K. Tempest Bradford's Blog, page 5
June 4, 2021
Webinar Weekend: The Author’s Web Toolkit
I've teamed up with my fellow Debut22 author Lisa Stringfellow to bring you two webinars for writers, pre- and post-published. We both feel strongly that authors should have a web presence, even a basic one. We'll give you the tools to create and maintain a website and a social media presence even if you aren't tech-savvy or trained in digital marketing.
Continue reading Webinar Weekend: The Author’s Web Toolkit on my blog
May 30, 2021
Ravenloft and Har’Akir and Ankhtepot, Oh My!
Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft is out in the world and already there are hundreds of gamers preparing their horror campaigns around it. I am still so excited to have been part of making this book along with a spectacular team, moreso now that it's out and I'm seeing people's reactions to it. If you're interested in learning about Har'Akir before deciding to pick up the book, I have some resources for you!
Continue reading Ravenloft and Har’Akir and Ankhtepot, Oh My! on my blog
April 28, 2021
Next Class: Deep Dive Intensive on Creating Diverse Characters
This year we're doing a new class structure that's shorter and less expensive. We wanted to make it more financially accessible to folks who may still be struggling to deal with pandemic-related budget issues. And if the price is still out of reach, we have scholarships.
Continue reading Next Class: Deep Dive Intensive on Creating Diverse Characters on my blog
April 27, 2021
Amplify Black Stories Storyteller Cohort 2021
This week The Brown Bookshelf and the Highlights Foundation announced the inaugural Storyteller Cohort for their Amplify Black Stories initiative. And if you look reeeaaallly close at the image there you'll see me! In company with 23 other Black writers of kidlit! It's a wall of Black Excellence! And I'm so honored to be part of it.
The program is focused on supporting Black storytellers, confronting industry challenges, and fostering change. In addition the work the storytellers are doing, the Brown Bookshelf and Highlights will be conducting seminars and talks with the publishers involved with the same goals. It's really important that all the work isn't put on authors since we're not the ones with the marketing departments and ability to allocate marketing funds.
Continue reading Amplify Black Stories Storyteller Cohort 2021 on my blog
April 23, 2021
I Am An IGNYTE Award Nominee!
Writing the Other got a second Community Award nomination, an honor I'm sharing with the amazing Nisi Shawl. I'm also nominated for the Ember Award for unsung contributions to genre. EEEEEE
April 22, 2021
I Am Not A Strong Black Woman
Strong enough to watch Black murders looped on TV and social media every damn week? To carry your burdens on top of my own? To keep getting hit with arrows and continue progressing forward while yanking your tantrum-having butt along? Nah.
April 21, 2021
Big Names, Anthology Covers, and Being “Black Famous”
It is imperative that publishing professionals, con and event runners, and other people with this kind of power and influence understand that their viewpoint is limited, myopic, and biased, and will remain so unless they put in the work to change that or, at the very least, actually listen to people with different experiences and viewpoints with a real intention of gaining understanding.
April 10, 2021
Listen to me on the Glitchy Pancakes podcast
The folks at Glitchy Pancakes invited me and Sheree Renée Thomas on to talk about #OwnVoices fiction. Not just what it is, but also some of the complexity behind how people wield that label in writing and reading discourse online.
Continue reading Listen to me on the Glitchy Pancakes podcast on my blog
April 8, 2021
Next Writing the Other Webinar: Are You My Ally?
I'm co-leading a webinar on allyship for creative folks with Nisi Shawl on May 1. If you can't attend the live session you can sign up to get the recording afterward.
Continue reading Next Writing the Other Webinar: Are You My Ally? on my blog
March 31, 2021
Rekindle Your Will To Write | A Writing Unworkshop
If you fell off the writing wagon or constantly feel blocked due to stress, uncertainty, or just not wanting to due to... everything ...and ready to try and get back to it, this unworkshop is for you. Play a no-pressure writing game with me and author Alethea Kontis to spark your imagination and get words on paper again.
Continue reading Rekindle Your Will To Write | A Writing Unworkshop on my blog
