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6/9/08: Taos Toolbox, day 1: Clarion Deluxe, now with 50% less oxygen
Long day yesterday. Up at 5am, cab to the airport, uneventful flights to Albuquerque via SFO, picked up rental car, drove 130 miles to Taos Ski Valley. Some confusion over the various Taoses (Taos, Taos Pueblo, Taos Ski Valley, Taos Ski Valley Village) but we only got lost once.
Looks like a good bunch of people. As this is a "graduate-level" workshop, almost everyone here has attended Clarion or Odyssey or Orson Scott Card's Literary Boot Camp or some such. It's also an older crowd than my Clarion and Writers of the Future classes (for once I am not the Old Guy).
The accomodations are fabulous. I have a huge loft bedroom with a spectacular view, sharing a 3-bedroom 3-bath suite with Jerry Weinberg and Allen Moore (no, not that Alan Moore). The spiral stair is very keen but getting my humungous bag up to the loft was a trial, especially as I was suffering mightily from the altitude, with a wicked headache and dizziness verging on nausea.
I fell over hard at about 10pm, and after a good night's sleep the symptoms are greatly reduced. I will strive to keep hydrated, avoid alcohol and caffeine for the first few days, and not overexert myself. First critiques at 10am today. Whee!
Posted 06/09/2008 07:21 [e-mail me] [post comment] [permalink]
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