Speculative Reminiscences: Weekly Recap for 2/2/2014

I announced new online classes as well as the next round of classes and news about my teaching schedule for 2014.

For Writers:

I discussed how to write in order to have an impact on the reader and made some observations about collaborations.
Having trouble getting a non-SF reader to enjoy your favorite SF book? This may explain why.
Charles Coleman Finlay talks about the slush pile for his guest editor issue of the Magazine of F&SF.

I talked about these books:

Classic feminist text Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her by Susan Griffin
Poetry collection The Essential Rumi, translated and arranged by Coleman Barks
Nonfiction book A Biography of the English Language by C.M. Millward
New space opera novel Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Classic animal fantasy novel Watership Down by Richard Adams

Time Wasters!

A review of several books about the OWS movement talks intelligently about the history and implications of the movement.
Scientists discover new poems from Sappho.
G. Willow Wilson will be writing the Ms. Marvel comic.
How moles dig. Because you always wanted to know.
Some absolutely stunning photographs by Russian photographer Elena Shumilova of her children and farm animals.

Interesting Social Media Links

A piece I did for the SFWA blog on Shelfari.
Not social media related, really. but if you are working on the Internet, I strongly recommend two-factor authentication.

This video can be read as an inspiration for writers:

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