J.W. Alden is fascinated with the fantastic. He lives near West Palm Beach, Florida with his wife Allison, who doesn’t mind the odd assortment of musical instruments and medieval weaponry that decorate his office (as long as he brandishes the former more often than the latter). Alden is a 1st Read more
David B. Coe/D.B. Jackson is the award-winning author of nineteen fantasy novels. He taught “Point of View: The Intersection of Character and Plot” for Odyssey Online in 2016. As David B. Coe, he writes The Case Files of Justis Fearsson, a contemporary urban fantasy from Baen Books. The first two Read more
Thank you to all who have applied to the summer Odyssey Writing Workshop! The deadline for the 2016 June-July Workshop has now passed. Applicants should receive word by May 1. Writers, there is a variety of free writing resources available on the Odyssey Workshop site. Here are just a few: –Salon (noun): 1. Read more
Don’t let more time slip by. Make 2016 the year that you take your writing to the next level! The Odyssey Writing Workshop is one of the top programs in the world for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Since its inception in 1996, the Odyssey Writing Workshop has Read more
N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author who will be a guest lecturer at this summer’s Odyssey Writing Workshop in Manchester, N.H. Her short fiction and novels have been multiply nominated for the Hugo and the Nebula, shortlisted for the Crawford and the Tiptree, and have won the Locus Award Read more
N. K. Jemisin is a Brooklyn author who will be a guest lecturer at this summer’s Odyssey Writing Workshop in Manchester, N.H. Her short fiction and novels have been multiply nominated for the Hugo and the Nebula, shortlisted for the Crawford and the Tiptree, and have won the Locus Award Read more
Scott H. Andrews, 2005 graduate, will be a guest lecturer at this summer’s Odyssey Writing Workshop. Scott lives in Virginia with his wife, two cats, nine guitars, a dozen overflowing bookcases, and hundreds of beer bottles from all over the world. His literary short fiction has won a $1000 prize from Read more
Thank you to all those who have registered for the winter online writing classes with Jeanne Cavelos and Barbara Ashford! There is still time to register for “Point of View: The Intersection of Character and Plot,” taught by David B. Coe, author of The Thieftaker Chronicles (writing as D.B. Jackson), the LonTobyn Read more
Start the new year by leveling up your writing skills! The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust, widely known for its highly praised, six-week, in-person workshop, is offering three intensive online writing classes this winter, as well as Odyssey’s first webinar. Odyssey Online helps you to learn new techniques and build your Read more
Meagan Spooner, 2009 Odyssey graduate and bestselling author, will be a guest lecturer at the 2016 Odyssey Writing Workshops. Meagan grew up reading and writing every spare moment of the day, while dreaming about life as an archaeologist, a marine biologist, an astronaut. She graduated from Hamilton College in New Read more