SpecFic for the E-Masses...

So Mediabistro is running an on-line LitFest this July. The guest of honor is The Orchid Thief herself, Susan Orlean. And guess who's teaching the basics of writing fantasy and science fiction? Yes. Yrs Trly. (Now why didn't I use *that* for my pen name?)

Teaching Science Fiction

Now This Is Old School

I'm deep in the middle of writing a Course Proposal.

You see, I might be coming to a writing program near you (if you live in New York) teaching the wonders of writing speculative fiction. If you're lucky enough to be near my classroom, you'll recognize me by my encyclopedic knowledge of F/SF, my incisive intellect, and my overwhelming sexual charisma. (Nothing I can do about that. It's a curse.)

But in the course of looking at New York's dozens and dozens of writing programs, and prepping this syllabus, I've been utterly amazed by two things: