Nicola Griffith

Writer. Queer cripple with a PhD. Seattle & Leeds.

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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.

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Posted on February 24, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Workshop waitlist

The 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.

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Posted on September 20, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

My PhD thesis: Norming the Other: Narrative Empathy Via Focalised Heterotopia

I’ve had many requests to see the thesis I wrote for my PhD, “Norming the Other: Narrative Empathy Via Focalised Heterotopia.” While…

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Posted on June 30, 2017 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Character density in fiction

In 1988 one of my teachers at Clarion was Samuel R Delany. One of the things he taught that week was the…

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Posted on February 17, 2015 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

I’m teaching a one-day writing workshop in April

I’m teaching a one-day writing workshop for Clarion West here in Seattle on Sunday, April 15th. I don’t teach very often, but…

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Posted on March 2, 2012 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Creative concussion

Finishing a big project can be a shock to the system. Certainly a shock to my system. Odd going from eight or…

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Posted on October 3, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Lambda Literary Writers’ Retreat 2011

Last year I taught the fiction workshop at LLF’s Emerging Voices writers’ retreat. It was a pretty astonishing week. If you’re interested…

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Posted on February 2, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Beautiful sentences

Included in this week’s links for writers post over at Sterling Editing, is an article by Adam Haslett about beautiful sentences. Sentences…

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Posted on January 29, 2011 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Accidental plagiarism: a terrifyingly narrow escape

Last week I wrote a funeral scene that pleased me enormously. Wrenching, raw, powerful. Wow, I thought, I nailed that! I kept…

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Posted on December 21, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Don’t mention the money

Babbage has an interesting post about the recent New York Tech Meetup and how it has its own “peculiar etiquette, which is…

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Posted on October 15, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Fire in their bellies and mouths filled with light

Writing a blog post is a lot like writing anything else–it’s all about choosing what to leave out and how to arrange…

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Posted on August 20, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Fifteen minutes a day

Writers write. It’s that simple. Not always easy but definitely simple. Go read Kelley’s post about it over at Sterling Editing.

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Posted on August 2, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

This weekend

This weekend I’ll be busy going to parties and building a workshop, so I won’t be around much. To keep you amused,…

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Posted on July 17, 2010 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

the whole story

Kelley will be teaching a splendid new 6-week short fiction class, starting January 27th, at Seattle’s Hugo House. It’s called “The Whole…

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Posted on September 24, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

can creative writing be taught? a poll

Recently, Kelley and I have been discussing ways we might be able to help other writers learn their craft. One of the…

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Posted on June 7, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

archived posts: writing and the writing life

Today I’ve chosen three early posts on writing and the writing life. I hope you enjoy them. You can comment here or…

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Posted on May 24, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

AN: a question of love

From: Shereta The topics you intend to explore for your next story sound very interesting. I would slightly disagree with your description…

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Posted on May 15, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

the perfect creative writing class

I’ve been having a conversation on my Facebook page about what the perfect creative course might focus on. Those who have responded…

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Posted on April 17, 2009 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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