Little bits of CapriCon — after my two panels yesterday afternoon, Cecilia Tan and I ordered takeout to her room and we had a nice two hour catch-up before her panel. Lots of personal talk, lots of professional talk. In some ways, there’s a lot of overlap between her writing career and mine, so it’s […]
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Quick social media question — the SLF’s HootSuite charges doubled this last year, from about $500 to about $1100. Did they just raise their prices for everyone, or is this something I should look into further?
So, this is an initial thinking-things-through quick post, to be followed with more thorough thoughts. But one of the main things that I’m finding really frustrating about the publishing industry right now is the lack of clear guidelines I can use (and point my students to) for how to do indie & small press publishing
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Dear SF/F Writing & Reading Community, I’m writing to you at the eleventh hour — literally, 30 minutes to midnight in Chicago on December 31st, 2023 — with the Speculative Literature Foundation’s year-end letter. That’s perhaps characteristic of the last few years — like many folks, we’ve found recent times pretty overwhelming. There have been
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In this episode, Mary Anne Mohanraj and Benjamin Rosenbaum take some time to share their grief and complicated feelings about the devastating conflict occurring between Israel and Palestine. They discuss the ideas of isomorphism and symbiosis, the history of Zionism, the origins of war and nationalism, and the need to stay connected during difficult times,
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that Kij Johnson (fabulous writer, faculty member at the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction) has agreed to join the Speculative Literature Foundation‘s advisory board. As we continue developing the Portolan Project, I’m sure her advice will be invaluable.
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Hey, folks! The Speculative Literature Foundation’s Deep Dish reading series is looking for a couple of rapid fire readers for our upcoming event at Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago on Thursday, November 16. Rapid fire readings run roughly 3-5 minutes long. You will be joining a choice lineup of great talent. Our featured readers are David
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Some pics from last night’s Deep Dish at Volumes Book Cafe!
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Arriving at the new Volumes bookstore in Wicker Park — I say new, but they’ve been at this location for almost a year now, happy almost-birthday! Great space, delighted to have Deep Dish hosted at Volumes Book Cafe again! We’ll be back here on November 16th for the SLF’s next Deep Dish reading — if
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