Michael Livingston

Mar

9

Fantasy and the Literary Legacy of Robert Jordan (Listen!)

2008 | Filed Under Academics, Fiction | 3 Comments

FANTASY AND THE LITERARY LEGACY OF ROBERT JORDAN
A speech written for the occasion of the induction of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. into the South Carolina Academy of Authors on 8 March 2008. (A write-up of the event can be found here .)
Listen:

Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum,
þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon,
hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
These are [...]

Mar

7

Honor for “The Angel of Marye’s Heights”

2008 | Filed Under Fiction | 2 Comments

There is rain sheeting against my window. There are three — no, four piles of work on my desk in need of grading. Yet I’m happy.
Why?
Well, Dave Truesdale has published his “2007 SF & Fantasy Recommended Reading List” via Black Gate Magazine. I generally ignore these lists, but the esteemed Donald [...]

Mar

7

Launch Pad Workshop - Apply Now!

2008 | Filed Under Fiction | Leave a Comment

Any writers out there with an interest in science — hard, real, fascinating science — would do well to apply to the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop. I went last year and found it astoundingly beneficial.
Application information (and other details) can be found here:
http://www.launchpadworkshop.org/
A “brief history” of the workshop, written by its creator and uber-instructor [...]

Mar

4

Protected: Fantasy and Robert Jordan (Listen!)

2008 | Filed Under Academics | Enter your password to view comments

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Mar

3

Shako Complete

2008 | Filed Under Academics | 1 Comment

Last year — my first here at The Citadel — I was unceremoniously handed the faculty advisorship to The Shako, the campus “literary” magazine. There are many reasons for this, not all of them kind. One nefarious reason in particular stands out at the moment, though: the Powers That Be didn’t want me [...]

Mar

3

Protected: Four Shards of Heaven: Chapter 10

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