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Clarion Write-A-Thon Raffle Prize Winners

- Choice of Chuck Wendig‘s e-book Irregular Creatures or Confessions of a Freelance Pen Monkey: Hunter Liguore – Colin F. Barnes & Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff‘s e-book Killing My Boss: Joris Vandalon – Donated by Diana Gill, editor at Harper Voyager, …

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Clarion Write-A-Thon Update: 34.62% Completed

I’ve discovered that I don’t do marathon session very well. At least, not so far. Of course it might change in the future. And it might also be because of the laid-back days I’ve been trying to write in bulk. …

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Clarion Write-A-Thon Update: 23.38% Completed

Added 3,016 words to the total. Go, me! Notice how the top bar is slowly turning from red into orange? It’ll go green next. Can’t wait!   — Victoria is a scientist by day–reluctant writer by night, Clarion Write-a-Thon survivor, …

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Clarion Write-A-Thon Raffle Prize List

EDIT TO ADD: THE WINNERS OF THE RAFFLE ARE ANNOUNCED HERE — In a last ditch effort to boost the Clarion Write-A-Thon sponsoring, I have solicited raffle prizes from all ends of the Twittersphere. At a donation of $5 or …

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Clarion Write-A-Thon Update: 15.84% Completed

Not quite the leaps and bounds I was hoping for, but at least this is now the only writing project I have left, so I should be able to write every day from now on. I’ll get there.   — …

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Clarion Write-A-Thon Update: 3.61% Completed

I have worked a lot on my Clarion Write-A-Thon project this weekend. If all that work had been writing words, I would have made up for the lost ones in the past week. But since this is my first longer …

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Clarion Write-A-Thon Update: 0.84% Completed

The start of the Write-A-Thon was yesterday. But the my start was today. I created from word slush, I poked the word pile, I plucked the story goose, I slayed the fiction dragon. And I added 337 words to the …

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The Clarion Write-a-Thon Has Started!

Today marks the official start of the Clarion Write-a-Thon! You can compare the Write-a-Thon to a Walk-a-Thon for writers. About two months ago, I set my goal for the Write-a-Thon and I’m now in the process of trying to find …

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Clarion Countdown Day -1: The Science of Social Timing

One day left until the start of the Clarion Write-a-Thon! Today in the countdown series, I’ll show you the results of research into the social timing of Twitter and Facebook. These data are for United States audiences, but if you’re …

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Clarion Countdown Day -2: Scrivener — Tips of the Day

— WIN A FREE COPY OF SCRIVENER July through the first week of August 2011 I am fundraising for Clarion, the SciFi & Fantasy charity. For only $5 you can be a sponsor and be entered in a dedicated prize …

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  • About

    Victoria is a full-time scientist by day and part-time writer by night. She writes Magical Realism, Dystopian Fiction and Horror, and sometimes a 'Novel In A Day'.

    When she finds time away from her PhD, she features photo blogging on Mondays, writing-related topics on Wednesdays, science-related posts on Fridays and whatever she feels like writing about on the days between.

  • My First Novel

    The Clarion Write-a-Thon 2011 has ended. During the challenge I have written 20,749 words on my first novel.

    I have learnt a lot. One of those things is that I need to change my point of view and restruc- ture the plot.

    This project is currently on hold, but I am very confident I will one day finish what I started.
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    My current progress

    20,749 / 60,000 (34.58%)

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    Progress bar courtesy of Honorless.

  • Dark Fiction Magazine

    Dark Fiction Magazine

    I was a slush reader for Dark Fiction Magazine. ------------- Click the image to find out more about them.

  • Angry Robot Army

    Angry Robot Army

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    I'm a Robot Army Recruit!
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  • Clarion Write-a-Thon 2011

    Clarion Write-a-Thon 2011

    I was there.
    I'm a Clarion Write-a-Thon survivor.

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