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Attending the Clarion Workshop in San Diego (for reasons both good and bad) wasn't anything like I imagined. But I'm glad I went. For the first time in my life, I had people who I seriously respect as writers (both teachers and fellow students) tell me, without bullshit, that I'm actually, maybe, good at what I do.

Before Clarion, I'd known too many writers with hyperinflated selfregard to take...

Wow. That was fast. Another month has passed, and now there's only 3 weeks until I hop on a plane and fly across the Pacific for the Clarion Writers' Workshop in San Diego.

For this month, my goals were to:

Not all of this happened. I kind of got lazy in some places and stopped tracking. But here's an overview of what I did get done:

Like last month, I averaged about 3.5 hours of writing a day,...

Here's a quick update on my Clarion prep. My goal for this first month was to:

Here's what I actually got done:

Writing:

Averaged about 4 hours of writing a day, 6 days a week. The time was split 50/50 between "serious" writing and more pulpy projects.

So yea, I wrote a lot. But I didn't achieve my goal of finishing two stories. Finishing is a big issue for me. The root cause isn't so much fear...

Holy buckets. I got into the Clarion UCSD writer's workshop!

To be honest, I had low expectations for my chances this year. When I first applied in 2024, I got a form rejection. Not even a "your stories were good but not quite good enough please try again next year." And I wasn't sure how much I'd improved over the past two years. Sure, I'd written a bundle of short stories and a 6+ indie novel...