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Odyssey Site Map   Home (overview of the charitable trust) Workshop (overview of the workshop) Lecturers at the Workshop     ●     Jane Yolen in 1996: The Bardic Voice     ●     Elizabeth Hand in 1997: On Writing, Style, and Voice     ●     Melissa Scott in 1997: Building a World     ●     Patricia McKillip in 1998: On Theme, Outlining, Research, and Revision     ●     James Morrow in 1998: On Research, Plot, Persistence, and Workshopping     ●     Jeanne Cavelos Biography     ●     Nancy Holder, 2013 Special Writer-in-Residence     ●     2013 Scheduled Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Holly Black         ○   Patricia Bray         ○   Adam-Troy Castro         ○   Jack Ketchum         ○   Sheila Williams     ●     Lane Robins, 2012 Special Writer-in-Residence     ●     2012 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Elaine Isaak         ○   Paul Park         ○   Craig Shaw Gardner         ○   Barbara Ashford         ○   Jennifer Jackson     ●     Gary A. Braunbeck, 2011 Special Writer-in-Residence     ●     2011 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Barry B. Longyear         ○   Elizabeth Bear         ○   Theodora Goss         ○   Christopher Golden         ○   John Joseph Adams     ●     2010 Special Writer-in-Residence Laura Anne Gilman,     ●     2010 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Alexander Jablokov         ○   Michael A. Arnzen         ○   Elizabeth Hand         ○   Gregory Frost         ○   David G. Hartwell     ●     2009 Special Writer-in-Residence Carrie Vaughn,     ●     2009 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Patricia Bray         ○   Jeffrey A. Carver         ○   Jack Ketchum         ○   Melissa Scott         ○   Ginjer Buchanan     ●     2008 Special Writer-in-Residence Nancy Kress     ●     2008 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Ellen Kushner         ○   Delia Sherman         ○   Barry B. Longyear         ○   James Maxey         ○   Craig Shaw Gardner         ○   Jenny Rappaport     ●     2007 Special Writer-in-Residence Nina Kiriki Hoffman     ●     2007 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Michael A. Burstein         ○   Rodman Philbrick         ○   Michael A. Arnzen         ○   Elizabeth Hand         ○   John Clute         ○   George Scithers     ●     2006 Special Writer-in-Residence Robert J. Sawyer     ●     2006 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Melissa Scott         ○   Jeff VanderMeer         ○   Laurie J. Marks         ○   Christopher Golden         ○   Shawna McCarthy     ●     2005 Special Writers-in-Residence Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem     ●     2005 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Elizabeth Hand         ○   Allen M. Steele         ○   P. D. Cacek         ○   James Morrow         ○   John Clute         ○   Sheila Williams     ●     2004 Special Writer-in-Residence George R. R. Martin     ●     2004 Scheduled Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Catherine Asaro         ○   Ellen Kushner         ○   Delia Sherman         ○   Bob Mayer         ○   Barry B. Longyear         ○   Gardner Dozois     ●     2003 Special Writer-in-Residence Gene Wolfe     ●     2003 Scheduled Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Roland J. Green         ○   Melissa Scott         ○   Bruce Holland Rogers         ○   Lori Perkins         ○   John Crowley     ●     2002 Special Writer-in-Residence Charles de Lint     ●     2002 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   James Patrick Kelly         ○   Elizabeth Hand         ○   R. A. Salvatore         ○   Thomas F. Monteleone         ○   Matthew Bialer     ●     2001 Special Writer-in-Residence Terry Brooks     ●     2001 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Allen M. Steele         ○   Ellen Kushner         ○   F. Paul Wilson         ○   Delia Sherman         ○   Craig Shaw Gardner         ○   Donald Maass     ●     2000 Special Writer-in-Residence Dan Simmons     ●     2000 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Ellen Datlow         ○   Melissa Scott         ○   Charles L. Grant         ○   Barry B. Longyear         ○   Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald     ●     1999 Special Writer-in-Residence Ben Bova     ●     1999 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Jeffrey A. Carver         ○   Terry Bisson         ○   Elizabeth Hand         ○   R. Patrick Gates         ○   Scott Edelman     ●     1998 Special Writer-in-Residence Harlan Ellison     ●     1998 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Patricia A. McKillip • Lecture Excerpts         ○   John Crowley         ○   James Morrow • Lecture Excerpts         ○   Ellen Kushner         ○   Delia Sherman         ○   Warren Lapine     ●     1997 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Melissa Scott • Lecture Excerpt         ○   Ellen Kushner         ○   Delia Sherman         ○   Michael McDowell         ○   Esther Friesner         ○   Elizabeth Hand • Lecture Excerpts         ○   Warren Lapine     ●     1996 Guest Lecturers Biographies         ○   Hal Clement         ○   Craig Shaw Gardner         ○   Ellen Kushner         ○   Delia Sherman         ○   Jane Yolen • Lecture Excerpt         ○   Elizabeth Hand         ○   Leigh Grossman Frequently Asked Questions About the Odyssey Workshop Download an Application Form or How to Request One by Mail Syllabus for 2006 Workshop     ●     Texts     ●     Course Description     ●     Assignments     ●     Schedule         ○   Pre-Class Assignment         ○   Week 1 (June 12-16, 2006)         ○   Week 2 (June 19-23, 2006)         ○   Week 3 (June 26-30, 2006)         ○   Week 4 (July 3-7, 2006)         ○   Week 5 (July 10-14, 2006)         ○   Week 6 (July 17-21, 2006)     ●     To show how the workshop has changed: Syllabus for 1996 Workshop         ○   Texts         ○   Course Description         ○   Assignments         ○   Schedule           — Week 1 (June 17-21, 1996)           — Week 2 (June 24-28, 1996)           — Week 3 (July 1-5, 1996)           — Week 4 (July 8-12, 1996)           — Week 5 (July 15-19, 1996)           — Week 6 (July 22-26, 1996) Graduates' Experiences     ●   Meagan Spooner     ●   Zoe Zygmunt     ●   Martin Larsson     ●   Erin Hoffman     ●   Gerald Warfield     ●   Rhiannon Held     ●   Peter Simonson     ●   Sherry Peters     ●   Jason S. Ridler     ●   Rebecca Shelley     ●   Lane Robins     ●   Barbara Campbell     ●   Elaine Isaak     ●   David J. Schwartz     ●   James Hall     ●   Laurie Lanzdorf     ●   Carl Frederick     ●   Carrie Vaughn     ●   Morgan Hua     ●   Stephen Chambers     ●   off Odyssey site to Julia Duncan     ●   Lynda Rucker Graduates' Comments Graduates' Publications     ●   "Are You Reading the Work of Odyssey Alumni?"     ●   Graduates' Featured Recent Publications off Odyssey site to Saint Anselm College Home Page Odyssey Online Writing Classes     ●   Three-Act Structure in Fantastic Fiction 2013 class     ●   Getting the Big Picture: The Key to Revising Your Novel 2013 class     ●   Bodies and Heartbeats: Crafting Character from the Inside Out 2013 class     ●   Frequently Asked Questions about Odyssey's Online Classes     ●   Handbook for Students of Online Classes     ●   Application for Odyssey Online Classes     ●   Comments from Odyssey Online Graduates         ○   Showing versus Telling in Fantastic Fiction 2012 class         ○   Secrets of Literary Agents 2012 class         ○   Narrative Structures in Fantastic Fiction 2012 class         ○   Three-Act Structure in Fantastic Fiction 2011 class         ○   Worldbuilding in Fantastic Fiction 2011 class         ○   Writing in Scenes 2011 class         ○   Showing versus Telling in Fantastic Fiction 2010 class Odyssey Critique Service Latest Odyssey Podcasts     ●   off Odyssey site to iTunes to subscribe to podcasts     ●   First Batch of Odyssey Podcasts     ●   Second Batch of Odyssey Podcasts off Odyssey site to Odyssey LiveJournal Page Writing Tips     ●   Writing Tips #1: Punctuation         ○   The Comma         ○   The Semicolon         ○   The Colon         ○   The Apostrophe         ○   Quotation Marks         ○   End Punctuation         ○   Other Punctuation                  (Dash, Parenthesis, Bracket, Ellipsis, Slash)     ●   Writing Tips #2: Outlining Your Plot     ●   Writing Tips #3: Negative Information     ●   Writing Tips #4: Similes and Metaphors     ●   Writing Tips #5: Participial Phrases     ●   Writing Tips #6: Sentence Unity     ●   Writing Tips #7: Looking/Eye Words     ●   Writing Tips #8: Active Versus Reactive Characters     ●   Writing Tips #9: Developing Your Skills     ●   Writing Tips #10: The Pleasures of Science Fiction     ●   Writing Tips #11: Creating Strong Scenes Publishing Tips     ●   Publishing Tips #1: Frequently Asked Questions about Literary Agents     ●   Publishing Tips #2: Frequently Asked Questions about Book Doctors/Freelance Editors     ●   Publishing Tips #3: Standard Manuscript Format Just for Fun     ●   Just for Fun #1: A 3 x 5 Story     ●   Just for Fun #2: Stalk a Stranger     ●   Just for Fun #3: Revealing Setting Indirectly     ●   Just for Fun #4: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly         ○   Answers for Just for Fun #4 Gift Certificates Links to off Odyssey site Information on How to Make a Donation Cool Merchandise How to donate through our GoodSearch page How to donate through our GoodShop page How to use credit card rewards page How to volunteer page off Odyssey site to Jeanne's Home Page Site Map What's New on the Site E-mail Jeanne to receive the Odyssey Newsletter off Odyssey site to Odyssey Facebook Group off Odyssey site to Odyssey MySpace page off Odyssey site to Odyssey Twitter page off Odyssey site to Odyssey Google+ page off Odyssey site to Odyssey Pinterest page off Odyssey site to Odyssey YouTube page Graduates' Special Resources The Never-Ending Odyssey 1996 Graduates: Photo and Comments     ●   More '96 Graduate Photos     ●   Still More '96 Graduate Photos     ●   Photos: Jeanne and Her Iguana 1997 Graduates: Photo and Comments     ●   More '97 Graduate Photos 1998 Graduates: Photo and Comments     ●   More '98 Graduate Photos 1999 Graduates: Photo and Comments 2000 Graduates: Photo and Comments     ●   More '00 Graduate Photos 2001 Graduates: Photos and Comments 2002 Graduates: Photos and Comments 2003 Graduates: Photos and Comments 2004 Graduates: Photos and Comments 2005 Graduates: Photos and Comments 2006 Graduates: Photos and Comments     ●   off Odyssey site to More Odyssey Class of 2006 Pictures 2007 Graduates: Photos and Comments     ●   off Odyssey site to More Odyssey Class of 2007 Pictures     ●   off Odyssey site to Odyssey Class of 2007 Barnes & Noble Slam 2008 Graduates: Photos and Comments 2009 Graduates: Photos and Comments 2010 Graduates: Photos and Comments 2011 Graduates: Photos and Comments 2012 Graduates: Photos and Comments Thanks for dropping by!... 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