I'd love to get Nancy's input. We'd need another meeting topic for January, though, and time is getting short. Any ideas?
Alicia On Dec 3, 2008, at 9:19 AM, tom gillett wrote: > > Alicia, > > If there is flexibility in the schedule, I suggest waiting until Nancy > returns from Germany before holding this meeting. She taught at > Clarion for years, and last summer she was the writer-in-residence at > Odyssey. She would offer a unique perspective. > > Kim > On Dec 2, 2008, at 11:10 PM, Alicia Henn wrote: > >> >> Hello Susan! >> Odyssey and Clarion often come up in our discussions. >> Actually, we're planning to make "writing communities" the subject of >> our next meeting in January. >> Workshops like Odyssey are such a terrific way to build contacts as >> well as learn the craft. >> Thanks for the information! >> >> Alicia Henn >> President, R-SPEC >> >> >> On Dec 2, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Susan wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> If you write science fiction, fantasy, or horror, you might be >>> interested in the Odyssey Writing Workshop. The 2009 workshop will >>> be >>> held from June 8 to July17 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, >>> New >>> Hampshire. Odyssey provides a great opportunity to improve your >>> skills and receive feedback from editors and authors. More >>> information can be found in the press release below, or on the >>> workshop website www.odysseyworkshop.org. The director, Jeanne >>> Cavelos, is always happy to answer questions and discuss the >>> workshop. You can email her at [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> Hope to see you there. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Susan Sielinski >>> Odyssey Administrator >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> www.odysseyworkshop.org >>> >>> >>> Publicity Release >>> December 2008 >>> >>> ODYSSEY WRITING WORKSHOP >>> ANNOUNCES SUMMER 2009 SESSION >>> >>> About Odyssey >>> Since its inception in 1996, Odyssey has earned a place as one of >>> the >>> most respected workshops in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror >>> writing community. Odyssey is for developing writers whose work is >>> approaching publication quality and for published writers who want >>> to >>> improve their work. The six-week workshop combines an intensive >>> learning and writing experience with in-depth feedback on student >>> manuscripts. Top authors, editors, and agents have served as guest >>> lecturers, including George R. R. Martin, Harlan Ellison, Jane >>> Yolen, >>> Terry Brooks, Robert J. Sawyer, Ben Bova, Nancy Kress, Elizabeth >>> Hand, >>> Jeff VanderMeer, Donald Maass, Sheila Williams, Shawna McCarthy, and >>> Dan Simmons. Fifty-three percent of Odyssey graduates go on to >>> professional publication. >>> >>> The program is held every summer on Saint Anselm College's beautiful >>> campus in Manchester, NH. Saint Anselm is one of the finest liberal >>> arts colleges in the country, dedicated to excellence in education, >>> and its campus provides a unique, lovely setting and state-of-the >>> art >>> facilities for Odyssey students. College credit is available upon >>> request. >>> >>> Jeanne Cavelos, Odyssey's director, founder, and primary instructor, >>> is a best-selling author and a former senior editor at Bantam >>> Doubleday Dell Publishing, where she won the World Fantasy Award for >>> her work. Being a writer/editor makes Cavelos uniquely suited to >>> provide students with constructive and professional critiques of >>> their >>> work. "I give the same unflinchingly honest, concrete, detailed >>> feedback that I provided as a senior editor," Cavelos said. Her >>> typewritten critiques average around 1,000 words, and her >>> handwritten >>> line edits on manuscripts are extensive. In addition, she guides >>> students through the six weeks, gaining in-depth knowledge of their >>> work, providing detailed assessments of their strengths and >>> weaknesses >>> in private meetings, and helping them target their weaknesses one by >>> one. >>> >>> Odyssey class time is split between workshopping sessions and >>> lectures. An advanced, comprehensive curriculum covers the elements >>> of fiction writing in depth. Students learn the tools and techniques >>> necessary to strengthen their writing. >>> >>> The workshop runs from June 8th to July 17th, 2009. Class meets for >>> four hours in the morning, five days a week. Students spend about >>> eight hours more per day writing and critiquing each >>> other's work. Prospective students, aged eighteen and up, apply >>> from >>> all over the world. The early admission application deadline is >>> JANUARY 31st, and the regular admission deadline is APRIL 8th. >>> Tuition is $1900, and housing is $700 for a double room and $1400 >>> for >>> a single. >>> >>> Meet Our 2009 Writer-in-Residence >>> Odyssey's 2009 writer-in-residence is Carrie Vaughn, New York Times >>> bestselling author and Odyssey 1998 graduate. Carrie is the author >>> of >>> the phenomenally popular "Kitty" novels, about a werewolf who >>> hosts a >>> talk radio show. The first novel, Kitty and the Midnight Hour has >>> over a hundred thousand copies in print. Books five and six of the >>> series, Dead Man's Hand and Kitty Raises Hell, will appear in 2009. >>> Carrie's short stories have appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Weird >>> Tales, George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards series, and other >>> anthologies. She has a Master's degree in English Literature from >>> the >>> University of Colorado at Boulder and has been a lifelong science >>> fiction fan and reader. >>> >>> Other Guest Lecturers >>> Odyssey is pleased to welcome its 2009 guest lecturers: bestselling >>> author Jeffrey A. Carver; award-winning authors Melissa Scott, >>> Patricia Bray, and Jack Ketchum, and Editor-in-Chief of the Ace and >>> Roc science fiction/fantasy imprints, Ginjer Buchanan. >>> >>> Odyssey Graduates >>> If you're reading science fiction, fantasy, and horror, you're >>> reading >>> the work of Odyssey graduates. If you've read recent issues of some >>> of the top fiction magazines in the field--Realms of Fantasy, >>> Asimov's, Analog, Weird Tales, Fantasy Magazine, Intergalactic >>> Medicine Show--you've read stories by Odyssey graduates Theodora >>> Goss, >>> David Barr Kirtley, Eric James Stone, Clayton Kroh, Larry Hodges, >>> Matthew S. Rotundo, James Maxey, Carrie Vaughn, Carl Frederick, and >>> Andrea Kail. >>> >>> If you've been to the bookstore lately, you've seen books by Odyssey >>> graduates, including Superpowers by David J. Schwartz, published by >>> Random House; Dragonforge by James Maxey, published by Solaris >>> Books; >>> Maledicte by Lane Robins, published by Del Rey; Bloodstone by >>> Barbara >>> Campbell, published by DAW; Red Dragon Codex by R. D. Henham, >>> published by Mirrorstone Books; The Mirror by Natalia Lincoln, >>> published by Space & Time Books; The Eunuch's Heir by Elaine Isaak, >>> published by HarperCollins; and Kitty and the Silver Bullet by >>> Carrie >>> Vaughn, published by Warner. >>> >>> Comments from the Class of 2008 >>> "I sold three novels before I came to Odyssey. I just wish I had >>> gone >>> to Odyssey before I wrote them--they would have been better books. >>> Odyssey freakin' rocks!" >>> --J. Justin Gustainis, >>> author of Evil Ways >>> >>> "You will never be more eager to work yourself to the bone. Nor >>> will >>> you have as much reward for doing it. The six weeks at Odyssey have >>> done more for my writing career than my bachelor's degree in >>> creative >>> writing. I only wish I'd known about it sooner." >>> --Breanna Wojcik >>> >>> Other Odyssey Resources and Services >>> The Odyssey website www.odysseyworkshop.org offers free podcasts, >>> writing and publishing tips, a class syllabus, and more information >>> about how to apply. An overview of the Odyssey Critique Service is >>> also available on the website at http://www.sff.net/odyssey/ >>> crit.html. >>> This service provides authors with professional-level feedback on >>> their writing, done with the thoroughness and depth for which >>> Odyssey >>> is known. >>> >>> Those interested in applying to the workshop should visit the >>> website, >>> phone/fax (603) 673-6234, or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R-SPEC: The Rochester Speculative Literature Association" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/r-spec?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
