For Odyssey, each student had to turn in six stories. Four of them are for in-class and two are for private critiques with a guest. The in-class critiques are done in a typical manner: round-robin, each person given a limited time to speak their thoughts on the piece, starting with positives, the author remaining silent … More My Odyssey Workshop Experience: The Critiques
For those unfamiliar with how the Odyssey Workshop works, it is a six week long course that includes lectures and full-class critiques. There are added Q&A sessions with visiting authors and editors (though “visiting” is only loosely used this year given everything was virtual), a Slam event, and many small side meetings and check-ins. I’m … More My Odyssey Workshop Experience: The Introduction
Where last time I recommended all fantasy books, this month I decided to go in the complete opposite direction and talk up some science-fiction books I’ve read recently. NINEFOX GAMBIT by Yoon Ha Lee (Science-Fiction) The biggest compliment I can say about Ninefox Gambit is, I wish I’d picked it up sooner. Far sooner. Back … More May 2020 Recommended Books
This month has been more spring than winter where I live. Can’t complain about that XD Yet, I worry there won’t be that final frost to kill all the bugs and we’ll be beset with a gnat and mosquito swarmed, spider-cloud explosion in a month or two. You know those days where the air is … More February 2020 Recommended Books
My first Check-In post in this auspicious quest. I’m going to admit, I thought this would be a breeze given word count in books in the 1960s were far and away less than the current average word count. What I didn’t take into account was the -isms. Sexism, racism, etc. And some of that can … More Historical Nebula Nomination Read Series [1965] Check-In #1
I haven’t posted this before, but I feel the need to announce I’m now the parent of a teenager and have been for a few months. I don’t feel old enough to have a teenager. Nor do I feel capable of keeping up with feeding one. How does one do that? Add an addition to … More January 2020 Recommended Books
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