For three years now I have been following the Clarion West writers' workshop, ever since an acquaintance of mine (lucky devil!) attended and earned my eternal jealousy. This year, they did something a little different to raise money: if you donated at least ten dollars to their workshop, Michael Swanwick (an awesome sci-fi writer who has won a bunch of Hugo awards and other awards) would write you into one of the short stories he is creating and posting on his blog for each day of the month-long workshop. Well, why not? I thought. I like Clarion West and I like stories! So I sent the money (maybe someday I will be able to send myself), along with the required bit of personal detail, including full name and a few other random facts about myself.
So, today is the day of my story. I hate to be biased, but I think it is the best one so far (okay, okay, they are all pretty good). You can read them all at Flogging Babel, each post has one or more stories, all with Clarion West donors in them. My story is here, and I love it.
Thank you, Michael Swanwick, and thank you, Clarion West, for having a workshop dedicated to a genre often disparaged and overlooked by readers and writers alike. Personally, I'm proud to read and write sci-fi and fantasy, and am glad that Clarion West is so encouraging.
1 comments:
So cool! I love the idea that you could dance the sun into the sky!
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