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The Science of Star Wars
By mcd on August 27th, 2008 at 01:37pm ()Via a mailing list: BoingBoing reposts a brief excerpt from The Science of Star Wars by Jeanne Cavelos, my teacher from Odyssey.
Thus it seems the lasers we have today would be capable of doing many of the things we see in Star Wars. We could injure or kill people; we could burn structures or melt holes in walls; we could destroy targeted areas of spaceships, assuming we could keep a beam on them for long enough. The main difference between Star Wars lasers and ours is the size.
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Odyssey 2007
By mcd on March 08th, 2007 at 10:17pm ()The application deadline for Odyssey 2007 is approaching:
Odyssey is an intensive six-week workshop for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror held each summer at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH. Developing writers aged 17-65 apply from all over the world. Sixteen are admitted, and over 50% of graduates go on to be published.
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Crusie/Mayer 2007 Online Workshop
By mcd on February 18th, 2007 at 10:00pm ()I was trying to remember who Greg Donegan really was, and Wikipedia led me to his real self’s co-website with co-author Jennifer Crusie: CruiseMayer.com. Besides a fun overview of their collaboration, the site has a 2007 Online Writing Workshop. This month they’re covering point of view. See the syllabus for future topics.
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F&SF Workshop
By mcd on January 25th, 2006 at 04:27pm ()It’s not too late to register for Michael Burstein’s six-week Fantasy & Science Fiction workshop in Brookline. He’ll be starting next Monday, since this Monday was snowed out. You can find the details and an update in his LiveJournal.
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Clarion Auction
By mcd on January 20th, 2005 at 09:43am ()Slashdot reports on the Clarion fundraising auction. By the way, there’s more LotR animated-gif fun at GeekPress.
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Frank Conroy Steps Down
By mcd on August 26th, 2004 at 10:50am ()From CNN Entertainment:
Frank Conroy, the longtime head of the celebrated Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa, will step down at the end of the year…
The Iowa Writers’ Workshop is a creative writing MFA program. Their brochure is available on-line.
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