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We've stalled a bit on the whole Clarion thing. This is the last week; please do consider contributing. Clarion isn't quite on route to achieve its goal of $18,000 raised. It looks as if it might be if you factor in the pledges, but the thing about the pledges is that they don't count for those who don't do as much writing as they thought they would, and a lot of participants have come nowhere near their projections. I achieved my goal a while ago and have written extra, but the extra isn't really helping anyone but, well, me. If you can afford to do so, stick a few bucks in the pot, and let's aim for $800 and seven more comics. It's also worth noting that if you contribute now, you'll have a pretty good chance of winning the framed print. There are, thus far, only eighteen tickets in the hat.