Tabitha Barbour discusses Mari Evans' approach to ethical community engagement through the arts.
Read MoreThe Art of Peace: Mari Evans’ Legacy of Peaceful and Ethical Engagement
My wife and I were on the road for a long drive when she put on an episode of NPR’s Code Switch discussing the experience of transracial adoptees.
Read MoreThe Anatomy of a Transracial Child
Author Daniel M. Bensen describes his experiences surviving cancer and the lessons he learned on how to not write wrongly.
Read MoreWriting Wrongly
NYT Best-Selling Author Alethea Kontis shares her GenCon adventures.
Read MoreThe Princess and the Quest
Isabella Faidley describes her first publishing internship and convention experience.
Read MoreYoung, Gifted, and Black
Paul Jessup discusses acts of murder and violence committed by children in the name of the fictional character, Slender Man.
Read MoreBoy A, Girl A, Slender Man
Doing tie-in work is an often maligned career path for writers, but there are advantages and fun to be had with tie-in projects.
Read MoreWriting IP: Someone Else’s Sandbox
Today’s black artists have come to the realization that as long as they keep singing happy songs, the masses would be happy. To speak out against sexual harassment, police brutality, gun shootings, is too much out of line. “Entertain us,” the masses say. “You’re supposed to make us feel good. You’re supposed to make us happy. That’s what we pay you to do.”
Read MoreThe Power of Anger, Acceptance, and Affirmation in Dirty Computer
Chasing foreign stories is a thrilling experience. There are no guidebooks that teach you how to do it, no tutorials, no specific courses that can prepare you for the task. It is a mix of detective work, archaeological hunts, literary scouting, and sometimes, translating willpower that forces you to dig in the repositories of magazines, publishing websites, and authors’ pages.
Read MoreThe Many Languages of Speculative Fiction