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Category Archives: clarion west
Writing And Courage
You can write anything in fiction. Go for it. No one knows where your life ends and the fictioneering begins, so use the material life gives you freely, gleefully, fully. Face the themes that terrify you and write your fears out without worrying about who will read them. It may not solve them, it may not make them any less scary, but at least you’re using them. And your stories will be so much the better for it.
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Posted in 2012, Cat's art, clarion west, daily life, Writing
Tagged courage, new jersey turnpike, ptsd, why writers are lucky, write anything, writing
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On Scarcity
Why Cat’s been scarce of late.
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Clarion West Write-a-thon Goals
It’s the start of another Clarion West season. As always, it was marked by the Locus Awards, which were a ton of fun and extra cool because they were my first chance to see the ARC (advance reading copy) of … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, clarion west, write-a-thon
Tagged clarion west, the easter bunny must die, write-a-thon, writeathon
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Currently
The merry but busy month of May is past, huzzah! Rio Hondo was awesome, and had such amazing participants (there are some pics frm it up on Facebook, if you have an account on there). I’m reworking what I have … Continue reading
Posted in 2012, clarion west, reading, readings, Seattle, write-a-thon
Tagged clarion west, fathomless abyss, the easter bunny must die
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Clarion West Book Bloggers
I asked on the CW Facebook group about Clarion West alums and other CW peeps who blog about books, because it seemed like a useful list to have, and I’ve posted it over on the Horrific Miscue – Seattle Branch … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, Books, clarion west, social networking
Tagged book bloggers, clarion west alumni
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“So Glad We Had This TIme Together” Up At Apex
My story, "So Glad We Had This TIme Together," is up on Apex in an issue that includes a lot of really good stuff from Gregory Frost, Sarah Dalton, and Jim C. Hines. I hope you'll check it out! The … Continue reading
Posted in clarion west, free fiction, online fiction, publications, Writing
Tagged apex magazine, google+, so glad we had this time together
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The Last Week of 2011
It’s the last week of 2011, a year that has, like most of them, had its good and bad moments. I remain hopeful about the future, and glad to be in this world, and I look forward to seeing what … Continue reading
Posted in clarion west, editing, freelancing, selling things, teaching
Tagged 2011, nanowrimo, writing workshops
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Seven Tips To Make Your Workshop Submission Better
It’s the time of year when people are contemplating submissions to workshops like Clarion, Clarion West, Odyssey, Taos Toolbox, and a myriad of others. Here’s seven tips to help with yours. Don’t put it off till the last minute. I … Continue reading
Posted in career, clarion west, lists, Writing
Tagged clarion, clarion west, odyssey, taos toolbox
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Why Flash?
I’m doing my Flash Fiction workshop tonight (not Saturday, apologies for any confusion) and so I’m prompted to talk about some of my motivation in giving the class and why I think it’s a useful one for writers. What is flash fiction? As the name would imply, it’s short. Short, short, short. It’s sometimes called short-short stories for that reason. Continue reading
Posted in clarion west, flash fiction, teaching, Writing
Tagged 140 characters, bellevue college, every day fiction, flash fiction, gra linnaea, k.c. ball. 10 flash, nanoism, randy henderson, russell edson, story structure, sudden fiction, sudden fiction international, thaumatrope, tips for new writers, twitter fiction
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Work in Progress, Plus an Exhortation About the Write-a-thon
As many of you know, I am working on a Big Fat Fantasy Trilogy and chunks of it have become my write-a-thon goal. I hope to have a complete rough draft by the end of July and am well on track for that. Interspersed in the narrative are little set pieces. I thought I’d share a recent one and mention that if you support me in the Clarion West Write-a-thon, you will get at least two more of these AND the first three chapters of the book over the course of the Write-a-thon, even for the smallest of donations. Continue reading
Posted in blogging, clarion west, free fiction, Moon's Accomplice, online fiction, Tabat, Uncategorized, write-a-thon, Writing
Tagged clarion west, fantasy tea shops, write-a-thon
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