Marian Blue
Write-a-Thon!
Member Info
Joined: June 15, 2017
Last Visited: July 14, 2019
On The Web
Website: www.blueudewritersservices.com/
Blog: www.sunbreakpress.com/
Writer Bio
Marian Blue's award-winning writing has appeared internationally in newspapers, magazines, and books, including her own book of poetry How Many Words for Rain, her nonfiction book Interpretative Guide to Western Northwest Weather Forecasts, and the biography of Artie Kane, Life and Love Between the Notes (as co-author) from Amphora Editions. She has edited many publications (including Sea of Voices, Isle of Story, Southeast Writers Handbook, the online magazine One World Journeys, and Soundings Review as founding editor). Blue has taught writing for community schools in Portland, Oregon; Old Dominion University in Virginia; Writers Digest Schools; and Skagit Valley College, WA before retiring in December 2016. She currently writes and edits (through Blue & Ude Writers Services and Sunbreak Press) from her small farm on Whidbey Island, WA.
Writing Style
Eclectic
Writing Goal
Last time, I made a major start of my recently published novel, Quantum Consequences. That was very positive for me. This time, I'm not quite sure what I will be working on, short work or another novel. I want to surprise myself. To do so, I must spend time in the chair.
Fundraising Goal
I will spend at least 2 hours in the chair every day. I will write, edit, and submit work. I'm thinking about a follow-up novel to Quantum Consequences.
writing goal:
125 hours in the chair
progress:
31
funds raised:
$40.00
funds pledged:
$0.00 ($0.00 / unit)
$4,590.73 raised so far! Help us reach our goal of $15,000 by August 3!
As Vala reached for the organic kale–the organic aisle was the only one that wasn’t jammed, she noted then pushed down her disappointment–the grocery store’s automated misting spray kicked on, and, concurrently, a recording of tropical birds began. Her hand closed on the kale just as her eyes lost their focus and, all but blind, she felt the world slipping into colors and sounds swirling around her: the birds, water running, trees rustling–perhaps she made a sound, perhaps she grabbed at the counter–she didn’t know. She was nowhere and she was everywhere ...
