Free Stuff

I've made my first novel, Ventus, available as a free download, as well as excerpts from two of the Virga books. I am looking forward to putting up a number of short stories in the near future.

Complete novel: Ventus

To celebrate the August, 2007 publication of Queen of Candesce, I decided to re-release my first novel as a free eBook. You can download it from this page. Ventus was first published by Tor Books in 2000, and and you can still buy it; to everyone who would just like to sample my work, I hope you enjoy this free version.

I've released this book under a Creative Commons license, which means you can read it and distribute it freely, but not make derivative works or sell it.

Book Excerpts: Sun of Suns and Pirate Sun

I've made large tracts of these two Virga books available. If you want to find out what the Virga universe is all about, you can check it out here:

Short Stories

I'll be adding new stories here periodically. First of all, you can try my Aurora-award nominated short story "Hopscotch." The year this was nominated, another of my stories was also nominated: "The Toy Mill," which I wrote with David Nickle. "The Toy Mill" won the award; but I've always been fond of "Hopscotch." Here it is, in its entirety excerpted from my collection The Engine of Recall.

Hopscotch

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Apr 24, 2008

I'm teaching in July -- can you join us?

by karl — last modified Jan 28, 2008 07:52 AM

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I'll be doing intensive all-day writing workshops at the University of Toronto for a week

The continuing education people at the University of Toronto have invited me in to spend a week with anybody who wants to improve their science fiction writing. (Caveat: it's the process and your hard work that'll improve you, not any genius on my part.) If you're in the GTA in July and can come, I'd love to see you!

You can find out more information on the course at the University of Toronto Continuing Education website. --Actually, forget that, I'll just drop their page right in here:

SCS 1823 Summer Writing School: Science Fiction

Course Details

Science Fiction explores the effects of technological change on social systems and on individuals. Get instruction and advice on plot, character and world-building, how to research SF, and how to market your work.

Please submit a piece (or excerpt) you wish to workshop (maximum 20 pages, double-spaced) by June 23: scs.writing@utoronto.ca

DAILY SCHEDULE

Workshops:

Break:

Panel Discussions:

Instructor Readings:

Student Reading:

(subject to change)

10:00-1:00

1:00-2:00

2:00-3:00 Tuesday to Thursday

Monday at 2:30 and Thursday at 4:30