Posted in Writing, clarion on March 31st, 2007 1 Comment »
My application to Clarion is complete! The forms are filled out, the fee is paid, the stories written, edited, and submitted!
It’s been one heck of a week. I’ve learned all sorts of things about my writing that I hadn’t known before. In nine days I was able to write a new story […]
Posted in Writing, clarion on March 31st, 2007 3 Comments »
The day has finally arrived. Applications are due by April 1, 2007. It’s going to be a hectic. I need to finish edits on both stories, finish filling out the application, and submit.
We’re going out to breakfast with family and then I need to get busy.
Posted in Writing, cyberpunk, clarion on March 29th, 2007 No Comments »
The first draft is complete! Huzzah!
First drafts are by their very nature rough and ugly creatures. Hopefully they are all minor and easily correctable. Tomorrow begins the revision process where I can rip, shred, and rewrite chunks of the story. For the most part I think it’s a story. It […]
Posted in Writing, clarion on March 28th, 2007 No Comments »
I’m entering the final stretches. Today was a crappy day. Lots of real work to do. No measurable progress.
Tomorrow (Thursday) night would normally be my writers group meeting. Instead of going to that I’ll be heading out and finding a nice corner to sit in and writing. I’ll have a […]
Posted in Writing, cyberpunk, clarion on March 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Not much measurable progress. I’ve been fighting against the urge to expand this piece beyond a short story. This is the first trip into the cyberpunk world I’ve been thinking about for months now and the stories it contain keep calling out to me.
I think I’m going to take the afternoon off work tomorrow […]
