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June 11, 2018
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach roundup
In March, my first book Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach hit bookstores.
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach. Cover by Jon Foster http://www.jonfoster.com/ How do you encompass something as huge as having your first book published? Impossible — it’s too big. Which is why this post is so late. I just couldn’t face the challenge of summing up something that enormous. So I won’t try. Here are some of the best bits:
I cried.
Of course I did. Several times. In one instance, I was sitting on the...
May 11, 2018
How to use Bookmarks in Twitter
A few months ago, Twitter rolled out a new Bookmarks feature. It’s fantastic. I don’t know about you, but Twitter is where I’m getting most of my best research leads these days. Not just links, but nested threads by experts. It’s delightful, but hard to keep track of the gems. Bookmarks fixes this. The feature isn’t readily accessible on desktop yet, but there’s a work-around.
Setting a bookmark on mobile
1. Tap on the tweet to expand it.
2. At the bottom of the tweet, tap 
, and choose Add T...
March 5, 2018
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach out in a week!
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach will be out in a week! I’m so excited for people to read it. It’s already getting some very enthusiastic reviews, so I have high hopes it’ll get good reader love.
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, out March 16. Cover by Jon Foster http://www.jonfoster.com/ Jonathan Strahan says:
“Rich, nuanced characters, deeply compelling story, and a powerfully conceived world make Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach one of the best novellas of recent times, one of the...
March 1, 2018
March excitement for Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach!
Cover by Jon Foster http://www.jonfoster.com/ Publishing is a waiting game. I’ve only been waiting for about a year since signing the contract for Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, so I really shouldn’t complain. Most writers wait two years or more for their books to come out with a major publisher. Still, it feels like forever.
But now it’s nearly here! Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach hits on March 13. Reviews have been very positive and the book has a lot of buzz. Here’s two recent r...
February 20, 2018
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach out in a month!
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach will be out in less than a month! I’m so excited for people to read it. It’s already getting some very enthusiastic reviews, so I have high hope that it will get good reader love.
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, out March 16. Cover by Jon Foster http://www.jonfoster.com/ Jonathan Strahan says:
“Rich, nuanced characters, deeply compelling story, and a powerfully conceived world make Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach one of the best novellas of recent t...
January 15, 2018
Speculative fiction writing workshops – a list
A list of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror writing workshops (updated May 7, 2018). Thanks @outseide, Navah Wolfe, Patrick Neilsen Hayden, Rebecca Stefoff, Jennifer Marie Brissett, Sarah Berner, Cat Rambo, John Appel, Patrice Sarath, and Nino Cipri for corrections and additions!
News about workshops can be found on this page at Locus.
Workshops for New WritersClarion, San Diego, CA
Six weeks in June-August
Clarion West, Seattle, WA
Six weeks June-August
FutureScapes Workshop, Sundance,...
December 12, 2017
Kelly’s eligibility post – 2017 edition
Cover by Sam Wolfe In 2017, I published two novelettes:
Lesbian gothic horror “A Human Stain” at Tor.com
At Locus, Paula Guran said, “…this spellbinding gothic novelette’s graceful writing and superlative atmosphere of dread alone are more than enough to commend it.” (10,000 words)
Far future SF “We Who Live in the Heart” at Clarkesworld
Gardner Dozois said, “The worldbuilding
here is fascinating, as is the intricately
worked-out detail of how the living ‘‘submarines’’
function and h...
November 6, 2017
My SFContario Schedule
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach, out March 16. Cover by Jon Foster http://www.jonfoster.com/ SFContario is coming up soon, right here in downtown Toronto. Here’s my schedule:
How to Overthink Your Way Out of Writing
3:00 PM Saturday, November 18 – Gardenview room
Charlotte Ashley, Matt Mayr, Ira Nayman, Kelly Robson (M)
Theodore Sturgeon famously taught “Ask the next question.” Beginning writers everywhere are advised to ask “What if…?” as they develop their story. With a little research...
October 6, 2017
Speculative fiction writing workshops – a list
Next weekend at Can-Con, The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, I’m moderating a panel about SF writing workshops:
Leveling Up Your Writing with Formal Courses
Previous participants in courses like Clarion, Odyssey, Taos Toolbox, MFAs, etc., discuss (1) the benefits and drawbacks of residential vs. online writing courses, (2) how they got in, (3) what they learned there vs. other places to learn.
Since panel information can go by quite fast, I wanted to offer...
October 2, 2017
When good enough is not good enough
Young Woman Drawing (Marie Joséphine Charlotte du Val d’Ognes) by Marie Denise Villers, 1801 Until yesterday, I was super happy with my current story-in-progress. The drafting went comparatively fast, and the second draft revision was smooth. The sentence-by-sentence writing developed a few lovely turns, and I was happy with everything I’d done until the third draft polish when suddenly—
I realized the last quarter of the story was dumb. Beautifully written, but dumb. I mean, it was okay. It...
