Awards Eligibility for Karlo Yeager Rodríguez, 2019
Awards Season 2019 is upon us, and I submit my short story "This Is Not My Adventure" for consideration....
November 5, 2019
Awards Season 2019 is upon us, and I submit my short story "This Is Not My Adventure" for consideration....
I'll be participating in the Baltimore Book Festival (November 1-3) again this year and I can be found speaking at the area designated for SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America) in the Columbus Center. Friday, 6 PM Making Magic Work For You: (with Ruthanna Emrys, Scott King, L. Penelope, Jon Skovron); Authors talk about infusing magic worldbuilding into their worlds, and how it can go beyond mere magic systems. Saturday, 5 PM All Fiction in A Day: The Beauty and Brilliance of Commute-Length Reads: (with Nino Cipri, AT Greenblatt, Barbara Krasnoff, LH Moore, Nibedita Sen, AC Wise)); Panelists make the case for why short fiction, whether in magazines, podcasts, anthologies, or collections, encapsulates the best of the SFF genres. Find out who you should be reading! ...
I'm on programming at Capclave 2019! See which panels and events I'll be part of...
This week, I finished something I'd been wanting to do for a while: I finished translating a story of mine into Spanish. Because of the more challenging aspects of my upcoming story This Is Not My Adventure (specifically, how it combines first-person and second-person, direct address POVs), I chose it for translation. Given that the story is not yet out, much less out of its exclusivity period, this was more of a playful challenge than anything else. Plus, I'm not sure if it's actually well-translated (I'd like to think so, but . . .) I suppose this is what happens when I'm waiting for my story to be free to read online. I'm not sure if it will be well-received, but I sure hope that's the case. I also found out my upcoming story got reviewed over at Rocket Stack Rank, which whatever their flaws, made me feel like I'd...