This was an amazing interview — so glad I got a chance to do it! “Mary Anne interviews editors Tom Gammarino, Bryan Kuwada, D Keali’i MacKenzie, and Lyz Soto about their anthology of speculative works of literature, poetry, and art from Hawai’i and beyond: “Snaring New Suns.” Together, they discuss the initial difficulties they faced […]
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This will be fun — I’ve been invited to present at Berkeley as part of a 3-day program about speculative fiction from around the world. I’ll be presenting about South Asian and South Asian diaspora speculative fiction and will lead a discussion about one or two particular short stories (suitable for young adult readers). It’s
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Really delighted to welcome Dr. Phoenix Alexander on as the Speculative Literature Foundation (www.speclit.org) Librarian! In his day job, he’s the Librarian for Science Fiction and Fantasy at UC Riverside. He’s also a writer himself! But he’s going to find some time to help us out a bit! We had a great meeting over breakfast
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Pleased to note that I’ll be teaching for a week at the 2023 Speculative Fiction Novel Bookcamp this August 13-19 at the Siena Retreat Center in Racine, Wisconsin. More details below: ***** 2023 Speculative Fiction Novel Bookcamp Staff Announcement NEWS RELEASE Novel Bookcamp Dave Rank, director director@novelbookcamp http://www.novelbookcamp.org Award-winning Staff Named for 2023 Bookcamp RACINE,
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There are a lot of hot takes flying around about the Clarkesworld / ChatGPT AI thing, and it’s making me a little frustrated, clearly, since I’m up at 12:30 a.m. thinking about it, so let me add my hot take to the mix. Hopefully I can clarify some things in the process. Here are ten
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Brainstorming help? Have you ever thought about taking a writing class? So, one thing we’re trying to do at the SLF is offer more writing workshops and courses. It’s clear from how many submissions they receive at Clarion these days that there’s far more demand for instruction than there are workshops available, so I’d like
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Delighted to note that the SLF is offering “Screenwriting for Writers” — this class is designed for experienced fiction writers who want to try their hand at screenwriting. I’ve personally taken two classes and an independent study with Ted, and have drafted and revised three TV episodes as a result — recommended! How long is
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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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