https://www.odysseyworkshop.org For writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:07:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.odysseyworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/odBoat-trans-SMALL-WHITE.png?fit=25%2C32&ssl=1 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org 32 32 201292576 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/qa-excerpt-greg-van-eekhout/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5376 Greg van Eekhout was a 2026 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Greg is the author of eight middle-grade novels and four adult novels as well as many stories published in various magazines and anthologies. His work has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Andre Norton Read more

The post Q&A Excerpt: Greg van Eekhout first appeared on Odyssey Writing Workshops.]]> 5376 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/qa-excerpt-maggie-stiefvater/ Mon, 11 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5361 Maggie Stiefvater was a 2026 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Maggie is the New York Times bestselling author of The Listeners, The Raven Cycle, The Scorpio Races, and many others; her books have sold over five million copies around the world. She has also written novels, Read more

The post Q&A Excerpt: Maggie Stiefvater first appeared on Odyssey Writing Workshops.]]> 5361 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/qa-excerpt-jill-tew/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5343 Jill Tew was a 2026 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Jill is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of dystopian romance and middle grade novels that imagine Black girls in exciting new worlds. Her debut novel The Dividing Sky (2024) was a Top 10 Kids Indie Next Pick Read more

The post Q&A Excerpt: Jill Tew first appeared on Odyssey Writing Workshops.]]> 5343 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/graduate-essay-developing-a-second-sight-for-writing-by-shay-kauwe/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5335 Shay Kauwe is a Your Personal Odyssey graduate and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) author from the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. She grew up on the Homestead in Waimānalo but moved to Russia because she fell in love with a boy. Shay holds an M.Ed in Education and was named Read more

The post Graduate Essay: “Developing a ‘Second Sight’ for Writing” by Shay Kauwe first appeared on Odyssey Writing Workshops.]]> 5335 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/qa-excerpt-henry-lien/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5303 Henry Lien was a 2025 guest lecturer for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Henry is a graduate of Brown University, UCLA School of Law, and Clarion West Writers’ Workshop. He is the author of the Peasprout Chen fantasy series and the non-fiction book Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Read more

The post Q&A Excerpt: Henry Lien first appeared on Odyssey Writing Workshops.]]> 5303 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/your-personal-odyssey-writing-workshop-2026/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 18:55:45 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5330 APPLICATIONS OPENEarly Action Deadline 2/20 Have you ever wished that you could attend your own private writing workshop that would teach you exactly what you need to know, at the right pace for you, and respond to your questions, problems, and needs in extensive one-on-one sessions? That’s what Your Personal Read more

The post Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop 2026 first appeared on Odyssey Writing Workshops.]]> 5330 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/interview-graduate-ypo-instructor-e-c-ambrose/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5292 Your Personal Odyssey instructor and Odyssey graduate E. C. Ambrose writes knowledge-inspired adventure fiction, including the five-volume Dark Apostle series about medieval surgery, The Singer’s Legacy fantasy series as Elaine Isaak, and the Bone Guard international thrillers as E. Chris Ambrose. The Dark Apostle started with Elisha Barber (DAW, 2013), Read more

The post Interview: Graduate & YPO Instructor E. C. Ambrose first appeared on Odyssey Writing Workshops.]]> 5292 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/qa-excerpt-p-a-cornell/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5280 P. A. Cornell was a 2025 guest lecturer for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. She is an award-winning, Chilean-Canadian speculative fiction writer. A graduate of the Odyssey workshop, her stories have been published in over fifty magazines and anthologies, including Lightspeed, Apex, and three “Best of” anthologies. In addition to becoming Read more

The post Q&A Excerpt: P. A. Cornell first appeared on Odyssey Writing Workshops.]]> 5280 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/graduate-essay-what-counts-as-writing-by-chloe-smith/ Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5127 Chloe Smith’s short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Haven Speculative Fiction, Bourbon Penn, and Three-Lobed Burning Eye, among other places. Her debut novella, Virgin Land, came out from Luna Press Publishing in 2023. She is a graduate of Your Personal Odyssey 2024. When she’s not writing, she works Read more

The post Graduate Essay: “What Counts as Writing” by Chloe Smith first appeared on Odyssey Writing Workshops.]]> 5127 https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/interview-graduate-leah-henderson/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/?p=5113 Leah Henderson is a Your Personal Odyssey graduate and the author of many critically acclaimed books for young readers, including The Magic in Changing Your Stars, The Courage of the Little Hummingbird, and Together We March. She holds an MFA in Writing and is on faculty in Spalding University’s graduate writing program.  Because she Read more

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