Odyssey Workshop

Odyssey's Winter Online Classes are here! Build new skills and make your writing stronger & more memorable. Attend live class sessions for intensive instruction and an interactive experience. Demanding assignments & in-depth feedback.
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Build new skills & strengthen your writing with an Odyssey Online Class!
*highly praised instructors
*live, intensive, interactive classes
*deep practice with demanding assignments
*thorough feedback from instructor & classmates
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Salon | Odyssey Writing Workshops

Fiction writers, join us tonight on Zoom for the Odyssey Salon at 7:30 PM EST for discussion about writing. Share your insights, questions, struggles, or contribute your thoughts on our discussion topic.
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School's AI system mistakes a bag of chips for a gun “I don’t think a chip bag should be mistaken for a gun,” said the student, as eight police cars showed up to take down him and his Doritos.

Which SF author of the past best predicted our present world?

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If you have graduated from or applied to Your Personal Odyssey, the Odyssey Writing Workshop, or an Odyssey Online Class, you are eligible to register for our latest series of lectures and Q&As. DEADLINE TOMORROW, 11/2! For more information, contact ypospecialevents@gmail.com
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Sad to hear of the closure of Baker & Taylor, the book distributor that sold books to many libraries and bookstores for almost 200 years. They've been struggling financially for years, and their acquisition by another company fell through. There's now a big scramble to fill the gap.
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Salon | Odyssey Writing Workshops

All fiction writers are welcome to attend tonight's Odyssey Salon online at 7:30 PM EDT. Share your progress, struggles, insights, questions, or thoughts about our discussion topic: How Do You Find the Best Opening for Your Story? www.odysseyworkshop.org/resources/sa...
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Free Authors Guild webinar, "Anthropic Settlement: What Authors Should Know," on October 16 at 6 PM EDT. If your books may have been used to train the Anthropic #AI, you may want to attend this discussion of what authors should know & how to submit claims.
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Book Royalties: What Authors Should Know - The Authors Guild Deciphering a royalty statement can seem difficult if you are unfamiliar with the jargon and accounting methods used in publishing. To help you understand how royalties work and how to read a statemen...

Free online webinar offered by the AUthors Guild on "Book Royalties: What Authors Should Know" September 22, 4 PM ET.
Register here: authorsguild.org/event/book-r...

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All fiction writers are invited to the Odyssey Salon, tonight at 7:30 PM EDT on Zoom. Share your struggles, questions, insights, or thoughts on our discussion topic: What makes a really great plot twist?
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Salon | Odyssey Writing Workshops

The Odyssey Salon is back from summer hiatus on Wednesday at 7:30 PM EDT! Fiction writers, join us on Zoom to share struggles, progress, questions, insights, and recommendations! Discussion topic to come! For more details, www.odysseyworkshop.org/resources/sa...
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The AI Revolution in Book Publishing - The Authors Guild Aside from the ongoing concerns about the impact of AI on authors and the writing profession, the technology is undeniably a major disruptor across the publishing industry itself. Author Thad McIlroy,...

The Author's Guild offering a free webinar on 9/11: The AI Revolution in Book Publishing. authorsguild.org/.../the-ai-r...
"Aside from concerns about the impact of AI on authors, the technology is undeniably a major disruptor across the publishing industry."
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Pls DON'T nominate me for World Fantasy Award (Special Award Non-Professional). I'm honored to be 9x finalist & 2019 winner! I've recused from nominations. Consider other editors & people who deserve it too. (I'm nominating Jeanne Cavelos for 25+ yrs teaching & running @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social.)

Interview: Graduate Chana Kohl Chana Kohl works in Jerusalem in clinical trials and research, traveling and writing speculative fiction in her spare time. As winner of the 2023 Analog Award for Emerging Black Voices, her profess…

New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: interview with graduate & author @chanakohl.bsky.social, who talks about her Your Personal Odyssey experience, how she incorporates real-world travel into her fiction, and more! odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/i...

🧐 Curious about @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social? Check out my graduate interview:

Due to time limitation, in my acceptance speech I had to only thank people who had physically touched the drafts of the story & my dissertation.

So my biggest regret was to not have a line there dedicated to Jeanne Cavelos & the Odyssey workshop, who taught me everything I know about writing! 💜

I learned so much at @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social that I’m not even surprised by this. #writing

Interview: Graduate A. W. Prihandita A. W. Prihandita (she/her) is a Nebula Award-winning and Ignyte Award-nominated author of speculative fiction. She splits her time between the U.S. West Coast, where she’s currently finishing her P…

New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: interview with graduate & author @awprihandita.bsky.social on her Odyssey experience, outlining to gauge story length, balancing academic and creative work, and more! odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/i...

Interview: Graduate Leah Henderson Leah Henderson is a Your Personal Odyssey graduate and the author of many critically acclaimed books for young readers, including The Magic in Changing Your Stars, The Courage of the Little Humming…

New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog! Interview with Your Personal Odyssey graduate & critically acclaimed children's author Leah Henderson: odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/i...

Very excited to have you! ❤️

Odyssey Podcasts | Odyssey Writing Workshops

Great new Odyssey Podcast with literary agent @arleysorg.bsky.social talking about how to get a literary agent and what to expect.
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Congratulations to @awprihandita.bsky.social , Your Personal Odyssey graduate, on having her novelette, "Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being," nominated for an Ignyte Award! ❤️

Congratulations to @awprihandita.bsky.social , Your Personal Odyssey graduate, on winning the Nebula Award for Best Novelette for "Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being"! So happy for you! ❤️

How many people really lived in Middle-earth according to demographic analysis? en.eloutput.com/movie-series...

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Salon | Odyssey Writing Workshops

Hope you can join our last salon before our summer hiatus, tonight at 7:30 PM EDT on Zoom. Share your struggles, questions, or participate in our discussion topic. The topic is exploring different settings for your stories. Here's how to attend: www.odysseyworkshop.org/resources/sa...
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Interview: Graduate Shen Tao Photo Credit: Eddie Wang Shen Tao is a graduate of Your Personal Odyssey. Her debut fantasy, The Poet Empress, is coming out January 2026 with Tor Bramble (US) and Gollancz (UK). Born in …

New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: interview with graduate & author @dragons.bsky.social (Shen Tao), who talks about her Odyssey experience, her debut novel The Poet Empress, her advice for making connections at conventions, and more! odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/05/12/i...

Responses to all applicants to Your Personal Odyssey have been emailed. If you haven't received a response, please let us know.

Congratulations to all those who applied for your efforts to build your skills, continue to grow with your writing, and fully realize your potential.

Odyssey Podcasts | Odyssey Writing Workshops

If you think point of view is just about choosing 1st, 2nd, 3rd limited, or 3rd omni & then writing your story, take a listen to Odyssey's 2 most recent podcasts, with author Paul Park on POV. So many ways to enrich your story through POV!
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Congratulations to @aijiang.bsky.social , Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop graduate, on the publication of A PALACE NEAR THE WIND by Titan Books! So happy for you! ❤️

Interview: Graduate Michael J. DeLuca Michael J. DeLuca is a 2005 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. His debut novel The Jaguar Mask came out in August 2024 from Stelliform Press, and his novella Night Roll was a finalist for th…

New on the @odysseyworkshop.bsky.social blog: interview with graduate, author & reckoningmag.bsky.social publisher michaeljdeluca.bsky.social, who talks about blending genres, writing short stories vs novels, and more! odysseyworkshop.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/i...