![]() ![]() ![]() Relevant music perormed by Twin Temple, Marike van Dijk + Katell Keineg, King Missile, Dr. Zoraida hosts a writing podcast with Dhonielle Clayton called Deadline City. NK Jemisin’s lecture about the cultural iceberg shows writers how to build a world that goes beyond what’s on the surface.Īn interesting thread from a YA librarian, and another from author Elizabeth May, about why and how romance plots in SFF are pushed into YA. The Hero’s Journey, or maybe the heroine’s journey. Victoria Avyeard was on Sarah Enni's First Draft podcast talking about world building. ![]() Reading strategies are for everyone: We love maps in fantasy, so why not in contemporary fiction? Speculative fiction asks the question “what if” and is the big umbrella category for science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy (now Black authors in particular suggest we rename this contemporary fantasy), and paranormal. Zoraida’s book The Vicious Deep answers the age-old question of “where does it go,” a similar answer is in Guillermo del Toro's movie The Shape of Water. Norma also was on the 2020 Publisher's Weekly Star Watch List. We love Norma Perez-Hernandez who is an amazing, exuberant editor at Kensington, and if you don’t follow her on Twitter she should. Why Moscow Mules are served in copper mugs. Puerto Rico is a US territory and residents of the island are American citizens. Welcome Zoraida Córdova! Zoraida writes MG, YA, and adult speculative fiction, and also romance under the name Zoey Castile. ![]()
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