Take a class with the amazing Cat Rambo
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It’s not just because she is a close friend of mine. I swear. Lady is a whiz bang writer and editor, gonna be super famous vry soon, and a kind and thoughtful teacher.
She’s teaching a speculative fiction writing class at Field’s End, and if you’ve been dipping your toes into SFF-or are even wading waist deep-I can’t recommend you consider taking this course strongly enough.
Here’s the description:
“The field of speculative fiction allows writers to play with talking objects, spaceships, and transformations of the unlikely to the unlikelier. In this workshop, we’ll discuss the basics of story writing and how the considerations of speculative fiction do (and don’t) alter those basics. We’ll also discuss how to build convincing worlds and cultures. In-class writing exercises will focus on sparking creativity, establishing characters, and plotting. Light refreshments will be available during the half-hour lunch break, but a brown-bag lunch is suggested.
Number of Sessions: 1
Date: Saturday, March 13
Time: 10 a.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Tuition: $100.00
Location: Library Meeting Room, Bainbridge Public Library
Registration Closes: March 6, 2010 (as postmarked)
Instructor Bio:
John Barth described Cat Rambo’s writings as “works of urban mythopoeia” - her stories take place in a universe where chickens aid the lovelorn, Death is just another face on the train, and Bigfoot gives interviews to the media on a daily basis. Her stories have appeared in ASIMOV’S WEIRD TALES, CLARKESWORLD, and STRANGE HORIZONS in addition to her own anthology, EYES LIKE SKY AND COAL AND MOONLIGHT. She has worked as a programmer-writer for Microsoft and a writing instructor at Bellevue Community College. She is currently co-editor of the critically acclaimed Fantasy Magazine.”