Sheila Rambles

I signed up for the Clarion West Write-A-Thon because my hope was that it would motivate me to get my arse in gear and get a workable draft completed of The Two Kinds of Magic . This did not happen. There are reasons, some that cannot be discussed in public and others that are all too familiar.  (The Ugly Handsome Man was in fine form, I must say.)  In point of fact, I was in a bad enough place that I couldn't even make myself write excuse notes, so there are a lot of unexcused non-writing days to account for. I believe today is the last day to donate.  If you'd like to make a donation on my behalf, despite my miserable failure, the link is thus:  http://clarionwest.org/writeathon/sheilaoshea .  Anybody who does will be sent one of my Ten Thousand Flowers to the address you provide when you make the donation--you will not need to send a SASE to receive it. I am slowly working my way back to regular writing sessions in an effort to complete this beast. ...

A couple of writers I follow on Twitter linked me to the  Clarion West Write-a-Thon  and I decided that this novel I've been poking at for the past couple of years might stand a better chance of being finished if I had a proper deadline instead of some vague sense that I should really work on that thing. So I have signed up.  My profile is visible here:  http://clarionwest.org/writeathon/sheilaoshea .  I am asking for any interested sponsors to front the nice folks at Clarion West a dollar for every day that I successfully sidestep all internal excuses and sit my ass down and write.  I will be posting my progress in a daily Tweet from my @wonderbink account with the hashtag #writeathon. I haven't added it to my profile there yet, but I'll state it here--anybody who sponsors me and gives me a mailing address will get a free  Wishing Star  magnet, suitable for sticking on any ferrous metal surfaces you glance at for inspiration. Sound goo...