David Rees-Thomas

Been a while.

Well, I’m coming tward the end of my time here at Clarion West. It’s been a hell of an experience and and one I shall cherish.

One of the instructors, Minister Faust talked to us about independent publishing, and issued us a challenge to get some content up on Amazon.

So, here is the first short story in a series. Obviously this does not mean I won’t still be actively supporting and trying the more traditional route, I just want to get a sense of what options are open for us as writers. The story is “Flower, Back to Root,” and it’s a story concerning a Japanese woman named Satori and her struggle to survive in a near future Japan. Enjoy!!

I will also be making it and other stories available on other platforms. If you like it, please drop me a line and let me know, or better still, write a little review:)

Hi,

Just a quick post. I’ve been successful in my application to the Clarion West Workshop this coming June/July 2011.

I am of course looking forward to it, and I’m sure I shall post more about it later on.

But, for now, the laundry beckons.

Well, I’m beginning to get the hang of this blog stuff, some of it anyway.

I am pretty much decided that I am going to apply to Clarion and to Clarion West for 2011. I guess putting this info on my shiny new blog page kind of makes sure that I do as well!

I’ve known about the workshop for years, but in the past I always figured that it was probably something that other people did, and besides it’s so far away, and the costs, and the time off work, and the family, and the…

Yeah, well, no more excuses. I’ve been reading lots of blogs, journals and other musings about the experience, and it sounds fascinating (it also sounds intense and insane which is not necessarily unappealing:) ).

Luckily for people like myself who are considering applying, there is a nice page on Liz Argall’s website with links to all these Clarion musings, covering Clarion, Clarion west and Clarion South which is based in Australia.

A big thank you to Liz and all the people who have shared their experiences of Clarion over the years.