I’ll be attending ICFA (the conference for the international association for the fantastic in the arts) in Orlando this March. My schedule, for those that would appreciate it: Thurs, March 16, 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. — (Creative) Editing Beyond the Western World Neil Clarke, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Cecilia Tan Thursday March […]
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Lovely of Locus to do a feature about the SLF’s Portolan Project! This is where most of my volunteer time goes (well, aside from school board), and it’s great to get some more visibility for what we’re trying to do — expand access to creative and lit. education…to the world! If you end up trying
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If anyone feels like throwing in a few bucks into the fundraiser for this Pakistani speculative fiction project, here’s the link — they could use a bit of help. Bringing out professional writers to teach their students is a new element of the project, and a financial strain for the organizers, especially with flight costs
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Recorded another episode of our podcast this morning with Benjamin Rosenbaum — mostly posting this so I can show off how much more vibrant my Zoom background looks, with Kavi’s painting hanging on the office wall. Today was sort of a grab bag episode — Ben and I haven’t talked in a while, so we
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Quick note that I’ll be serving on the World Fantasy Awards jury, for my sins. A lot of reading ahead of me this semester… https://file770.com/2023-world-fantasy-awards-judges…/
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Dear SF/F Writing & Reading Community, This is the Speculative Literature Foundation’s end-of-year / start-of-year letter, where I try to recap a little of what we’ve been doing this last year – and really, the last couple of years, because I haven’t written one of these letters in a while. It’s been a rough pandemic,
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The SLF (Speculative Literature Foundation, www.speclit.org) is hiring for two part-time financial positions, details below. We are a non-profit org supporting speculative literature; the ideal candidate would have an interest in arts, education, and/or science fiction and fantasy. Please forward to your networks as appropriate! 1) The Director of Finance develops budgets, monitors cash flows,
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Quick note that today’s the last day to sign-up for tomorrow’s Zoom workshop with me, on Writing the Taboo. Please note that there’s an error in the graphic, that I don’t have time to fix! The class is 10 – 12:30 CST! Register here: https://speculativeliterature.org/courses/
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Thursday night’s SLF Deep Dish reading at City Lit Books! Thanks to all our readers: Claire Levin, Anne K. Yoder, Michelle go-un Lee, Tina Jenkins Bell, Jai Caldwell, Kendrick Lee, G.E. Woods, Isabella Lopez Procassini, and the fabulous Meghan Lamb! The video is also now up for our August 2022 reading — check it out
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Hey, folks. Ted Schneider has kindly agreed to teach another session of our 6-week intro-to-screenwriting class for the SLF. Before we schedule it, we’d love to get your input on day of the week / start date. So if you have preferences, please feel free to comment! Day of the week: a) Tuesday evenings 6
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