tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047323.post6702364846770797004..comments2023-05-08T03:01:34.251-06:00Comments on Me, My Muse, and I: RedemptionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047323.post-67425129632574474172007-04-11T17:24:00.000-06:002007-04-11T17:24:00.000-06:00Hi Kellie,Glad your experiences second time of ask...Hi Kellie,<BR/><BR/>Glad your experiences second time of asking were a little more positive. As I said privately, the contest was very beneficial for me, but I can understand folks reservations when they read solicitations which seem to be about money. My comment is always this:<BR/><BR/>With Silverberg, Williams, Niven and Pournelle, Sawyer, KJ Anderson, Brooks et al serving as judges how often does a new writer get to have that kind of validation? The fact that these guys found my work worthy was one of the key motivators in me beginning to take it seriously. From my group in 2002 Jay Lake has a Tor deal plus a gazillion other things going on, Luc Reid has written a non-fic book for Writers Digest, and Geoffrey Girard and Robert Defendi are both working on novels for Games Workshop - that's 50% of the class selling books to major publishers within 3 years of winning. Patrick Ruthfus, the guy behind Name of the Wind is another winner, from the year before. There's a lot of talent that passes through the workshop - and believe me, the money is nice but nothing compared to a week in the company of Tim Powers and KD Wentworth discussing the craft of writing.<BR/><BR/>The offer stands - any of your friends or readers who are curious or want to know more of my experiences at the workshop and post contest - just swing by the website and drop me a line via that link you posted and I'll get back to them as soon as I can. <BR/><BR/>As with anything the contest is what you make of it - at worst it is a nice credit and pro-rate sale, at best it is a springboard.Steven Savilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08758619085650279032noreply@blogger.com