Holy shit, I got in
NovySan asked me, early this year, if I was going to apply to Clarion again. I said yes, and I did intend to, but then for a variety of reasons, I decided it wouldn’t be a good idea. I didn’t want to write off the writing, though, so I started looking for another workshop – something later in the year, maybe, and a week or a weekend, instead of a month and half.
And I found it.
It’s called Viable Paradise.
It runs for a week, in early October. The timing is perfect. It’s on Martha’s Vineyard, and I’ve never been to the East Coast. So that’s perfect, too. And it’s focused not only on the craft of writing, but also on “the art of writing fiction people want to read.” And that’s just awesome.
Of course, being me, I intended to write something new for my application, and being me, I didn’t. I also intended to submit it several months ago – VP does say that applying early really does improve your chances of being accepted. But again, being me, I didn’t do that, either. No, I sent my manuscript off on the very last day, and you know what? I got in anyway.
Of course, you did know that – you read the title of the post, didn’t you? But still – I got in. Holy shit and ohmygod, I got in.
Congratulations and kudos to you! That is so awesome!
Do they have the inevidable shirt that reads “My friend went to VP and only brought me this tee shirt”?
Congratulations! It sounds like an awesome experience.
(Plus, the East Coast is awesome.)
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@theletterkae – If they don’t, I’ll have one made for you anyway. Would you like a picture of a lighthouse on it?
@Caveman – thank you! BTW, Maine is also on my list of “places I really, really want to go.” (It’s also the home of the only MFA program I know of with a genre fiction option – just in case I DO decide that I don’t have enough pieces of paper with initials on them.)
WOOOOOO! Congrats! How exciting! Short story? Novel? Screenplay? Epic poem? Spill!
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The piece I submitted (which’ll be the one being workshopped) is a short story that’s either part of a much longer work (I keep saying it might be a novel the way Michener’s Tales of the Pacific is novel), or at least features characters who are part of the same universe as several other stories I’ve got locked up in my head.
I’m jealous – you will get to meet Scalzi. He’s one of my current faves. Very Cool.
Totally awesome! Congrats! (Martha’s Vineyard is beautiful, I hear. You’ll love it.)
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Thank you guys! (And I finally have a link to Mighty Hunter’s blog! Excellent!)
oh wow! WOW! Yay for you! That’s so great! can’t wait to see the pix n read the lit!
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Holy shit! Congrats!
Lisa, Oslowe – Thanks!