Gunn & Swanwick: Xtreme Collab

[kate_schaefer]

Eileen Gunn and Michael Swanwick are collaborating in public in support of the Clarion West Write-a-thon, as they've done for the past few years. Watch them plot a novel live at http://www.clarionwest.org/node/633, updates roughly once a day (weekdays only, probably), until July 31.

During last year's Write-a-thon, they wrote a round-robin story on the forum, along with L. Timmel Duchamp, Gord Sellar, Ruth Nestvold, and Marilyn Holt. One of the stories they wrote during the 2007 Write-a-thon, “Shed That Guilt! Double Your Productivity Overnight!” appeared in the September, 2008, issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Support Eileen, Michael, or one of the many other Write-a-thon participants by making a donation to Clarion West at http://www.clarionwest.org/events/writeathon/2009, or just browse through the web pages to get an idea of the effect Clarion West has had on writers at the start of their careers.



"Beer as good as the stuff that God hides from the Angels in Heaven," the dog said.

-- from "Trouble Ensues," by Swanwick, Gunn, Duchamp, Sellar, Nestvold, and Holt.

Comments

[imnotandrei.livejournal.com]

So, dim question -- if we're a writer, how do we check to see who, if anyone, has donated? Or can we?

[kate-schaefer.livejournal.com]

It's not a dim question at all. We don't have the (currently very expensive) software that allows thing-a-thons like the Heart Walk or the Susan Komen 3-Day to update donation stats instantly. Phoebe Harris, spreadsheet volunteer, will send out individual spreadsheets about every other week during the Write-a-thon. I'll send out physical thank-you letters/tax receipts to donors as soon after the donation as I can, usually within a week.

Thanks.