Posts about science fiction

Beyond Orcs and Elves: Diversity in Science Fiction and Fantasy for Young Readers, part 1

Here you go! The first installment. Note that this was written to be spoken, so sometimes the diction might seem a little weird for a[…]

The science of time travel

As I was walking through the muggy streets to work this morning, it was a little hard to breathe—it was threatening to rain but hadn’t[…]

What I’m looking for: “The bright shiny promises of the future”

Dystopias are hot right now, that’s for sure. And I do love a good dystopia. After all, I’m a child of the 80s. Who doesn’t[…]

Tu covers!

We’ve got some exciting news over at the Lee & Low blog that you need to check out. Also, for those who were interested in[…]

LTUE pre-game

Well, I don’t know what else to call it. I’m flying in a little early before LTUE in mid-Feb. to visit Rick Walton’s publishing class,[…]

Whitney Award nominations

The Whitney Awards are a fairly new award given out at the LDS Storymakers conference that honors novels written by LDS writers, both in the[…]

Resources for writers: Links for reflecting on white privilege and writing the Other

I promised the writers of the Ventura/Santa Barbara SCBWI that I’d post the list of resources I flashed at them at the end of my[…]

Booklists: Touchstone children’s/YA fantasy and science fiction

I’m working on my talk at the Ventura/Santa Barbara SCBWI Writers’ Day. In preparation for it, I’m doing a personal review of touchstone children’s and[…]

Guest post at SFWA.org

I did a guest post at the SFWA site on the difference between YA and middle grade, covering not only the clear delineations of anticipated[…]

Updated multicultural SFF booklist

ETA 5/22/12: I’m keeping this book list up to date on Pinterest nowadays, linking each book to its Goodreads entry. It’s much easier to just[…]