Write-o-rama
Written
Sun Dec 06 2009
Write-O-Rama was a literary and financial success. We raised over $10K for a great cause. My friends and family came through in the pledges and showed some fantastic support.
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Pledged
Wed Nov 25 2009
Alrighty. So far I've been pledged $175.00 towards Write-o-Rama.
I'm hoping to see a lot more support coming soon. If there ever was a way you could encourage me to keep writing and earn some good tax-deductible karma, this is it.
Please, please, please -Support Richard Hugo House by clicking here. Just put PlanetHeidi in the designation field and fill out all the other necessary information.
Write-O-Rama Laureate
Thu Nov 19 2009
I'm also once again participating in the Richard Hugo House Write-o-Rama. If you remember, last year I raised money for a good cause and did the rough drawings of what would become Tr0jan. This year, I've been honored by the House as a Write-O-Rama Laureate.
The Richard Hugo House is center for writers and readers that offers classes, youth programs, literary events, original stage productions, writer residencies and scholarships to the disadvantaged. There are only three organizations like it in the United States. It's a place of great love and support for those who love the written word, young and old. If there was no Hugo House, there never would have been a Heidi Hoffman.
In 2009, Hugo House served over 850 youth with creative writing classes and summer camps, and their scholarship fund awarded more than $13,000 to teen writers who would not have been able to attend their programs otherwise. Hugo Writers-in-Residence gave over 350 no-cost writing consultations to the public. And the Zine Archive and Publishing Project (ZAPP), which is the largest collection of handmade and small press periodicals in the nation, reopened in a bigger space upstairs. Those are just a few of the programs a donation will support.
Your gift is tax deductible as allowed by law and there are also donor benefits.
You can support us online by clicking here. Just put PlanetHeidi in the designation field and fill out all the other necessary information.
As things progress, I'll share some tidbits about the Heidi story I'll be writing during Write-o-Rama. Last year, as some may recall, I penned Tr0jan.
The Richard Hugo House is center for writers and readers that offers classes, youth programs, literary events, original stage productions, writer residencies and scholarships to the disadvantaged. There are only three organizations like it in the United States. It's a place of great love and support for those who love the written word, young and old. If there was no Hugo House, there never would have been a Heidi Hoffman.
In 2009, Hugo House served over 850 youth with creative writing classes and summer camps, and their scholarship fund awarded more than $13,000 to teen writers who would not have been able to attend their programs otherwise. Hugo Writers-in-Residence gave over 350 no-cost writing consultations to the public. And the Zine Archive and Publishing Project (ZAPP), which is the largest collection of handmade and small press periodicals in the nation, reopened in a bigger space upstairs. Those are just a few of the programs a donation will support.
Your gift is tax deductible as allowed by law and there are also donor benefits.
You can support us online by clicking here. Just put PlanetHeidi in the designation field and fill out all the other necessary information.
As things progress, I'll share some tidbits about the Heidi story I'll be writing during Write-o-Rama. Last year, as some may recall, I penned Tr0jan.
Write-o-rama
Mon Dec 08 2008
Yes, Write-O-Rama is over and it was a blast.
I got 20 pages of sketches done (sample below)
It was an immense amount of fun to spend some time up at the Hugo House, visiting the classroom where Heidi was born. I also spent an hour and took a fantastic little workshop with David Lasky which was a lotta fun.
Thank you to those of you who donated to sponsor me in Write-O-Rama. The House came within 90% of making our fundraising goal for the event. Not bad considering the impending doom of the Financiapocalpyse. Secret bonus: All Write-O-Rama donors will get FREE COPIES of the Tr0jan comic book when it comes out. (and it will be only offered in paper form).
Oh, and I had a birthday too. Write-O-Rama was my special gift to myself. So thanks again to all who helped it.