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Silly Season Stocking Stuffer Sale
In celebration of the release of the Aurealis Awards shortlist, Twelfth Planet Press is having a Silly Season Sale!
Aussie Sales Free Postage
International Sales Half Postage
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Clarion West 2008 Publications
I am so proud of my Clarion West buddies. So proud of their achievements and their dedication to writing and critting. I'm proud of what they are all aiming for and proud of what they've already achieved.
Big woohoos to:
Caren Gussoff, (spitkitten), who makes the best Romany stew and also tells the best twisted fairy tales, has an awesome story Basic ( Read more... ) -
Clarion West Write-a-thon 2009
Although it was months ago, I just thought I'd let you know I made my goal of 30,000 words, in fact I made a few more than that: 36,000! Now if I write less than 1000 words a day, I feel like I'm slacking off.
Huge thanks to my sponsors. I surpassed that goal as well!!!
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End of Week 3 Write-a-ton Word count: 5478
I've passed the (theoretical) half-way mark in my first draft. This past two days, I've felt as if it's losing direction, so I've been going through past scenes and and looking for ways of finding my way again. I've found a few surprises I missed during the writing process, and now know exactly where to go next. It's exciting and I just want to sit ( Read more... ) -
End of Week 2 Write-a-ton Word count: 5008
A huge thanks to all the people who have sponsored me. I am totally awed by your generosity.
Tons and tons of dialogue last week. Needs work, I know. But this week, I feel like I'm getting somewhere.
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CW 2009 Write-a-thon has begun
This time last year I was newly arrived in Seattle, jet-lagged and barely settled into the Clarion house that was to be my home for the next six weeks. I had my daughter's laptop with me and 500 words of a story I'd started the day before leaving Australia. I didn't bring any of my other stories. I wanted to start with a blank slate, leave all my ( Read more... )