OK.
Maybe it's not such a good thing that we live next to an Office Max. I just spent about $70 on ink cartridges for one printer. So I can print stories, which presumably I can sell. It wouldn't be so bad, except that I bought paper there earlier this afternoon. I have the uncomfortable feeling that this qualifies me for membership in the techno-peasantry. Gads, I almost feel like I should find an old spin-writer. Or locate my old type-writer from ages ago (although I'm not sure what I did with it after my old housemate, Keith, blew up one of its capacitors with his volt-meter. . . ).
Granted, I haven't had to buy ink cartridges for this particular printer in over a year, so I guess it works out to less than $8 a month. But still.
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Hey John -- just FYI, would love to see you at Potlatch. Here is the info for the writers' workshop this year. Cheers and happy belated birthday! -Ellen
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Potlatch has a close association with Clarion West, an intensive six-week
workshop for writers preparing for professional careers in science fiction
and fantasy, held annually in Seattle. On the Friday of Potlatch, before
regular programming begins, we offer the Taste of Clarion West short story
workshop for beginning writers. This workshop can be particularly helpful
for those who are considering applying to Clarion West in future years
(current deadline for Clarion West applications is March 1, 2008). This
year, on Sunday afternoon, Pat Murphy will also be holding her one-hour
mid-career writers conversation, aimed at writers who have been publishing
regularly for at least five years.
This year's workshop will be conducted by L. Timmel DuChamp and Jay Lake,
noted writers and instructors. It will be held in the Clarion West style --
you will be expected to read your fellow participants' stories beforehand
and come prepared to comment constructively on them.
To apply for the workshop, please submit a 2,000 to 8,000 word story in .rtf
format to workshop@potlatch-sf.org by midnight PST, February 1, 2008.
Formatting for your story should follow the guidelines at
http://www.sfwa.org/writing/vonda/vonda.htm While your story does not have
to be fantasy or science fiction, you will find you will get the most out of
the workshop with a story in one of those genres. Please submit a complete
story, rather than a section of a longer work. Workshop space is limited.
You will be sent the other stories for the workshop by Friday, January 8,
2008. You are responsible for printing them out and coming with copies. A
handout on preparing to critique stories will be included.
If you have questions regarding the workshop or conversation, please e-mail
workshop@potlatch-sf.org. You do not need to reserve space in the Pat
Murphy conversation beforehand.
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