An unexpected surprise.
Mar. 15th, 2010 03:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
prusikI got into Clarion SD 2010. (Actually, I found out last Monday, but they embargoed the information until today.) I've calmed down a bit since then so allow me to recreate my reaction:
OMGOMGOMGOMGWTFBBQ!!!!111!!11!1!1! I got in! *pause* How the hell did that happen? *pause* OMGOMGOMGOMGWTFBBQ!!!!!111!!!111!!! *pause* If I don't leave soon, I'll be late for choir rehearsal *scrambles out the door*
It's kind of amusing. Last year, I was so thoroughly on top of the reading. By last March, I think I'd managed to have read something by every Clarion and Clarion West instructor. (And it was all really awesome stuff. I learned so much just reading their work.)
When Jeff Vandermeer blogged this past Monday that they were ready to make their final decisions, I mentioned off-hand to a friend that I'd be so screwed if I got in. Let's just say that I'll be reading Clarion authors between now and June. (And George RR Martin writes some wonderful, but longish, short stories.) But it's a good screwed.
First things first though:
1. Get time off from work. I have a plan. My manager is ok with it. I haven't faced HR yet. (My company offers a 4 week sabbatical and I'm eligible. That's why I applied when I did. It's the other two weeks...)
2. I need to replace my laptop. It's six years old, extremely cranky and the keyboard doesn't work reliably. Again, I have a plan. However, I need to ask the Clarion folks if I'll be doing anything with my mobile computing device besides typing lots of text. (Aside from 6 weeks of Clarion, I don't actually need a laptop. My iPhone actually does everything I'd normally use a laptop for. So if I can buy something that I'll find useful after Clarion... Either that or I'll get a cheap netbook.)
It still doesn't quite feel real yet mostly because, honestly, I didn't expect to get in. I already had a story marked for Clarion 2011 application, unless I wrote something better in the mean time. (Like I'd said last year. The application is a by-product of the writing I'm doing anyway. I still hope to write something better in the mean time anyway.)
The sane part of be recognizes that Clarion, ultimately, is an opportunity to learn about the craft and business of writing. It's not a sale. I still haven't sold anything. Clarion is not a guarantee that I will ever sell anything. And it's six weeks with likely little sleep and reputedly really awful food. But...
OMGOMGOMGOMGWTFBBQ!!!!1!!1!11!! I got in.
OMGOMGOMGOMGWTFBBQ!!!!111!!11!1!1! I got in! *pause* How the hell did that happen? *pause* OMGOMGOMGOMGWTFBBQ!!!!!111!!!111!!! *pause* If I don't leave soon, I'll be late for choir rehearsal *scrambles out the door*
It's kind of amusing. Last year, I was so thoroughly on top of the reading. By last March, I think I'd managed to have read something by every Clarion and Clarion West instructor. (And it was all really awesome stuff. I learned so much just reading their work.)
When Jeff Vandermeer blogged this past Monday that they were ready to make their final decisions, I mentioned off-hand to a friend that I'd be so screwed if I got in. Let's just say that I'll be reading Clarion authors between now and June. (And George RR Martin writes some wonderful, but longish, short stories.) But it's a good screwed.
First things first though:
1. Get time off from work. I have a plan. My manager is ok with it. I haven't faced HR yet. (My company offers a 4 week sabbatical and I'm eligible. That's why I applied when I did. It's the other two weeks...)
2. I need to replace my laptop. It's six years old, extremely cranky and the keyboard doesn't work reliably. Again, I have a plan. However, I need to ask the Clarion folks if I'll be doing anything with my mobile computing device besides typing lots of text. (Aside from 6 weeks of Clarion, I don't actually need a laptop. My iPhone actually does everything I'd normally use a laptop for. So if I can buy something that I'll find useful after Clarion... Either that or I'll get a cheap netbook.)
It still doesn't quite feel real yet mostly because, honestly, I didn't expect to get in. I already had a story marked for Clarion 2011 application, unless I wrote something better in the mean time. (Like I'd said last year. The application is a by-product of the writing I'm doing anyway. I still hope to write something better in the mean time anyway.)
The sane part of be recognizes that Clarion, ultimately, is an opportunity to learn about the craft and business of writing. It's not a sale. I still haven't sold anything. Clarion is not a guarantee that I will ever sell anything. And it's six weeks with likely little sleep and reputedly really awful food. But...
OMGOMGOMGOMGWTFBBQ!!!!1!!1!11!! I got in.
