Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #104: Scott H. Andrews on Making Your Stories Stand Out
An excerpt from the question and answer session Scott H. Andrews held at Odyssey in the summer of 2017 on making your stories stand out.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate Eric James Stone
A Nebula Award winner, Hugo Award finalist, and winner in the Writers of the Future Contest, Eric James Stone has had dozens of stories published in Year’s Best SF 15, Analog, Nature, and Kevin J. Anderson’s Blood Lite anthologies of humorous horror, among other venues. His first novel was released Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #103: E.C. Ambrose on Writing Process, Characters & Connecting Theme
An excerpt from the question and answer session E.C. Ambrose held at Odyssey in the summer of 2017, in which she covers writing process, characters, and connecting theme.
Director's Corner
Director’s Corner: Tying Character Types to Plot, Suspense, and Emotion
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
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate Holly Schofield
Holly Schofield travels through time at the rate of one second per second, oscillating between the alternate realities of city and country life. She is the author of over fifty short stories, some of which are used in university curricula and have been translated into several languages. Her works have Read more
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate Scott T. Barnes
Scott T. Barnes is the winner of the Writers of the Future Award and a graduate of Odyssey. His short fiction has appeared in numerous venues, including the anthologies Gaia: Shadow and Breath Vol. 3, History and Horror, Oh My! and Kevin J. Anderson’s Pulse Pounders II. He is also the author Read more
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate & Guest Lecturer J. A. White
J. A. White (or just Jerry, when he’s not being fancy) will be a guest lecturer at this summer’s Odyssey Writing Workshop. Jerry attended Odyssey in 1996, its very first year. He is the author of the middle-grade fantasy series The Thickety, including A Path Begins (Winner of the Children’s Choice Debut Author Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #102: Mary Robinette Kowal on Using the MACE Quotient (Part 2)
Part two of an excerpt from the lecture Mary Robinette Kowal gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2016 on using the “MACE” quotient.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate & Guest Lecturer E.C. Ambrose
Author and Odyssey graduate E. C. Ambrose will be a guest lecturer at this summer’s Odyssey Writing Workshop. She writes The Dark Apostle historical fantasy series about medieval surgery, which began with Elisha Barber (DAW, 2013), continuing with Elisha Magus, Elisha Rex, Elisha Mancer, and the final volume, Elisha Demon (forthcoming in 2018). As Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #101: Mary Robinette Kowal on Using the MACE Quotient (Part 1)
Part one of an excerpt from the lecture Mary Robinette Kowal gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2016 on using the “MACE” quotient.