Neile Graham
Excerpt:
Hot, brilliant sun seared my face. Squeezing my eyes shut didn't help at all--my eyelids burned red-bright. Even throwing an arm over my face did little to block the annoying light, and woke aching muscles. I reached to pull the blankets over my head, but they weren't there. They must have fallen off the bed. I was too hot for them anyway, and having to raise my thumping head to locate them wasn't an option, so instead I rolled over, away from the sun. A face full of bristling weeds rewarded me.
Bio:
I am Canadian by birth and inclination, but currently live in Seattle. I've published a lot of poems (including three books and a CD) and a couple of short stories, but have novelistic ambitions that I am using the Write-a-thon to help move forward. I attended Clarion West in 1996 and am currently Workshop Administrator. This means I have extra challenges during the Write-a-thon, but also some extra inspiration.
Publications:
I have a publication list here, which has links to my online work. I also have a story I put up online to celebrate International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day, "Ars Poetica," which is my second published story and also my fourth-week story from my Clarion West session.
Writing Description:
A reviewer made me blush about my last collection of poems, saying, "I love how intensely she leads us into greater and greater complexities, history and mythology and the most secretive parts of the heart all colliding in a grand burst of energy...the page lighting up like a meteor shower." Damn, I really want to live up to that in my poetry and now in my novels. Daunting, no? I'm not there yet, but I dream of it.
Writing Goals:
My personal goals for the Write-a-thon are to spend a minimum of seven hours a week unplugged and writing, both on fiction and to write a first draft of a new poem a week.
Fundraising Goals:
I would love, love, love to have everyone who looks at this page either sign up for the Write-a-thon themselves or donate at least $6 (that's $1 for each week of the Write-a-thon), and for those who can afford more to give what they can (more writing, more money!).
Website:
www.sff.net/people/neile
