I’m reading new work at 10:30 AM, running a workshop at 1:30 PM and generally shmoozing about the rest of the weekend.
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it’s Fogcon, where’s Dan?
Posted in Fun, Pop Culture, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on March 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Please sponsor me in the Clarion West 2014 Write-a-Thon
Posted in Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on June 22, 2014| 1 Comment »
Clarion West Writers Workshop is a nonprofit literary organization based in Seattle, Washington, with a mission to improve speculative fiction by providing high quality education to writers at the start of their careers. As an extension of its primary mission, Clarion West also makes speculative fiction available to the public by presenting readings and other events that bring writers and readers together.
Every year, hundreds of writers commit to a summer tradition: to spend six weeks working on their writing goals while supporting Clarion West. I will be writing a short story a week for the 6-week duration of the workshop — the same goal that each workshop participant must achieve.
Clarion West made a tremendous difference in my life when I attended over 20 years ago. Please help me give something back by sponsoring my participation in the 2014 Write-a-Thon. Go to my Write-a-Thon profile page and click “Sponsor Daniel Marcus.”
All sponsors of my 2014 Write-a-Thon goals will receive a digital copy of my short story collection, Binding Energy, described by Salon.com as “a cross between Raymond Carver and William Gibson.”
Fiction sale to Escape Pod: Those Are Pearls That Were His Eyes (reprint)
Posted in Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on April 2, 2014| Leave a Comment »
First published in Asimov’s, July 1996. Hey, it’s old enough to vote!
Audio version of “War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches”
Posted in Fun, Science Fiction, Web, Writing and Publishing on March 29, 2014| Leave a Comment »
12 hours of unabridged fun. Wells’ Martian invasion as witnessed by various luminaries of the time, told by the likes of Connie Willis, Robert Silverberg, Walter Jon Williams, and yours truly in “Blue Period:” a young Picasso watches the tripods lay waste to Paris and works on his portfolio.
Teaching Advanced Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing at Gotham online; class starts 4/16
Posted in Fun, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on March 27, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Here’s the syllabus:
| Session | Topic |
| #1 | Introduction and Recap A brief introduction to SFF 2, and a recapitulation of the elements of fiction discussed in SF1 |
| #2 | Suspension of DisbeliefIn which we discuss how to persuade your gentle readers to enter the fictive dream. |
| #3 | The Story QuestionIn which we discuss this very important question that defines the heart of your story. |
| #4 | Conflict A great followup to the story question. Conflict is the prevention of fulfillment and is the gasoline for your story’s engine. |
| #5 | Narrative, Dialog, Action In which we delve into using narrative, dialog, and action scenes to advance the story |
| #6 | Exposition and Theory In which we discuss paradigms for various forms of speculative fiction, and then get sane again with a discussion of exposition and how to introduce it into a story |
| #7 | Story Logic It’s one damn thing after another. |
| #8 | Advanced Worldbuilding More worldbuilding … |
| #9 | Details Sweating the small stuff |
| #10 | Revision This topic subject to change without notice |
Burning through the Nebula novel shortlist
Posted in Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on March 18, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Gotta say, Fowler and Griffith are head and shoulders above a very strong field. Both remarkable books, utterly different. If either of them wins, we all do.
Where’s Daniel at Fogcon?
Posted in Fun, Science Fiction, Writing and Publishing on March 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Friday, 4:30-5:45 PM, Contra Costa Ballroom: Reading
Saturday, 3:00-4:15 PM, Sacramento: Panel, Why Aren’t My Stories Selling?
Saturday, 4:30-5:45 PM, Salon A/B: Panel, Just because she’s a manic pixie in black leather, doesn’t stop her being The Angel in the House
Sunday, 1:30 – 2:45 PM, Salon A/B: Panel, Secrets in Science
Aside from the above, I will be generally about for most of the weekend, especially Friday Night Karaoke!
