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Tag Archives: genre conventions
A Mixed Bag: Combining and Manipulating Genre Conventions with Tracy Townsend
In this class, we throw the idea of neat boxes and categories out the window and ask ourselves, what more can we achieve as writers when we blend and blur the lines between genres? From subverting tropes to reimagining story … Continue reading
Where I’ll Be: Multiverse Con 2019
I’m the Industry Guest of Honor at the inaugural Multiverse, an Atlanta-based fan-focused convention celebrating science fiction & fantasy in all media, this October. The other guests of honor are Seanan McGuire and John Picacio, and the full list of … Continue reading
Nebula Awards Conference
Information about the conference.
Where I’ll Be: Crypticon 2019
Here’s my schedule for Crypticon, here in Seattle at the end of the month. Come say hi if you’re around! I proposed most of these panels, so I’m excited about them. Friday What Is SFWA and What Does It Offer … Continue reading
Where I’ll Be: OryCon 40
Here’s my schedule! If you want to meet up, please talk to me about it BEFORE the con; by the time the convention rolls around, I am always booked pretty solidly. Sat Nov 10 10:00:am Kaffeeklatche Nightclub Have a morning … Continue reading
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Where I’ll Be: Cat’s Emerald City Comicon Schedule 2015
Hello! Most of the con, I’ll be hanging out at the Wordfire Press booth. Stop by and you can get one of the very first copies of Beasts of Tabat! I am hoping to have some cool stickers to hand … Continue reading
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What is the First Pages Class?
This is the class that more people have enthused about afterwards than any other, in my experience. It’s team-taught. You give us the first 500 words of your novel. One of the instructors reads it aloud, then both discuss it.
Sounds pretty simple, no? Sure. It’s that simplicity that lets the instructors range across a wide array of tools and strategies.
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