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June 30, 2018
Monthly Microfiction – June 2018 [Patrons Only]
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Bob? Bob! Explain this to me. Why is this in our stock photo catelogue, Bob? What would this possibly sell or illuminate or illustrate?
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June 20, 2018
June 18, 2018
Section 2 | Chapter 14 – #PyramidsAndPunk [Patrons Only]
A shade after emerging from the world of night, born again from the womb of Nut, the Kheper-sun's rays reached into the Beetle Bay, lighting up the seven scarab heads aligned just so to catch the earliest morning light. The light and heat grew stronger, and from within ushabAny's machine Ibi could sense the steam begin to course through the pipes. It had taken several days of meditating while in zepitep with Atet for her to become sensitive enough to subtle energies within and around her body to identify them. Next step would be learning how to manipulate those energies. That would come later. Right now she focused on her breath, slowly pulling the air into her lungs and controlling the release, all in an effort not to let anxiety overwhelm her.
The steam pressure inside reached the optimal level and six ready bells sounded up and down the Bay.
:Let's go,: she pulsed to all the ushabs. All seven copper scarabs of the High House rose up on their legs, stepped out of their berths, performed perfect 90 degree turns, and walked out of the Bay together into the morning light.
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June 11, 2018
Section 2 | Chapter 13 – #PyramidsAndPunk [Patrons Only]
Finally. FINALLY. I have been able to get back to writing. And this long, long overdue chapter is done. I will not blame you if you cannot remember where we left off. Click here for the TOC up to this point - only works for Patreon supporters at the $10 or up levels. (By this time next month all the chapters will be here on the Tempest blog.)
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March 23, 2018
New Seminar: Should Authors Write Characters Different From Themselves?
Discussions of diversity in literature often boil down to a version of this basic question, and the answer is complicated and complex. In this webinar we'll give you the answer.
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March 22, 2018
Originality 20: Creating a Fake World People Can Believe In
We’re back! In this episode Aleen and I talk about my interview with artist Grace P Fong, an awesome person I met on last year’s Writing Excuses cruise. Grace’s art is so good, and I got a chance to watch her draw many times while we toured around the Baltic Sea. That trip was just a […]
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March 15, 2018
Class Coming Up This Summer: Novelette & Novella Writing Workshop
In this 8 week workshop for long-form short fiction, beginning and intermediate writers will receive in-depth critiques on stories up to 45,000 words.
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March 11, 2018
Scholarships Available for Alethea Kontis’ Teen Writing Workshop
We now have 3 fully funded scholarships for teens of color, 1 full scholarship for a Black teen author, and 1 full scholarship open to any teen for this short story workshop.
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March 7, 2018
Next Writing the Other Class: Dialect and Dialogue Deep Dive
This class focuses on how dialogue works when attempting to write inclusive fiction and how to navigate the tricky skill of rendering dialect on the page.
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March 5, 2018
The Copper Scarab mentioned in the Steampunk Dollhouse podcast
Clockwork Cairo, the anthology where my first Pyramids and Punk story “The Copper Scarab” was published, hasn’t gotten many reviews. The few it has garnered are pretty positive on up to glowing, which makes me happy. Still, I was really glad when the person behind the Steampunk Dollhouse podcast (her nom de plume is Bluestocking […]
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