The knot of courtiers drew closer together. Thistle wanted to reassure them that the wholesale slaughter was done with, but she dared not speak out of turn—and besides, Idris might well make a liar out of her. She knew her partner’s nature well, and it had been a long and trying day.
It’s been slow going the last few days, as I have been busy both with Clarion West and my day job work, but I have managed to squeak out about 900 words on the first chapter of Rise of Grace. I will definitely have something to show by week’s end for my sponsors.
You want to be one of the very first people to start reading the tale of a newly minted Queen and how she manages to hold her country together even as forces both internal and external try to tear it apart, right? Then sponsor me for the Clarion West Write-a-thon!
Why should you sponsor me?
You’ll get sneak peeks into what I’m writing and at the end of the Write-a-thon, you’ll get a novelette cowritten by me and Storm Wilder. But not just that, you’ll be supporting me and my writing.
But if you don’t feel like sponsoring me, there are a ton of writers writing for the Write-a-thon like J.M. Sidorova, Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, An Owomoyela, Nisi Shawl, Nalo Hopkinson, and Cassandra Rose Clarke — women, PoC, people whose voices are from outside the mainstream.
Why should you support Clarion West?
Clarion West runs a six-week workshop for writers of speculative fiction at the beginning of their careers. It doesn’t do just that, though—it provides continuing education for writers, and it provides a community that extends around the world.
More than that, though, it provides support and access for writers who might otherwise have high barriers to getting published.
Supporting Clarion West supports new and diverse voices in science fiction and fantasy. These are the writers you’ll want to be reading 5, 10, 20 years down the road.
Sponsor me here: http://www.clarionwest.org/members/kris-millering/
Browse the list of writers here: http://www.clarionwest.org/groups/write-a-thon-2014/members/
Learn more about the Write-a-thon and sponsor multiple writers here: http://www.clarionwest.org/writeathon/
