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.
Graduate Posts Odyssey Writing Workshop
Graduate Essay: Rebecca Kuang, “Changing Everything”
Rebecca Kuang is a graduate of the 2016 Odyssey Writing Workshop. She studies Chinese history at Georgetown University. Her debut novel The Poppy War, the first in a trilogy, will be released from Harper Voyager in Spring 2018. I came to Odyssey on the verge of a horrible case of Read more
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Odyssey Podcast #100: N.K. Jemisin on Micro Worldbuilding
An excerpt from the lecture N. K. Jemisin gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2016 on micro worldbuilding.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Guest Lecturer Gemma Files
Former film critic, teacher, and screenwriter turned award-winning horror author Gemma Files will be a guest lecturer at this summer’s Odyssey workshop. Her most recent book, Experimental Film (ChiZine Publications), won both y 2015 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel and the 2016 Sunburst Award for Best Adult Novel. Her other Read more
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Odyssey Podcast #99: Meagan Spooner on Characters
An excerpt from the lecture Meagan Spooner gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2016 on characters.
Graduate Posts Odyssey Writing Workshop
Graduate Essay: Richard Errington, “Leveling Up”
Richard James Errington attended the 2016 Odyssey Writing Workshop. He is an American/British writer born in Japan. He focuses on a variety of different genres and bounces between YA and adult fiction. He has written for an independent comic book publishing company where he published under six different title series. Read more
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Odyssey Podcast #98: Melanie Tem & Steve Rasnic Tem on Characters
Part two of an excerpt from the lecture Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2014 on characters.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Guest Lecturer Alexander Jablokov
Author Alexander Jablokov, who will be a guest lecturer at this summer’s Odyssey workshop, writes science fiction for readers who won’t give up literate writing or vivid characters to get the thrills they demand. He is a natural transition for non-SF readers interested in taking a stroll with a dangerous Read more