Tag Archives: Clarion West

Author spotlight with me on OWW, the usefulness of writing workshops, and another ebook up

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

In the last post, I forgot to mention (because I forgot about it in the first place *g*), that the October newsletter of the Online Writing Workshop did their spotlight with yours truly. You can read it here. I was … Continue reading →

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Write-a-thon: Final Accounting

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

Recap: For the six weeks of the Clarion West Write-a-thon, I had the following goals: – finish 6 short stories – get six stories out on the market for the first time This is what I accomplished: – 4 stories … Continue reading →

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A little research “trip”

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

I’ve been doing a lot of research for the latest short story in the last couple days, and today I decided to take a little walk to supplement my online and paper resources. The main character of my steampunk story … Continue reading →

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Another story finished

Posted on July 17, 2011 by

I’m still behind schedule, but I did get another story for the Clarion West Write-a-thon finished this week. And with my word count (4400 words) I came in ahead of my goal for Round of Words in 80 Days. At … Continue reading →

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Challenge progress

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

I didn’t quite get my word count goals for the week, but I’m pretty satisfied anyway. 3700 words is a good week for me. If I can keep this up, I should be able to finish the six stories by … Continue reading →

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Why I prefer weekly goals

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

I’m working on a new story set on Jupiter’s moon Callisto. I did no pre-writing for this before the Clarion West write-a-thon, and it’s pretty research intensive. Of course, the research is giving me loads of ideas on where the … Continue reading →

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Story #2 finished – ahead of time!

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

I’ve caught up with myself after the stomach flu last week, and finished my second story for the Clarion West Write-a-Thon in two days. Ok, “On Finding a Shoe” is short, coming in at only 1700 words, but still, those … Continue reading →

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“The Pool of Souls” finished

Posted on June 28, 2011 by

Finished my first story for the Clarion West Write-a-Thon, today, “The Pool of Souls” (well, at least the first draft). It comes in at just over 4000 words in its present incarnation. Here’s an excerpt: Imila swirled the paper around … Continue reading →

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