Nicole Magoon is a 2022 graduate of the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. She lives in London, by way of innumerable US cities. She has one husband, three children, and four superpowers, including [REDACTED BY GOVERNMENT]. By day she works on “corporate strategy,” which is def vaguely villainous, and by Read more
Odyssey Podcast #159 is an excerpt from a question and answer session with Steven Barnes for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 in which he discusses speaking your truth and dealing with writer’s block. Steven is a NAACP Image Award winner and New York Times bestselling novelist who has published over Read more
2011 Odyssey graduate Donna Glee Williams was born in Mexico, the daughter of a Kentucky farm-girl and a Texas large-animal veterinarian. She graduated from Tulane University, then earned an MFA and PhD from Louisiana State University, but it was really her years of wayfaring across twenty countries and four continents that Read more
Arley Sorg is a 2014 Odyssey Writing Workshop graduate. He is an associate agent with kt literary, co-editor-in-chief at Fantasy Magazine, senior editor at Locus Magazine, associate editor at both Lightspeed and Nightmare Magazines, and a columnist for The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. He takes on multiple roles, including slush reader, movie and book reviewer, Read more
Odyssey Podcast #158 is an excerpt from a lecture by Steven Barnes for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 on creating the Hero’s Journey both for your characters and for yourself as a writer, the steps involved, and the change that results. Steven is a NAACP Image Award winner and New Read more
Award-winning author Tim Waggoner is a 2023 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Tim has published over fifty novels and seven collections of short stories. He writes original dark fantasy and horror, as well as media tie-ins, and his articles on writing have appeared in numerous publications. Read more
Odyssey Podcast #157 is an excerpt from a question and answer session with Nancy Kress for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 in which she discusses the flow state, authorial presence, exposition, and character motivation. Nancy is the author of thirty-five books, including twenty-eight novels, four collections of short stories, and Read more
NAACP Image Award winner and New York Times bestselling novelist Steven Barnes is a 2023 guest lecturer for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Steven has published over three million words of science fiction, suspense, horror, mystery, and fantasy, comprising over thirty novels. In television, he wrote the Emmy-winning “A Stitch Read more
Odyssey Podcast #156 is an excerpt from a question and answer session with Mary Robinette Kowal for Your Personal Odyssey in 2023 in which she explains the importance of trusting your taste and how to retain what makes your piece special. Mary Robinette is the author of The Spare Man, Read more
Award-winning author Nancy Kress is a 2023 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Nancy is the author of thirty-five books, including twenty-eight novels, four collections of short stories, and three books on writing. Her work has won six Nebulas (for “Beggars in Spain,” “The Flowers of Aulit Prison,” Read more