The Preliminary PhD Reading List: Hard Times Ahead (or, Yay Caribbean Literature)
If you didn’t know, I’ve been hard at work putting together my committee and reading list for my PhD exams, which I intend to take in March or April of next year. The list will likely change in the next few weeks, given feedback from my director, but I thought you’d all like to see […]
WISB Shorts: Which do you want first?
I’m starting up the WISB Project again. This year, I am going to finish it. Through and through. That means four new short stories set in Traea, and a full novel podcast, with an ebook release. And to make up for life’s complexities, I will give anyone who donated $5 or more a copy of […]
WIP Snippet: “Great is the History of the Many-Skilled Artistes”
Folks following me on Twitter will know that I have been working on a short story entitled “Great is the History of the Many-Skilled Artistes” (a working title). The story was inspired by one of my graduate school classes this semester. I’m still working on it, and expect it to be completed next month (once […]
NaPoWriMo: Who’s with me?
I am participating in the National Poetry Writing Month. No, this is not an April Fool’s joke. I am seriously going to write one poem, every single day for all of April. That’s 30 poems. And it’s entirely possible I am going to post them here. John Keats = poetry boss. Worship him. If you’re […]
#ICFA — Some Late Thoughts on an Amazing Conference
Before I talk about my brief, but wonderful experience at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (now almost a week since I was forced to leave by the whims of time), you should check out Jeff Vandermeer’s excellent recap here. It best sums up, I think, the general feeling one returns home […]
Upcoming Projects: South African Science Fiction and Kage Baker
I said at the beginning of this semester that I wasn’t going to do any more academic conferences. Part of that is because I don’t want to spend any more money for travel expenses and the other part is because I want to start focusing on publications. Well…so much for that idea. In a few […]