Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #54: Elizabeth Bear on Narrative Structure & Types of Plot (Part 1)
Part one of an excerpt from the lecture Elizabeth Bear gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2011 on Narrative Structure and Types of Plot.
Director's Corner
Director’s Corner: Gaining Distance to Revise
Jeanne Cavelos is the director of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. 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 and numerous Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #53: Sheila Williams on the Short Fiction Market
An excerpt from the lecture Sheila Williams gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2005 on the Short Fiction Market.
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #52: James Patrick Kelly on his Approach to Plot
An excerpt from the lecture James Patrick Kelly gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2002 on his Approach to Plot.
Graduate Posts
Graduate’s Corner: Torture Your Character, Capture Your Reader by Elaine Isaak
Elaine Isaak is the author of The Singer’s Crown (Eos, 2005), and sequels The Eunuch’s Heir (Eos, 2006), and The Bastard Queen (Swimming Kangaroo, 2010). Her short fiction has recently appeared in Live Free or Undead and Escape Clauses. A graduate of the Odyssey Speculative Fiction Workshop, Elaine writes traditional Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #51: Theodora Goss on Finding Your Voices
An excerpt from the lecture Theodora Goss gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2011 on Finding Your Voices.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Eric James Stone
A Nebula Award winner, Hugo Award nominee, and winner in the Writers of the Future Contest, Eric James Stone has had stories published in Year’s Best SF 15, Analog, Nature, and Kevin J. Anderson’s Blood Lite anthologies of humorous horror, among other venues. Eric is also an assistant editor for Read more
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Odyssey Podcast #50: Elaine Isaak on Description & Making Your Setting Real (Part 2)
Part two of an excerpt from the lecture Elaine Isaak gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2011 on Description and Making Your Setting Real.
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Justin Gustainis
Justin Gustainis grew up in northeastern Pennsylvania and is now a college professor living in upstate New York. Prior to his career in academe, he was, at various times, a soldier, garment worker, speechwriter and professional bodyguard. He earned Bachelors and Masters degrees from the University of Scranton (a school Read more
Podcasts
Odyssey Podcast #49: Elaine Isaak on Description & Making Your Setting Real (Part 1)
Part one of an excerpt from the lecture Elaine Isaak gave at Odyssey in the summer of 2011 on Description and Making Your Setting Real.