Here’s a copy of the Writers of the Future video that was shown during the big awards show this past April, which shares a few glimpses of my own experience there. If you watch it, I’m sure you’ll find more than a few things interesting, humorous, and/or educational, but I’ll just speak to the parts in which I’m featured.
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Thank you to everyone who came out to my signings/ readings at Kitsap Mall Barnes & Noble, Pacific Place Barnes & Noble, and University Bookstore, including several of the Clarion West class of 2014. I truly appreciate it.
A few shout outs regarding those who attended:
Caren Gussoff Sumption has an awesome post-nano-plague novel coming out in November called THE BIRTHDAY PROBLEM. I’ve read it and worship at the feet of her skill with creating interesting characters with depth. And just to be clear, the novel is about a post-nano-plague world, I didn’t mean it will be coming out after the nano-plague in November. I know nothing of that.http://pinknarc.com/books.htm
Julie McGalliard has a dark and kick butt werewolf novel coming out later this year (with some great spins on the genre) from Per Aspera press called WAKING UP NAKED IN STRANGE PLACES. http://www.perasperapress.com/forthcoming-books-for-2014/
Want to know what goes on at the Writers and Illustrators of the Future workshop, what the awards ceremony was like, advice on how to succeed as a writer or illustrator, or my favorite flavor of milkshake?
On May 13th the writer and illustrator winners of this past year will be coming together to answer these and any other questions. This giant question-and-answer period will take the form of an AMA (ask me anything) on the Reddit fantasy forum.
The AMA will be posted here on May 13th: http://www.reddit.com/r/fantasy/
Those participating in the AMA are:
Megan E. O’Keefe (Writer Winner and the AMA organizer) : Website | Twitter | Facebook
Randy Henderson (Writer Winner): Website | Twitter
Anaea Lay (Writer Winner): Website | Twitter
Bernardo Mota (Illustrator Winner): Website | Facebook
Shauna O’Meara (Writer Winner): Website
Trevor Smith (Illustrator Winner): Website | Twitter | Facebook
Terry Madden (Writer Winner): Website | Twitter | Facebook
C. Stuart Hardwick (Writer Winner): Website | Twitter | Facebook
Cassandre Bolan (Illustrator Winner): Website | Twitter | Facebook
Liz Colter (Writer Winner): Website | Twitter
Oleg Kazantsev (Writer Winner): Facebook
Sarah Webb (Illustrator Winner): Tumblr | Portfolio | Facebook
Michael Talbot (Illustrator Winner): Facebook | YouTube
Paul Eckheart (Writer Winner): Website | Twitter | Facebook
Leena Likitalo (Writer Winner): Website
Kirbi Fagan (Illustrator Winner): Website | Facebook
Vincent Coviello (Illustrator Winner): Tumblr
On Sunday, April 13, 2014, I was honored to accept awards from the Writers of the Future contest both as a first place quarterly winner, and then as the Golden Pen grand prize winner.
I’ll post more about the workshop and the experience itself, but for now, here is a link to the award ceremony.
TRANSCRIPTS of my acceptance speeches (I left out the “ums”) are included below.
My introduction and speeches begin at 02:07:00 and at 02:46:05.
Author, relapsed sarcasm addict, Clarion West graduate, milkshake connoisseur, winner of Writers of the Future, and member of Dungeon Scrawlers.
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