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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The SLF is teaching its first online writing class starting tonight, Ted Schneider‘s Intro to Screenwriting, a six-week class. I’m excited! This is a pilot class for us; we’re using poor Ted as a guinea pig to figure out how to make the process smooth for both teachers and students. Thank you, Ted! If it
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I’ve been remiss in announcing that the SLF has started offering online writing classes! I’m very excited about this — it’s something we’ve been working towards for a long time. I’m actually signed up to take the first class myself, Intro to Screenwriting with Ted Schneider. I took a class with him this summer, and
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I’m delighted, and slightly nervous, to announce that I’ve agreed to be Toastmaster at WindyCon, this Nov 11-13 in Lombard. I think this means I’m supposed to be mildly entertaining while announcing things, pronounce people’s names correctly, try my best to not say anything hurtful, and keep it short and snappy. I think I can
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