a plug!

[zanzjan]

Just a quick note that Viable Paradise, a week-long writer's workshop on Martha's Vineyard, is still open for applications. I attended two years ago and though it sounds hokey to say that it was a lifechanging experience, it truly was. Enough so that I've volunteered to be a helper/gopher/cook this year.

Instructors are Patrick & Teresa Nielsen Hayden, Jim Macdonald & Debra Doyle, Steven Gould and Laura J. Mixon, Cory Doctorow, and Elizabeth Bear. All of these are people who know a hell of a lot more, both individually and collectively, about writing and the publishing business, than any other group of people I've met. Plus, they're all fun to spend time with.

And there's beaches. And glow-in-the-dark jellyfish. And the stars at night are unbelievable.

You know you wanna do it (-:

Comments

[miwseshat.livejournal.com]

I do, I do! But not this year - the 30th is Ian's birthday. Maybe next year. :)

[prusik.livejournal.com]

I suppose I actually know the answer to this, but how does one actually volunteer to be a helper/gopher/cook? Drop a note to Kate?

The timing of deadlines at work means I'm not free to do it this year anyways. (Also, I feel like my own VP experience is still a bit too raw to help anyone through theirs. Maybe after two years rather than one.) Still, it's definitely something I'm thinking about in the future.

[zanzjan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, drop a note to Kate and let her know you're interested.

It's funny how the VP experience just never quite lets go of you... in a good way, of course (-: