Dear Friends,
When the attendees and Faculty arrived the first evening, they all got together to introduce themselves to the large group. Each answered the question “Why am I here?” I jotted down some notes as they spoke.
“To find community.”
“This is a time/space to write.”
“So that I don’t have to explain myself”
“This is queer time”
“To get feedback”
“For gay writers’ camp!”
“Because writers have something to say”
“To work on craft”
“Because I love to teach”
“Queer writers have to be so much better than everyone else.”
“Writing is lonely. This is not!”
“To finish my book!”
“Because writing is a rush.”
“To reaffirm the power of LGBT literature.”
Come back for more updates, photos and video in the coming days and weeks!
Tony Valenzuela
Executive Director
