Fancy six weeks of science fiction and fantasy bootcamp? Clarion is open for applications. Get to it people!
**
Announcing the 2009 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop
@ UC San Diego
Posts Tagged ‘clarion 2008’
Clarion Opens for Submissions
In The Fiction Front on December 21, 2008 at 12:11 amClarion: Graduating Class of 2008
In Clarion San Diego 08 on August 9, 2008 at 2:26 amSo today I graduated Clarion.
WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been a long, hard six weeks. So long. So hard.
They don’t tell you how much hard work Claron is going to be when they let you in. I heard the words ‘Bootcamp for writers’ and thought..pfaff…all day every day to just read and write stories. Eeezy peezy. OMFG was I wrong. For any prospective Clarionites reading this and thinking about applying, be aware of what you are getting yourself into.
And then get into it.
Clarion has been, without a doubt, among the most intense experiences of my life. It has stretched me on every level – intellectualy, psychologicaly, artisticaly and not least nutritionaly. I’m going to make some detailed posts reflecting on the experience over the next few weeks when I have some distance to view it objectively. Until then then I just want to say a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to the eighteen graduating students and an even BIGGER THANKS to Kelly, Jim, Mary-Anne, Neil, Geoff and Nalo who guided us through.
Take-off
In Clarion San Diego 08, My Real Life, The Fiction Front, Writing Journal on June 25, 2008 at 9:59 pmRight then people. In just over twelve hours I will be zooming down the runway at Stansted, ready to hurl myself over the Atlantic with the help of American Airlines. I’ll be touching down in San Diego at 6pm local time, or 2am British time. I have three days to get over the jet lag, or as Mr Bill Gibson says, for my soul to chart a slower route over the ocean and finally reconnect with my body. Wish me luck.
