Autumn Colored
Decided to bleach some of my hair at home — now it’s autumn colored, and I’m ready for the first day of teaching.
Serendib Teaching
SF Teaching in Pakistan
It looks like the SF teaching week in Pakistan is happening, March 6-10 2023. It’ll either be in Lahore or Islamabad; details to come as they get finalized. Really excited to be working with Pakistani SF writers; I think it’s going to be an amazing experience! (ICFA will be March 15-18 in 2023, so I’m
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Everyone On Campus Must Be Vaccinated and Boosted
The U of I system just sent out a note that they’re requiring everyone on campus be vaccinated and boosted; decisions about masking will be made by each campus individually, and we don’t have word on that yet. We’ll be discussing appropriate mitigations for OPRF at the next D200 high school board meeting in a
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More Travelling Please
Quick early note that it looks like I’ll be traveling a fair bit next spring (2023) — I’m speaking at the University of Manoa in Hawai’i, and there’s a good chance I’ll be teaching science fiction writing for a week in Pakistan. More details as they get finalized, but it’s exciting. I’ve never been to
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Setting Up Courses at the SLF
Working on setting up courses at the SLF this morning. Exciting! I’m going to be taking this one. More info soon. ***** Intro to Screenwriting — 6 week online course ($350) Instructor: Ted Schneider September 6 – October 11 Tuesdays 6 – 8:30 CST Course Description: Instructor Bio:
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Drafting Course Guidelines for the SLF
I took a break from memoir revision to work on drafting some course guidelines for the SLF. We’re getting more and more requests for writing classes, which is great. I’m not sure how quickly we can implement these, but possibly as soon as this fall. ***** I’ve been envisioning a three-tier model for instruction at
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One Week of Portolan Kickstarter to Go
Folks, we’ve got one week to go on our Kickstarter, and as you can see, we’re likely to make our goal, which is terrific! I think there’s a good chance we’ll hit it today, which will be very exciting. I’ve already started working with Meghan Lamb on developing the intro to fiction sequence; I think
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Be Gentle With the Teachers in Your Lives
Be gentle with the teachers in your lives, folks. A lot of us are just barely keeping it together, after two-plus years of pandemic teaching. I ran into a colleague I hadn’t seen in a while yesterday, and he asked how the semester had been, and I was going to give the standard polite ‘fine,’
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It Will Be Good to Rest
Just gave my students their final assignments for this week, the last week of the semester. Really feeling how much it’s been 2+ years of pandemic teaching, with the near-constant need to pivot and adapt, over and over and over again; the exhaustion is hitting hard. Will be good to rest this summer. (Photo is
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Ripped From the Headlines
Came up with a fun assignment for my intro-to-fiction class today, that I think went pretty well. Good if you’re stuck on what to write: Assignment: Ripped From the Headlines! 1) Join a small group in breakout room (aim for about 3-4 people / group) 2) Jointly pick a publication with an online website and
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