Comments on: Instructor rosters for Clarion and Clarion West science fiction writing workshops http://boingboing.net/2007/09/09/instructor-rosters-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 21:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Stacyj http://boingboing.net/2007/09/09/instructor-rosters-f.html#comment-10763 Stacyj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-10763 Nice lineup. Given how thrilling it can be to merely -see- an author at a book reading/signing event, it just blows the mind to contemplate having the opportunity to -learn- from them for six weeks. If I were going to the San Diego Clarion workshop I'd be particularly excited about Geoff Ryman, he's one of only two authors (along with David Mitchell) to have -two- books that've earned a place on my 'All-Time Favorites' bookshelf ... So very jealous of people who'll be going! =) Nice lineup. Given how thrilling it can be to merely -see- an author at a book reading/signing event, it just blows the mind to contemplate having the opportunity to -learn- from them for six weeks. If I were going to the San Diego Clarion workshop I’d be particularly excited about Geoff Ryman, he’s one of only two authors (along with David Mitchell) to have -two- books that’ve earned a place on my ‘All-Time Favorites’ bookshelf …

So very jealous of people who’ll be going! =)

]]> By: greenlady16 http://boingboing.net/2007/09/09/instructor-rosters-f.html#comment-10933 greenlady16 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-10933 Do the Clarion workshop authors have signing events for people who aren't attending the workshop? I go to school at UCSD, where Clarion is being held, and would love to get a couple of books signed, despite being unable to attend the entire seminar. Do the Clarion workshop authors have signing events for people who aren’t attending the workshop? I go to school at UCSD, where Clarion is being held, and would love to get a couple of books signed, despite being unable to attend the entire seminar.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2007/09/09/instructor-rosters-f.html#comment-10950 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-10950 Hi there, I was wondering if international students can apply to Clarion, or if priority is given to American writers. Thanks for any info! Hi there, I was wondering if international students can apply to Clarion, or if priority is given to American writers. Thanks for any info!

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2007/09/09/instructor-rosters-f.html#comment-10964 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-10964 The instructors usually do a bookstore signing and sometimes something on campus. These things are *exhausting*, though -- I think I averaged 4h sleep/night this year. I was getting up at 4:30, blogging and answering email for an hour, then reading student mss until 7:30. Breakfast and shower, then lead a yoga class from 8:30-9. Workshop from 9-noon. Email and lunch 12-1. Student meetings 1-4 (some days 1-5). An hour of reading, then dinner, then lead a walk to the sunset point. Then an evening lecture from 8-9, then read until midnight. With that schedule, fitting in a campus event for the general public is pretty much impossible. The students have a slightly more relaxed schedule -- they're reading 3-4 mss/day, and writing an average of one story/week, and attending the lectures. The instructors usually do a bookstore signing and sometimes something on campus. These things are *exhausting*, though — I think I averaged 4h sleep/night this year. I was getting up at 4:30, blogging and answering email for an hour, then reading student mss until 7:30. Breakfast and shower, then lead a yoga class from 8:30-9. Workshop from 9-noon. Email and lunch 12-1. Student meetings 1-4 (some days 1-5). An hour of reading, then dinner, then lead a walk to the sunset point. Then an evening lecture from 8-9, then read until midnight. With that schedule, fitting in a campus event for the general public is pretty much impossible.

The students have a slightly more relaxed schedule — they’re reading 3-4 mss/day, and writing an average of one story/week, and attending the lectures.

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