This is the final week of this year’s Clarion West Write-a-thon.  You have till July 27th if you want to sponsor me.  Any money raised by the write-a-thon goes toward funding for the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop.  It’s a good thing, and it’s worth supporting.  

I would love to attend someday, but I don’t think think it’ll ever be a thing I can do.  I can’t take six weeks off of work.  And even if I could afford it, I don’t know if I’d be able to handle six weeks away from home–away from Paul.  So, doing the write-a-thon is my way of being a part of something great.  

I just finished the rough draft of my story for this week.  It’s the 8th story that I’ve written for the write-a-thon, and I might have time for another before the week is done.  I’m not sure how much of my motivation of the past six weeks came from my goal of one story a week, but I do think it’s helped.  I think I’ll do it again next year. 

I haven’t raised a ton of money for Clarion.  Honestly, I’m just happy that my number is more than $0.  I have a feeling that most other people who participated helped them a lot more than I did.  But I hope that what money I did help to raise helps them to continue doing what they do.