It’s here! This is a story I wrote early this year (back in February I believe) and is making its debut appearance in Cast of Wonders for their Banned Books Week! Five Reasons to Give it a Listen! 1. Experiencing a coffee shop via proxy since most of us can’t go out right now. [And … More The Pop-up Artisan of Drink Me Cafe published in Cast of Wonders
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
I wrote most of this back at the beginning of my Odyssey Journey and then got incredibly busy. Just imagine this from the end of May/beginning of June time period: Now onto the true beginning! After being accepted, and choosing to attend virtually on account of COVID, I had to send in two assignments. One … More My Odyssey Workshop Experience 2020: The Prep
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
Before I talk about my May prep, I feel I have to go backward, all the way to last year. Pre-corona, pre-quarantine, to when the world didn’t seem so bleak and 2020 was the epitome of hope, excitement, and expectation. The idea of attending a workshop (I’ve attended two prior: a fiction writing one at … More My Odyssey Workshop Experience 2020: The Application
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