Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #84: Delia Sherman & Ellen Kushner on Characterization (Part 2)
Part two of an excerpt from the lecture Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2014 on Characterization.
Blog Posts Odyssey Writing Workshop
In Memoriam: Melanie Tem, Author & Writer-in-residence
Melanie Tem was an author and writer-in-residence whose works won the Bram Stoker Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the British Fantasy Award, among others. She often cowrote stories and novels with her husband, Steve Rasnic Tem. They shared a passion for working with developing writers, and served Odyssey as Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #83: Delia Sherman & Ellen Kushner on Characterization (Part 1)
Part one of an excerpt from the lecture Delia Sherman and Ellen Kushner gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2014 on Characterization.
Director's Corner
Director’s Corner: Tracking Your Character’s Emotional Arc
Jeanne Cavelos is the director of the Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust, which is in its 20th year of operation. 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 Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #82: Gordon Van Gelder on the Fiction Publishing Market (Part 2)
Part two of an excerpt from the lecture Gordon Van Gelder gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2014 on the Fiction Publishing Market.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Guest Lecturer Brendan DuBois
Guest lecturer Brendan DuBois is an award-winning mystery, suspense and science-fiction author. Mr. DuBois is a former newspaper reporter and a lifelong resident of New Hampshire, where he lives with his wife Mona, their hell-raising cat Bailey, and one happy English Springer Spaniel named Spencer. He is at work on Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #81: Gordon Van Gelder on the Fiction Publishing Market (Part 1)
Part one of an excerpt from the lecture Gordon Van Gelder gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2014 on the Fiction Publishing Market.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Graduate & Guest Lecturer Alex Hughes
Author and Odyssey graduate Alex Hughes will be a guest lecturer at this summer’s Odyssey Writing Workshop. Alex was born in Savannah, GA, and moved to the south Atlanta area when she was eight years old. Shortly thereafter, her grandfather handed her a copy of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonrider series, and Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #80: Melanie Tem & Steve Rasnic Tem on Beginnings, Middles, Ends & Structure (Part 2)
Part two of an excerpt from the lecture Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2014 on Beginnings, Middles, Ends, and Structure.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Author Kij Johnson, Writer-in-residence
Writer-in-residence at this summer’s Odyssey Writing Workshop, Kij Johnson is widely considered one of the top fantasy/science fiction writing teachers in the country. She is the author of three novels—two fantasies set in classical Japan, The Fox Woman and Fudoki, and a Star Trek:The Next Generation novel—and a short story Read more