Pocket Workshop: Essays on Living as a Writer
Posted: February 16, 2021
Published by Hydra House Books Edited by Tod McCoy & M. Huw Evans. Much gratitude to M. Huw Evans for his gentle invitation to send something when I was feeling very extra about not writing… May my essay offer some solace for those who find themselves in this deep dark pool.
“*Take as Needed” By Hiromi Goto
Pocket Workshop
Table of Contents
- “Introduction” by Neile Graham
- “Being and Becoming a Writer” by Karen Lord
- “We All Have to Start Somewhere: Finding Your Process and Making it Work for You” by Tina Connolly and Caroline M. Yoachim
- “Setting the Scene” by Nancy Kress
- “Thickening the Plot” by Samuel R. Delany
- “Some Thoughts on Exposition” by Tobias Buckell
- “The Devil Is in the Details” by Connie Willis
- “Coincidentally . . .” by Stephen Graham Jones
- “Channeling Voices” by Andy Duncan
- “Status” by Helen Marshall
- “Neowise” by Paul Park
- “The Old Marvellous” by John Crowley
- “The Three Laws of Great Endings and My Two Shameless Hacks” by James Patrick Kelly
- “Diversity Plus: Diverse Story Forms, Not Just Diverse Faces” by Henry Lien
- “Researching Imaginary Worlds” by Ken MacLeod
- “Something to Cry About” by Nisi Shawl
- “The Narrative Gift as a Moral Conundrum” by Ursula K. Le Guin
- “Tapping the Source” by Elizabeth Hand
- “Feed Your Engine” by Jack Skillingstead
- “Congratulations on Learning to Juggle — Now Get on the Unicycle” by Daryl Gregory
- “Writing in the Age of Distraction” by Cory Doctorow
- “Going Through an Impasse: Evading Writer’s Block” by Eileen Gunn
- “On Mentors and Mentees” by Cat Rambo
- “Pitfalls of Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy: General Useful Information & Other Opinionated Comments” by Vonda N. McIntyre
- “Positive Obsession” by Octavia Butler
- “* Take As Needed” by Hiromi Goto
- “Matters of Life and Death” by Susan Palwick
- “Proverbs of Hell for Writers” by Ian McDonald