Call for contributors: A Hild Companion
CFP: A Hild Companion, an accessible guide to the novel and its Early Medieval context, designed for scholars, teachers, and lay readers wanting to pursue the period in great depth.
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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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One-day workshop Sunday 8 October: Registration now open!
I’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 more One-day workshop, Oct 8: What readers like—and why
I’ll be teaching What Readers Like—And Why, a one-day workshop for Clarion West, on Sunday, 8 October, 10am-4pm.
Read moreWhat goes into accepting or declining invitations
From: Wendy Forgive my ignorance on such matters, but with all these appearances and interviews, are they required by your publisher? I’m…
Read moreThe Magic of Immersive Fiction, a 1-day workshop
On 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 moreSome interesting bits of an interesting year, Part One
As always, it’s been an interesting year. Despite rewriting Hild, a 200,000 words novel, more than once, I managed to do a…
Read moreExciting writing
I 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 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 moreOne-day writing workshop in Seattle
Clarion West is the world pinnacle of f/sf workshoppery. Every year, emerging writers from all over (Africa, Japan, the UK, US, Australia…)…
Read moreDon’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…
Read moreThe perfect writing class
From: Jeanne Here’s the deal. I’m far too old to be writing fan letters, too sensible to write love letters, too smart…
Read moreFire 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…
Read morePerbs in the mist…
…except, eh, the mist evaporated by the time I got out there with the camera. But here’s the photo anyway–the dill is…
Read moreEmerging LGBT Voices Writers’ Retreat
The faculty have been announced for the Lambda Literary Foundation’s Emerging LGBT Voices Writing Retreat. And, hey, I’m one of them. Emerging…
Read moreSterling Editing
Kelley and I are proud to announce the launch of Sterling Editing: editing, mentoring and coaching for writers. If you want to…
Read morecan 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…
Read morerobot teachers
From: Jo Normally I’m all for technological advancement, but I just read an article about a robotic teacher that has made her…
Read morethe 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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