Comments on: Clarion West 2009: What Is Best In Life?

By: Rochita

Rochita — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:07:06 +0000

I enjoyed reading your essay. Mine’s no fun at all. But I do assure you, my funny bone is in good working order Here’s to luck for all of us.

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By: Scott Baker

Scott Baker — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:02:26 +0000

From what I've seen through this site and the CW forums, this essay was definitely you. I'm not reading the stories yet...I hope I get to workshop them in Seattle with you this summer, though. *crosses fingers for both of us* Scott Baker´s last blog post..My Clarion West Application Essay

By: A.S.

A.S. — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:54:24 +0000

“My god is stronger…
He is the everlasting sky! Your god lives underneath him.”

-Subtai

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:19:30 +0000

Alex, CONGRATULATIONS! Good things are happening round these parts!

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By: xxxevilgrinxxx

xxxevilgrinxxx — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:19:02 +0000

Bet you did that freak out this where you scrambled (internally of course!) to take it back the second you hit submit!
Best of luck to you, tell us how it went!

By: Jamie Grove

Jamie Grove — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:14:30 +0000

@Alex Congratulations, Alex!!! You rock!

By: Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome

Alex Fayle | Someday Syndrome — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:11:47 +0000

Woo hoo! I too just submitted something – my novel to the Amazon contest. Hitting submit was pretty fricking scary and now I plan to forget all about it until mid-March when I’ll be a total neurotic mess either way it turns out…

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By: Jamie Grove

Jamie Grove — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:03:03 +0000

@Sam Thanks for the kind words! Glad you liked Deepest Shade! Your reaction is very similar to some of the feedback I received when I originally put the story up. One fellow was really annoyed that the thing just ended – “Where are the next 150 PAGES! ROAR!” There’s more. Really there is! I promise.

@Karen Thanks, Karen. I know a lot of great writers are applying so if I don’t make it I’ll just go back to the well next year and drop my bucket. Till I know though, I’ll be happy to share some chocolate with you!

@Amber Indeed. Indeed. Kip is nipping at my heels…

“Get busy with them fingers, Mister Writer! They don’t pay you to sit around that fancy coffeshop and look pretty. Besides if they did you couldn’t feed a half dead rat on what you’d make!”

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:15:56 +0000

The best way to spend your time waiting on a response is to work on something else (revising an old piece or starting a new one) for distraction.

Good luck!

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By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:19:05 +0000

Jamie, they would be fools not to accept you! If I had any authority outside of my own mind, I would tell them so. Here’s the part that I should say all sorts of gushy, mushy things that encourage you to not wait anxiously but I know that you will weave in and out of various emotions until you get the “yes.” So instead, I’ll say waiting with you on the pin cushion and happy to share chocolate and laugh while we wait.

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