Dune - 50 Years later

Saturday 13:00 - 13:50, Harbor I

Frank Herbert's Dune, published in 1955, was an epic science fiction saga that won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award in 1966. Now, 50 years after its publication, we look back at the legacy left by Frank Herbert and his unique vision of a feudal interstellar society that was rocked by political ( Read more... )

Here are my monthly stats for August:

• 7,600 new words of fiction written this month. 1
   
• 19 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time)
   
• 4 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft.
   
• 3 second drafts currently in progress
   
• 1 second draft currently in the hands of "trusted readers."
   

There are some people who think that the main advantage of Clarion is the networking. And, sure, it's neat to have seventeen new friends who are all great writers. But the theory is that doing 100+ critiques in six weeks (35,000+ words of crit, for me), plus listening to 80+ hours of 17 people doing 1,700+ three-minute crits of their own (not ( Read more... )

Here are my monthly stats for July.

• 24,000 new words of fiction written this month. 1
  
  AND:
  
  
• 30,000 words of workshop critique written this month 2
   
• 19 first drafts currently in progress (some untouched for a long time)
   
• 3 first drafts currently "ripening" before second draft.
   
• 2 second drafts currently in progress