{"id":540,"date":"2011-06-27T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2011\/06\/27\/i-write-you-donate\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T18:21:00","slug":"i-write-you-donate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curtiscchen.com\/journal\/2011\/06\/27\/i-write-you-donate\/","title":{"rendered":"I Write, You Donate"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s real simple: I commit to writing at least 1,024 words a day for 42 consecutive days, and you donate some money to the Clarion Foundation<\/a>. As little or as much as you want, fully tax-deductible, to support their annual “boot camp” for science fiction and fantasy writers.<\/p>\n

\"Donate<\/a><\/div>\n

Why you should donate:<\/b> In addition to feeling good about supporting the arts, if I meet both my wordcount goal (likely) and donation target (uncertain), I will send each of my donors a unique, personalized digital artifact.<\/i> No, I’m not going to tell you what it is; if you want to find out, donate!<\/a><\/p>\n

As an additional incentive to any fellow Sea Monkeys<\/a> reading this,<\/b> I’ll match every dollar you donate to Clarion with a contribution to my own #JCCC2<\/a> fund. (If I don’t end up going on the 2012 cruise, I’ll donate that money to an appropriate charity–most likely Child’s Play<\/a>–or just buy myself a pony<\/a>. Could go either way on that.)<\/p>\n

My specific project goals for the next six weeks include:<\/p>\n