
Workshop: Character through setting, Monday March 15
I’m teaching a 2-hr Zoom workshop for Clarion West, Monday, 15 March, on using setting to explore character—and character to explore setting. Sign up now.
Read moreI’m teaching a 2-hr Zoom workshop for Clarion West, Monday, 15 March, on using setting to explore character—and character to explore setting. Sign up now.
Read moreThe one-day workshop I’m teaching for Clarion West on Sunday, 8 October, is full, but it’s still possible to add a couple of names to the waiting list. And wait-listees often get in.
Read moreI’m teaching a one-day workshop for Clarion West on Sunday 8 October, 10am-4pm: What Readers Like—And Why. It will be held in an accessible space (I will most probably be in a wheelchair) in the U District of Seattle, and costs $150. Fourteen participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is open.
Read moreI’ll be teaching What Readers Like—And Why, a one-day workshop for Clarion West, on Sunday, 8 October, 10am-4pm.
Read moreCory Doctorow talks about privacy, surveillance, and freedom of information in Seattle, July 28, 7:00 pm. Tickets $10. Proceeds to Clarion West.
Read moreOn Sunday 4/13 I’m teaching “The Magic of Immersive Fiction,” a one-day workshop on how to submerge a reader into the world…
Read moreThis year, like last, I’m involved on the organisational periphery of Clarion West’s Write-a-thon: a fundraiser that not only brings in money…
Read moreFrom: Jack HastingsI am curious. Are you and Kelley Eskridge the first same sex couple co-Guests of Honor at a major science…
Read moreAs always, it’s been an interesting year. Despite rewriting Hild, a 200,000 words novel, more than once, I managed to do a…
Read morePublishing is in the throes of huge change and it’s hard to keep up with the choices available for writers–of any level…
Read morephoto by Eileen Gunn Ursula Le Guin gave me my very first blurb, for Ammonite. She didn’t know me from Eve, but…
Read moreVia Diva, the longlist of the UK’s Polari First Book prize: Rory’s Boys by Alan Clark (Bliss/Arcadia Books)Pennance by Claire Ashton (self published…
Read moreLast night I was one of about ninety people who gathered for drinks and delicious food–lamb kebab, grilled salmon, a variety of…
Read moreLove Game of Thrones? Can’t get enough of Wildcards? Think Clarion West is the best thing since sliced bread? I have just…
Read moreFIRST of all, Kelley has written a most marvellous and heartfelt piece about the necessity of finding everyday magic to write: …But…
Read moreThe Lambda Literary Awards were presented last night. It sounds like a wonderful evening. There’s a write-up, including a full list of…
Read moreClarion West (CW), the best speculative fiction writing workshop in the world, is gearing up for another six-week workshop, in which eighteen…
Read moreEvery summer since 2004 famous and emerging writers of f/sf have taken part in a ‘shadow’ Clarion West writing workshop–without leaving home….
Read moreI taught a whole-day workshop* yesterday for twelve writing students. The topic was ‘exciting writing’. My aim was to pass along what…
Read moreI’m teaching a one-day writing workshop for Clarion West here in Seattle on Sunday, April 15th. I don’t teach very often, but…
Read moreClarion West is the world pinnacle of f/sf workshoppery. Every year, emerging writers from all over (Africa, Japan, the UK, US, Australia…)…
Read moreClarion West is the best genre writing workshop in the world. It’s a six-week writing boot camp in Seattle. Each week is…
Read moreI admit to some mystification about media excitement surrounding Unbound. See, for example, this Fast Company article, about Unbound’s “crowd-financed, spine-tingling effort…
Read moreKelley has reached $2,500 in sponsorship for her Clarion West daily write-a-thon work. She’s written some brilliant stuff, and you have all…
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