ...iBook die in the middle of the Write-a-Thon, last week our Internet stopped working (it was supposed to be an upgrade). We are surviving through neighbors and cell phones. :-/
So given the trials and tribulations (sinking in a gentle pool of wine) I'm inclined to be happy with how I did.Read More
Tom I seem to have something resembling a short story on my hands. Good thing, because the Shine anthology from Solaris has a deadline of Aug. 1, and tomorrow my son and I set off on a road trip where I don't really expect to get a lot of writing done.
Ruth Nestvold
I'm way, way, way behind. The "new" used iBook I've been using for the novel revisions (in order to take advantage of Scrivener) died last week. A friend of mine I hadn't seen in over a decade, and who my daughter ran into a few months back while she was doing an internship at a local architect, brought the iBook back ...to life yesterday. I did some work in hard copy and on my desktop in the meantime, but it only amounted to about 2,000 words.
But at least I saw an old friend again! A very wonderful result of a near disaster.Read More
But at least I saw an old friend again! A very wonderful result of a near disaster.Read More
Tom
Well, I have a bunch of words numbering 7,000, but it's not quite a story yet. This one's putting up more resistance than I'm comfortable with, which could mean a lot of things, I suppose. I also finished a (solicited) novel proposal for a small-press publisher, and sent a novel I've had in MS for, oh, five years on to... a publisher who liked the first couple of chapters and wanted to see the whole thing. Forward motion.Read More
Clarion West Write-a-thon Week 2 is over, did you meet your goals? Post about it on our wall!
Tom "Faustian bargain: Look it up."
Heather Lindsley
"Does this time smell funny to you?"
(from a new story - my first attempt at a sequel - that takes place after "Where the Time Goes")
Janet Freeman-Daily
A line from the short story I started:
Buellah paused to spit copper, then resumed munching wire harnesses.
Clarion West Write-a-thon Hey friends and fans, post your favorite lines from the story/chapter/poem/whatever you're working on this week to our wall!
Clarion West Write-a-thon did you make your first week goal? Let us know in the discussions area!
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