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May 31, 2017
How to Apply « James Tiptree, Jr. Literary Award
Applications are now open for the 2017 Tiptree Fellowships. The deadline is September 1, 2017.
Tiptree Fellows can be writers, artists, scholars, media makers, remix artists, performers, musicians, or something else entirely. If you are doing work that is changing the way we think about gender through speculative narrative – maybe in a form we would recognize as the science fiction or fantasy genre, maybe in some other way – y...
May 18, 2017
woodfawn:the scariest thing about distance is that you don’t...
the scariest thing about distance is that you don’t know whether they’ll miss you or forget you.
May 17, 2017
lesknopes:
favorite books → not your sidekick by c.b...
favorite books → not your sidekick by c.b lee
“What makes you think I want to keep doing that? I want to be my own person, be liked for who I am, not just for copying you! “
richincolor:
Diversity and YA Dreams
If you asked me what my...
Diversity and YA Dreams
If you asked me what my favorite YA book that I read in the last year or so was, I’d take my time answering. I’d think about Lucy and Linh, Sorcerer to the Crown, and The Inexplicable Logic of My Life. But eventually, I’d settle on Not Your Sidekick.
It’s not just that it’s a fun superhero YA read. It’s that it stars an Asian and queer main character and is written by an author of that particular intersection of identity, which is a pretty rare find on...
May 16, 2017
tonks42:Well, hello, Not Your Sidekick. Welcome to my local...
Well, hello, Not Your Sidekick. Welcome to my local Barnes and Noble. I hope you find a home on some nice bookshelves.
oh YAY! that’s so exciting!!!
May 15, 2017
jessicahenwicks:One of the best parts of doing my job is when...
One of the best parts of doing my job is when people come up to me and somehow I’ve influenced them, or they’ve been educated or entertained in some way.
May 6, 2017
Plot A Month W3D6: Plot Mapping With Characters
I’ve stressed character a lot during this plotting adventure, and that’s because I believe that character is truly the key to a good story. A really good book with flat characters is rare (good here not necessarily meaning bestselling). If you have trouble focusing on your plot, working out your characters helps hugely. If you have trouble with your characters, figuring out how the plot revolves around who they are and what they do helps hugely. When we think about how t...
May 5, 2017
Character Development: Part 1
The Basics
Character development can refer to the actual creation process in which you decide your character’s strengths, flaws, goals, features, etc, or it can refer to a character’s progression/transformation throughout a story, which is also known as an arc.
Your Character: How Much Do You Need to Know?
Some will say you need to be aware of everything when it comes to a character, including miscellaneous minutia, but when you follow that advice you’ll find it’s all too easy...
