Gregory Frost was a guest lecturer at Odyssey 2010. In his lecture, “Character, Viewpoint, and the Critical Voice of the Story: Why It Matters How You Tell It,” Gregory explained how to choose the best point of view for a story, how to create a consistent viewpoint and voice, and Read more
Recent/Upcoming Publications Short Stories E. Bundy, class of 2010“Einstein’s Last Calculation”Published by: Aoife’s Kiss, September 2010 Maggie Della Rocca, class of 2005“The Robber King and the Blood Orange Tree”Published by: Northern Lights M.C. DeMarco, class of 2004“Sympathy from the Devil”Anthology: ParamourtalPublished by: CreateSpaceM.C.’s website: http://mcdemarco.net/ Larry Hodges, class of 2006“Pruning Read more
For many writers a theme is a nebulous concept, a concept best left to academia where one can write a term paper on the color of autumn leaves appearing on page 397 of a 500-page novel. But for others, a consciously selected theme guides their entire work. To wit, we pose these related questions Read more
Jason S. Ridler has published over thirty short stories in such magazines and anthologies as Not One of Us, Nossa Morte, Big Pulp, Crossed Genres, Flashquake, New Myths, Necrotic Tissue, Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Chilling Tales, Tesseracts Thirteen, and more.His popular nonfiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Dark Scribe, and the Read more
Alexander Jablokov was a guest lecturer at Odyssey 2010. In his lecture on how plot works in genre fiction, Alex discussed the key elements of plot and the specific requirements for plot in science fiction, fantasy, and horror. In this excerpt, Alex stresses the importance of cause and effect linkage Read more
Recent/Upcoming Publications Short Stories Erin Hoffman, class of 2005“In Lixus, Close to Waking”Anthology: Triangulation: End of the RainbowPublished by: Parsec InkErin’s website: http://www.erinhoffman.com/ Justin Howe, class of 2005“Your Mother”Published by: Space Squid, #9Justin’s website: http://justinhowe.livejournal.com/ Jason S. Ridler, class of 2005“The Last Mountie”Published by: Crossed GenresJason’s website: http://jsridler.livejournal.com/ Jason S. Read more
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
It often takes writers several years of serious writing before they get a sense of the relationship between their initial ideas and the final products. Which idea is appropriate for a flash fiction story? Which idea requires a longer story? Which idea should become a novel? Even after years, some Read more
Elaine Isaak dropped out of art school to found Curious Characters, designing original stuffed animals and small-scale sculptures, and to follow her bliss: writing.She 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). A mother of Read more
Recent/Upcoming Publications Short Stories Brad Hafford, class of 2009“Technorat”Published by: Reflection’s Edge Larry Hodges, class of 2006“Microsorce”Published by: Afterburn SF, July 2010Larry’s website: http://www.larryhodges.org Larry Hodges, class of 2006“The Meteor Always Strikes Once”“At the Snake Show”Published by: Beyond Centauri, July 2010 Hannah Strom-Martin, class of“Father Peña’s Last Dance”Published by: Realms Read more