Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #121: Paul Witcover on Description (Part 2)
Part two of an excerpt from the lecture Paul Witcover gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2019 on description.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate Erin Roberts
Odyssey graduate Erin Roberts is a speculative fiction writer who tells stories across formats: her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in publications including The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 4,The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2019, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Clarkesworld, The Dark, and THEN AGAIN: Vintage Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #120: Paul Witcover on Description (Part 1)
Part one of an excerpt from the lecture Paul Witcover gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2019 on description.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate Farah Naz Rishi
2016 Odyssey graduate Farah Naz Rishi is a Pakistani-American Muslim writer and voice actor, but in another life, she’s worked stints as a lawyer, a video game journalist, and an editorial assistant. She received her B.A. in English from Bryn Mawr College, her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School, Read more
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate Travis Heermann (Part 2 of 2)
Freelance writer, novelist, award-winning screenwriter, editor, poker player, poet, biker, and roustabout Travis Heermann is a 2009 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. He is the author of The Ronin Trilogy, Rogues of the Black Fury, and co-author of Death Wind, and has had short fiction pieces published in anthologies Read more
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate Travis Heermann (Part 1 of 2)
Freelance writer, novelist, award-winning screenwriter, editor, poker player, poet, biker, and roustabout Travis Heermann is a 2009 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. He is the author of The Ronin Trilogy, Rogues of the Black Fury, and co-author of Death Wind, and has had short fiction pieces published in anthologies Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #119: Theodora Goss on Creating Characters (Part 2)
Part two of an excerpt from the lecture Theodora Goss gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2018 on Creating Characters.
Director's Corner
Director’s Corner: Unifying Your Story around a Meaningful Theme
Jeanne Cavelos is the director of the Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust. She was a senior editor at Bantam Doubleday Dell, where she worked for eight years, editing the fantasy/science fiction program, the Abyss horror line, and other fiction and nonfiction. Jeanne is also the bestselling author of seven books Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #118: Theodora Goss on Creating Characters (Part 1)
Part one of an excerpt from the lecture Theodora Goss gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2018 on Creating Characters.
Graduate Posts Odyssey Writing Workshop
OdBlog Flashback: “Changing Everything” by Rebecca Kuang
Congratulations to 2016 Odyssey graduate Rebecca F. Kuang on the success of her debut novel, The Poppy War, the first installment in a Chinese-history inspired epic fantasy trilogy about empire, warfare, shamanism, and opium. Since its release in May 2018, The Poppy War has won the Crawford Award and the r/Fantasy Stabby Award for Read more