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Clarion Week 2: Writer in Morning July 5, 2006 One other, important thing that contributed to the general malaise yesterday: I didn't write in the morning, which I think might be the first time at Clarion that I failed to do so. I've been using my cell phone as my alarm clock every morning, but it was set to vibrate. It took me two hours to hear it (this week I'm trying for 6AM instead of 5AM) and I woke just in time to gather my stuff and go to breakfast. The getting up is always difficult, but it's also always at least minutely energizing. I wonder if I could have handled yesterday better if I'd been able to start it right. This morning's writing was crap. I have a very loose first draft of the story I started last weekend (including such bracketed vagueness as "Description goes here. Then he betrays her trust somehow."), but I'm not loving it. I think what I have is barely enough of a finish-what-you-start accomplishment that I can set it aside for now and see what else is out there. I've got another story that's been brewing in outline format since December. I think I even tried to write it once, but nothing ever came of it. Some things seem to be working now. We'll see. Also this week: I need to get contributor payments for Telltale out. I'm about half-way finished with preparing those. And Jen has just forwarded me the proofs to my Asimov's story. I don't think I'll be capable of putting that aside when it arrives. Filed under Clarion, Journal  
Comments: Discuss this entry at LiveJournalWhat's Telltale? Posted by: Shveta at July 5, 2006 2:58 PM 
Hey Shveta, http://www.telltaleweekly.org - an audiobook project. If you've ever heard me talk about about spoken word narration, this is where most of my experience comes from. Posted by: Alex at July 5, 2006 5:10 PM
Thanks again for blogging your Clarion experience. Fascinating. Posted by: Loquacious Lad at July 5, 2006 7:59 PM
Sure thang. It helps me process. Posted by: Alex at July 11, 2006 7:59 AM
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