by
Ernest Hogan
2014
just wants to keep on running me ragged. Things keep happening (besides the riots and the racial strife). Not only is the new Digital
Parchment Services/Strange Particle Press ebook of Cortez
on Jupiter
orderable, but the press release is available, so you can read about
the impending soft-cover edition, find out where to write about getting review
copies, and read quotes of wild praise for the book.
If
that isn’t enough, Digital Parchment has started a new Ernest
Hogan blog so they can promote their editions of my books. They also
started an Ernest Hogan Tumblr. I’ll be posting stuff on both of
them, so check ‘em out!
Which
brings me to the main subject of this post . . . the writer Nalo Hopkinson, who teaches at UC Riverside, sent me a direct message on
Twitter (most of my sales and gigs these days come through the social
media) asking if I would be willing to lead a workshop “on writing
Latino-focused SF/F/H,” because “The community has been asking
for it.” Ever the professional, I asked if it was a paying job, and
it is, so it looks like in February 2015 I’ll be teaching a master
class (hey! I’m an expert in the field!) as part of their Writer’s
Week. I will provide more details as I get them.
2015 and February are coming at us fast. I need to think about it,
and take some notes . . . I could fill the time with funny stories
about my weird career, but since this is a university thing, I should
probably ask the
community
that Nalo was talking about what they
want. I’m assuming that a lot of you aspiring Chicanonauts read La
Bloga.
So,
what would you like to know about writing Latino-focused speculative
fiction/fantasy/horror? Are there specific questions you’d like
answered? Just what can I do for you?
I’ll
be waiting for your comments . . .
Ernest Hogan has accumulated a lot of ancient Chicano Sci-Fi wisdom over the
years. He’s willing to share it. Especially for money. Or food. Or
cerveza. Oh yeah, feliz Día de Los Guajolotes.
4 comments:
Impressive, Ernest. Well deserved.
So, I guess I call you Mr. Hogan now. Or Teacher. Or Prof. Or Master. Or Most Enlightened One. Or is Ese still OK?
Low Writer
Nah. I ain't got no titles. I don't need no stinking badges. I'm just an undocumented intellectual who crossed borders without realizing it. Maybe people can learn from me. At the very least the will be entertained.
If I took this course I would like you as the teacher to talk about this:
1. The top ten (more or less) Latino focused books in these categories. Give a summary of each book and about their Latino features.
2. Talk about your own books in these SF/F/H and your experience as a Latino author and the response that you got from readers and reviewers.
3. Talk if Latino focused books in these categories are just about having Latino or Latina as main character ... or is there something special about Latino/Latina main character than makes them react differently to events in SF/F/H books
Best wishes with your course.
Thank you, Author Giora. Your list will be a big help to me. It's also giving me ideas. It's the kind of stuff I was hoping for.
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