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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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…
Read moreCharacter 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…
Read moreI’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…
Read moreCreative concussion
Finishing a big project can be a shock to the system. Certainly a shock to my system. Odd going from eight or…
Read moreLambda 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…
Read moreBeautiful 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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