Call for volunteers for the Foundation
I spent some time this morning setting up the start of a formal internship program at the SLF. We have so many people who’ve expressed an interest in working with us and supporting us, and so far, it’s mostly been lack of direction on my part that’s kept them for doing things. So I’m starting […]
Formal Internship at the SLF
Quick note for UIC and other Chicago area college students — the SLF is forming a formal internship program, to be starting next semester. These are currently unpaid internships (the staff is also mostly unpaid at the moment!), but do come with course credit at UIC if done in conjunction with an internship class in […]
Interview with George R. R. Martin!
Here’s the start of the Portolan Project, the SLF’s new endeavor providing free creative writing instruction — an interview I did with George R.R. Martin, asking him about how to write great epic fantasy. Dublin WorldCon, 2019. About 30 minutes total. Transcription will be coming shortly — hopefully within a week. Thanks for your patience […]
SLF Call for Artists
Hey, artists — the SLF is having a little art contest, to choose our signature artwork for the next year! It comes with a $500 prize, which I know isn’t a lot, but it might be a good opportunity for a student artist to bulk up their portfolio? We’d just be licensing a non-exclusive right […]
SLF Chicago Chapter info and updates
SLF Chicago Chapter info: I had set up a tentative meeting for today, which I’m cancelling — the date didn’t work for most. BUT, we had a great meeting on Thursday (present: C. Gockel, Chris Bauer, Dain Broadbent, Jeremy John, Anaea Lay, and me), despite the cold I’m fighting that made me a little tired and cranky […]
SLF Statement on Grant Review Process
Yesterday, it came to my attention that a piece of juror feedback for a SLF grant was passed along to the writer, and it was inappropriate in two ways — 1) it revealed that the juror had some biases that we should have caught and addressed in the jurying process, and 2) the feedback should […]
Reminder Upcoming Reading (Tonight)
Quick final reminder about tonight’s Deep Dish event at Volumes, 7 p.m., 1474 N. Milwaukee, just off the Blue line! Hope to see you there — and as a bonus, I’m giving away TWO SLF t-shirts AND a Feast cookbook. Woot. Click here for more info about the event
Upcoming Reading October 3rd!
Deep Dish Reading Thursday | October 3rd | 7 – 8:30 p.m. Volumes Book Cafe 1474 N. Milwaukee | Chicago IL Featured Readers: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Jane Rosenberg LaForge Scott Huggins Rapid-fire Readers: Sue Burke Mary Anne Mohanraj Jeremy John Anaea Lay All are welcome! Find out more..
Listening to the Coode Street podcast
Listening to the Coode Street podcast with Gary Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan and thinking about how well it pairs with some of the other fabulous podcasts that are more focused on NEW! EXCITING! writers. Maybe it’s the teacher in me, but I think a lot of genre writers could benefit from the perspective they’re bringing to their conversation, the […]
Naming things is very hard
Naming things is v. hard. Help? The SLF is starting an interview series, which I’ll be talking more about soon, at great length, I imagine. My hope is to build a massive archive of craft and oral history interviews that will be an INCREDIBLE resource for the field. We’ve just recorded the first set of […]
