Writers of the Future workshop, Day 2

Here's where things confusing. So much going on, so many people to meet, so many things to do. Hopefully I'll get the days straight.

On the first day we received our "object" that was supposed to be used as inspiration or a trigger for our 24 hour stories. I got a pink flamingo swizzle stick. More on that later.

We got the assignment to read a L Ron Hubbard book. On checking in, we got a large package filled with reprints and audio book CD's. My roommate and I found these very helpful. I also picked up a few paperbacks. I read the novel Fear, which was very different from most pulp fiction. I'm a fan of "Old Time Radio" on XM, and I enjoyed the audio books.

We had more discussions, about research, what to read and hints on writing a first sentence. KD also left me with a great image -- Writing is exquisite torture. But it's fun too!

Our guest lecturer was Fred Pohl. He told us about his collaboration with Arthur C Clarke. He also talked about some of his books, like Gateway, one of my favorites. I had brought my SFBC copy, and had him autograph it.

I guess there was lunch and dinner in there somewhere, but right now I can't remember who, where, when.

Comments

[ASterling]

Pat, I would have killed for that swizzle stick! How awesome is that?

[dosferatu]

Yeah, the other person's "thing" is always cooler than the one you get.

KD told us that one year she forgot her bag of items, so just gave out stuff from her handbag.