Clarion West Write-A-Thon
I didn't want to post about it until they got my pledge page ready, but I am participating in the Clarion West Write-A-Thon.

What is a Write-A-Thon? Well, think 'walk-a-thon'. Only you pledge donations which you have to pay if I meet my writing goals. These donations are going to a good cause. (Clarion West, for those who don't know, is a kind of boot camp for budding Science Fiction writers.) As an extra advantage you also get the fun of making me grind out words to meet a goal.

Mind you, I didn't pick the hardest goal to meet: 250 words a day/1750 words a week. (I think that comes to a milli-Lake.) But still, that is 250 words of fiction more than I write most days. (I'm such a slacker, especially when you consider how much I want to write.)

So go to my pledge page and donate to Clarion West! It can be as little as a dollar a week (six bucks for the whole thing) or as much as you want to give.

As an extra motivation to you, I am posting my progress sheet so you can check up on me. I am also posting the work in progress so you can read it as I go. At this time I am working on a short story titled "Sitting in the Shadows, Waiting for the Wind". Feel free to comment here with critiques. You don't have to be nice, but try not to be mean...

So, have you pledged yet? Come on! Make me write!