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I'll be doing the Clarion Write-a-Thon again this year. I haven't yet thought about goals and milestones or incentives for you guys to donate, so if you have any suggestions, toss them out!

Er, I mean, toss them in?

Leave a comment. :)

It starts at the end of June. Y'all can help me win an iPad! (Don't know yet if it's a 1 or a 2.)

But realistically, I have my sights set on some Clarion swag.
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I wrote over 23,000 words during the write-a-thon. Which would work out nicely to 4 short stories, had I actually been writing in that fashion. But what I was doing was writing 500+ words a day on whatever I felt like writing. A lot of it did end up being about the same characters and the same story (two different sets), but isn't quite as distinct as completed scenes or things like that. I hope to be able to work them into something saleable.

The main thing is that I wrote every day, and it's a habit I mean to continue.

So, thank you, Mishell, for setting that challenge!

I believe I've received the last spate of donation updates that I'm going to get, so I'm ready to announce my final total (barring lost Email or bad addition) as...

*drumroll*

$132.29

That will pay for one person to attend Clarion for one day. Who knows? That one day could be the day they write the next Nebula Award winner. That one day could be the day they learn some useful writing advice. That one day could be the day they say something brilliant in a critique session and give more than one person a moment of insight or breakthrough.

You've all made one day for one writer possible. Thank you!

My donation page is still up and functional, so if you'd like to make an extra-super-last-minute donation, please do!

Donate here!

There are also other opportunities to support Clarion that occur year-round. Make a donation, add a donate button on your eBay auctions, buy books online from Mysterious Galaxy, add a badge.

More Ways to Contribute

And congratulations on surviving your 6 weeks, Clarion class of 2010!!
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This is your last chance to sponsor me (or any of the other fabulous writers) for the Clarion Write-a-Thon. It turns out that writing at least 500 words a day takes a bit of mental energy. I haven't actually gotten around to writing update posts to tell you all how I'm doing. And to encourage you to donate a buck or two (or five or ten) to Clarion.

So this is my last chance to do so and your last chance to be able to see the Clarion class of 2011 and say 'They were able to attend because of me.' Five or so years down the road, when several of them have books on the shelves, don't you want to be able to say 'Hey, I know him/her! She/he went to Clarion the year after that write-a-thon.'?

Don't you want to see _my_ book on the shelf and know you encouraged me to write for a change? Write, write, write.

So, for my update, yes, I have been doing at least 500 words a day since July 1st. I missed one day (clocked in around 400 words and then got distracted). Last night, I forgot! But then when I woke up inexplicably around 4:45, I wrote 600+ words before crashing again. (Ended up oversleeping and being late to work, but, hey, all in the pursuit of great fiction, right?)

If you donate say, 1000$ or so, I might be able to win the Ipad. Right now the Ferret is in the lead, with Gregory Frost in second. I don't know their exact totals, but it's somewhere in that vicinity.

It's a tax writeoff! You want to put 1000$ down as a tax deduction this year, don't you? Right?

Here's my Donate Page

And thank you to everyone who has pledged or donated money thus far. I doubt I would've had the motivation to continue if you hadn't. Thank you.

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