Daniel José Older's Blog, page 5
December 29, 2013
Breaking Bad Season 3′s Epic Finale
First of all, shout out to the amazing use of that opening preamble section. As the show’s matured, they’ve put those couple minutes before the [...]
December 27, 2013
Boardwalk Empire’s Amazing Penultimate Episode Disorder
***Massive Spoilers throughout*** Boardwalk Empire wrapped up last week and while it remains one of the best written/acted/produced/directed shows on TV, the finale left much [...]
December 14, 2013
Introduction Speech for Nalo Hopkinson, December 13, 2013 Antioch University
Some stories, when you finish them, make you want to run five laps around the block. Others make you throw the book/e-device, both for [...]
November 29, 2013
Some Awesome Story Things About Breaking Bad Seasons 1 & 2
Just finished season 2 of Breaking Bad, #EpicLatePass I know yes, shut up whatever I’m a busy man so there it is. Anyway, I [...]
November 23, 2013
We Rise Together: Resisting White Institutional Culture In Publishing
Had coffee with Saeed today and we were talking about how, as people of color, we are socialized to feel gratitude to even have a [...]
November 20, 2013
Befriending The Non-Fiction Dragon
I was gonna call this “Slaying The Non-Fiction Dragon” but then I found this picture by Long Hidden cover artist Julie Dillon and that title [...]
Recent Publications
An Interview With Ashley Ford Victory Music a short story with audio Set Truth On Stun: A Roundtable Discussion on Reimagining An Anti-Oppression and SFF [...]
October 20, 2013
Conversations In The SFF Culture Wars
There’s been a lot of hoopla recently about this issue, including the #DiversityInSFF hashtag and assorted follow up blogs, comments, arguments. Really, it’s a conversation [...]
Fantasy Writer Cerece Rennie Murphy Vlog Reviews Salsa Nocturna
Was honored to be reviewed by the great Cerece Rennie Murphy on her Black Speculative Fiction Month Video blog: Cerece Rennie Murphy Black Speculative [...]
February 28, 2013
A Character Creating Workshop
This is a workshop I did with the girls I’m working with at Bailey’s Cafe. It’s partly inspired by a similar activity Tayari Jones was [...]
