Catherine Asaro's Blog - Posts Tagged "scalzi"
The Big Idea blog post is up!
It's posted! My "The Big Idea" article for John Scalzi's blog is posted. It's about the Undercity and how I came up with that universe. whatever.scalzi.com/2020/07/09/the-bi...
This blog post is the first time I've written directly about going to an "urban, inner-city" school (though I'm not crazy about those terms, mainly because they come with a lot of negative connotations). I didn't consciously silence myself, I just fast learned that most of my peers in college and beyond couldn't relate to my background. So I didn't talk about it.
I touched on it in my introduction to the 2013 Nebula anthology I edited. I talked about how, when I said I read the "The Invisible Man" in high school, I meant the Ralph Ellison book, not the story by H.G. Wells that most readers of the Nebula anthology would think of first.
Also, the scene where Tina and Althor get attacked in East LA in Lightning Strike, Book I (Catch the Lightning) is based on something that happened to me in high school. But this Big idea is the first time I've gone into any depth about the school or my experiences.
I have to find the art credit for this image I had in my desktop folder. I will update this post as soon as I find it. If anyone knows it's location on the web, please post here.
This blog post is the first time I've written directly about going to an "urban, inner-city" school (though I'm not crazy about those terms, mainly because they come with a lot of negative connotations). I didn't consciously silence myself, I just fast learned that most of my peers in college and beyond couldn't relate to my background. So I didn't talk about it.
I touched on it in my introduction to the 2013 Nebula anthology I edited. I talked about how, when I said I read the "The Invisible Man" in high school, I meant the Ralph Ellison book, not the story by H.G. Wells that most readers of the Nebula anthology would think of first.
Also, the scene where Tina and Althor get attacked in East LA in Lightning Strike, Book I (Catch the Lightning) is based on something that happened to me in high school. But this Big idea is the first time I've gone into any depth about the school or my experiences.
I have to find the art credit for this image I had in my desktop folder. I will update this post as soon as I find it. If anyone knows it's location on the web, please post here.
