As soon as my page on the Clarion West site is ready I will start my sponsor begging in earnest. But I know that once I do, some of you out there will say, “I really wish I could, but I don’t feel I can afford it,” which is completely understandable. But there is something [...]
Last year when I set my goal of getting $1000 in pledges I at first thought: “Maybe that’s too high. It would mean either getting a few people to pledge a LOT or far too many to pledge a little.” However, once I actually broke down the numbers, I found that to be untrue. $1000 [...]
Here’s a picture of some books. Here’s another picture of some books. I have quite a few books that I am ready to part with. (Many of them sent for the Tiptree.) I’ve been building up the fortitude to drag them downtown to The Strand to see if I can sell them, but now I [...]
As I mentioned a little while ago, I’ve been brainstorming on ways to entice people to sponsor me. I came up with several different “prizes” for different levels, but the one I’m most excited about is my jewelry idea. Every week, after I’m done editing my story, I’ll make a small piece of jewelry based [...]
The 2009 Clarion West Write-A-Thon is about a month away, I think. Kate sent me an email about it and I talked to some people at WisCon about it and I’m excited all over again. For those of you who don’t know about this event, I shall quote from previous years: “…a write-a-thon is a [...]
Short post. It was a photo finish but I finished off my sixth and most terrible chapter last night at 11:45. Sorry for the lack of updates. New job + ranting = no useful updates. Plus, my writing habits changed a lot over these past few weeks because of said new job. I wrote mostly [...]
Week 3 starts today and I have two bits of good news to report. First, according to the CW workshop admins, people donated enough money in a little over 48 hours to cover the cost of purchasing new laptops for the students who lost theirs to theft. You know how earlier today I said there [...]
The reason for the lack of updates this week is that I hadn’t been writing much (due mainly to work and such) but I knew that this week’s chapter wasn’t going to be very long so I felt okay about waiting. Last night, when I was very tired and wanted to sleep, I had a [...]
I just finished the first draft of chapter one — woohoo! It’s just shy of 5K now, and I’m sure it’ll be a bit longer when I revise and put in things like what stuff looks like and smells like and all those things I have to deal with in the second draft. Still, I [...]
Wrote 1,029 words today. My goal has been to write at least 1K every day since I’m aiming for the chapters to be between 3 and 5,000 or so. So far, I’m meeting that goal and I have a little over 4,000 total. I have probably one or two scenes to go and then I [...]
Over 1,000 words today on chapter 1. I completed a difficult exposition-heavy scene and am satisfied with the expositionyness of it. Tomorrow I take my girls to the temple of Nebt-hut and they get to talk to a goddess and possibly throw down! I’ll probably finish by Saturday. Friday if I shirk work, which I [...]
I’m not the only person who was so busy yesterday that I forgot to mention that the Write-a-thon started. I was actually at a writing retreat since last Thursday and we came back down from the mountains yesterday. Still, I got a decent start on the first chapter of the novel and some ideas to [...]
I now have $770 in total pledged money for the Write-a-thon. Only $240 to go. Don’t make me beg, peoples! It all starts next week. How will I be motivated to write if I cannot raise $1000? Don’t make a Tempest cry… I just need $40/week more. 4 more people at $10/week. Just 4! C’mon.
According to the progress meter on my site, I am just a scooch over halfway to my goal of getting $1000 in sponsorships! Yep. Right now I have $510 in pledged money, which leaves only $490 to go. If 9 more people pledge $10/week, I’m all set! Or 18 people at $5/week. Or just a [...]
I’m participating in the Clarion West Write-A-Thon again this year, raising money for the workshop and for the Butler Scholarship. I’m in the process of finding sponsors to help me reach my goal of raising $1000 total. For those of you who don’t know, a write-a-thon is a lot like a marathon. Instead of sponsoring [...]
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I'm a writer, most often committing acts of genre (fantasy, science fiction, and other stretches of the imagination). You can find my short stories in many and various magazines and anthologies and podcasts. In addition to being a writer I also engage in activism and fandom -- often both at once.
