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.
Blog 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
Podcasts
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.
Blog Posts
Graduate’s Corner: The Sprint or the Marathon? by Carrie Vaughn
Carrie Vaughn is the bestselling author of a series of novels about a werewolf named Kitty who hosts a talk radio advice show. The ninth book in the series, Kitty’s Big Trouble, has just been released from Tor Books. She’s also written young adult (Voices of Dragons, Steel) and stand-alone Read more
Blog Posts
Graduate’s Corner: The Dangers of Writing What You Know by Barbara Ashford
A lot of Barbara Ashford’s life ended up in the pages of her new fantasy novel Spellcast. Like Maggie Graham, she grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, began performing at an early age, and–after a series of jobs in educational administration–ran away to the theatre. Barbara worked as an actress in Read more
Interviews Odyssey Writing Workshop
Interview: Erin Hoffman
Erin Hoffman was born in San Diego and now lives with her husband, two parrots, and two dogs in northern California. Her game credits include Dragonrealms, Shadowbane: The Lost Kingdom, Kung Fu Panda World, and FrontierVille. She also serves on the International Game Developers Association’s board of directors, writes for Read more