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Graduate Essay: “Selling Your Shorts: Submission Considerations Amid a Changing Market” by A. Katherine Black (Part 2 of 2)

Odyssey Editor — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

A. Katherine Black is a 2018 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and a 2024 graduate of the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. She’s served as Resident Supervisor for previous Odyssey Writing Workshop cohorts and has served as Moderator and Resident Supervisor at The Never-Ending Odyssey (TNEO), an annual workshop Read more

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Graduate Essay: “Selling Your Shorts: Submission Considerations Amid a Changing Market” by A. Katherine Black (Part 1 of 2)

Odyssey Editor — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000

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Graduate Essay: “Acting Techniques for Writing Subtext” by Barbara A. Barnett

Odyssey Editor — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000

Barbara A. Barnett is a writer, musician, occasional orchestra librarian, coffee addict, wine lover, and all-around geek. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, GigaNotoSaurus, Weird Horror Magazine, and Flash Fiction Online. A 2007 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, Barbara Read more

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Graduate Essay: “Description through Character, into Setting, and Driving Action” by Scott Gray (Part 2 of 2)

Odyssey Editor — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Scott Gray is a passionate writer living in New Hampshire. He developed a love of stories as a young boy, especially those that transported him to other worlds. To this day, Anne McCaffrey’s dragon riders and J. R. R. Tolkien’s hobbits hold a special place in his heart. His love Read more

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Graduate Essay: “Description through Character, into Setting, and Driving Action” by Scott Gray (Part 1 of 2)

Odyssey Editor — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 13:00:00 +0000

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Graduate Essay: “Footnotes & Fetuses: Exploring Unusual POV Modes” by Barbara A. Barnett

Odyssey Editor — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Barbara A. Barnett is a writer, musician, orchestra librarian, coffee addict, wine lover, and all-around geek. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, GigaNotoSaurus, Fantasy Magazine, Intergalactic Medicine Show, Daily Science Fiction, and Flash Fiction Online. A 2007 graduate of the Read more

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Interview: Graduate Larry Hodges (Part 1 of 2)

Odyssey Editor — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 13:00:00 +0000

Larry Hodges is a science fiction and fantasy writer, as well as a table tennis coach. (Yes, that’s a strange combination.) Larry is a graduate of the 2006 Odyssey Writing Workshop, the 2007 Orson Scott Card Literary Boot Camp, and the 2008 Taos Toolbox Writers Workshop. He’s an active member Read more

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Interview: Graduate Alec Hutson

Odyssey Editor — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 12:00:20 +0000

Alec Hutson is a 2003 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. He lives in Shanghai and is the author of the epic fantasy trilogy The Raveling. The first novel in the trilogy, The Crimson Queen, was named one of Booknest’s Top 100 Fantasy Books of Our Century. You attended Odyssey Read more

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Director’s Corner: Staying Motivated and Productive

Odyssey Editor — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 19:00:44 +0000

Jeanne Cavelos is the director of the Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust. She was a senior editor at Bantam Doubleday Dell, where she worked for eight years, editing the fantasy/science fiction program, the Abyss horror line, and other fiction and nonfiction. Jeanne is also the bestselling author of seven books Read more

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Interview: Adria Laycraft

Odyssey Editor — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 14:00:51 +0000

Adria Laycraft is a grateful member of IFWA and a proud survivor of the 2006 Odyssey Writing Workshop. She works as a freelance writer and editor. Look for her stories in Tesseracts 16, Neo-opsis, On-Spec, James Gunn’s Ad Astra, Hypersonic Tales, DKA Magazine, and In Places Between. Author of Be Read more

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