Clarion Write-a-thon and the Victorian Robot Vengeful Fairies Novel
As I mentioned a little while back, I’m doing the Clarion Write-a-thon again this year! This is a writing challenge and fundraiser for the Clarion Writers Workshops – so if you like the idea of supporting the amazing institution that is Clarion, and the opportunities it offers to new writers to develop their craft, you can sponsor me or any of the other participants in the challenge.
Or if you’re a writer and you need something to kickstart your momentum, you can join up! Their goal is to have 200 writers participating this year. Check out Julia Rios’ post at the Outer Alliance which quotes many of the participating writers as to what their (self-chosen) goals are for the Write-a-thon!
And yes I am still writing my Victorian YA Gothic right now with fairies and steampunk robots. My goal for the 6 weeks of Clarion is to write 30,000 words of fiction, not necessarily on the novel, as I have a bunch of other projects on the go as well. I’m starting to suspect that actually what I need to be doing now is not drilling out wordcount, but editing and submitting and all that career stuff, but I was so determined to finish a book this year, so… wordcount it is. And then there will still be lots of the year left, right, right?
I’ll try not to bore you all with my Clarion metrics, but I’ll be posting weekly updates to keep my sponsors happy & to keep myself honest. 30,000 words here I come!
