Interview: Melissa Scott

Melissa Scott will be a guest lecturer at the Odyssey Writing Workshop this summer. She is from Little Rock, Arkansas, and studied history at Harvard College and Brandeis University, where she earned her Ph.D. in the comparative history program with a dissertation titled “The Victory of the Ancients: Tactics, Technology, Read more

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Podcast #27: Bruce Holland Rogers

Podcast #27 is now available for download here. In his guest lecture at Odyssey 2003, Bruce Holland Rogers discussed narrative theory and the importance of structure. Structure can provide a story with unity and can give an author direction. In this podcast, Bruce explains his own use of structure and Read more

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Odyssey Graduates’ News: Publications and Sales

Recent/Upcoming Publications Short Stories David H. Hendrickson, class of 2006“Back to the Garden”Anthology: SwordplayPublished by: DAWRelease Date: June 02, 2009 Larry Hodges, class of 2006“Omen of the Oven”Published by: Necrography MagazineLarry’s website: http://www.larryhodges.org Erin Hoffman, class of 2005“Beauty Sleep”Published by: Mythic Delirium 10th Anniversary IssueErin’s website: www.erinhoffman.com Matthew Rotundo, class Read more

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Writing Question: Titles

Some authors slap a title on their work without much thought. Others obsess for ages over the best possible title. A title can grab a potential reader’s attention, or it can send a potential reader away. Choosing a memorable, appropriate, appealing title is a difficult task, so we asked the Read more

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Interview: Jeffrey A. Carver

Jeffrey A. Carver will be a guest lecturer at the Odyssey Writing Workshop this summer. He is the author of sixteen science fiction novels, including Sunborn (Tor Books, November 2008). Prior to that, his most recent books were Battlestar Galactica: the Miniseries (a novelization), and Eternity’s End, a grand-scale epic Read more

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Podcast #26: Allen M. Steele

Podcast #26 is now available for download here. At Odyssey 2005, Allen M. Steele lectured on building a world’s environment. In this excerpt from his lecture, Allen takes writers through the process of creating a believable, realistic world, using the setting from his “Coyote” novels as an example. He explains Read more

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Odyssey Graduates’ News: Publications and Sales

Recent/Upcoming Publications Novels Lane Robins, class of 1999Kings and AssassinsPublished by: Del ReyRelease Date: Available Now!!!Lane’s website: http://lanerobins.livejournal.com/ Lane Robins (Lyn Benedict), class of 1999Sins & ShadowsPublished by: AceRelease Date: April 28, 2009 Short Stories Scott H. Andrews, class of 2005“Ebb”Published by: Space and Time MagazineScott’s website: http://www.scotthandrews.com/ Larry Hodges, Read more

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Interview: Jack Ketchum

Jack Ketchum is the pseudonym for a former actor, singer, teacher, literary agent, lumber salesman, and soda jerk–a former flower child and baby boomer who figures that in 1956 Elvis, dinosaurs and horror probably saved his life. He will be a guest lecturer at the Odyssey Writing Workshop this summer. Read more

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