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Vomit Draft: How to Spew Up Your Ideas and Finish That First Draft

June 6, 2024 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

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Panelists: Marisca Pichette, Wen Wen Yang, Somto Ihezue, Lindz McLeod and Jennifer Estep (moderator)
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Vomit drafting (or discovery drafting) is a method where authors write a certain amount of words a day without going back and editing/revising. The goal is just to get the words/story down and make forward progress so you finally finish that tricky first draft.

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Writing and Publishing Beyond the English-Speaking World

June 9, 2024 9:00 am to 11:00 am

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Panelists: Zhui Ning Chang (moderator), Somto Ihezue, Weiqi Wang, Yaroslav Barsukov and Renan Bernardo
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Although SFF written and translated into English is growing in diversity and prominence, there are still rich worlds of SFF that are beyond the Anglocentric markets of North America and the UK. What narratives and structures do these international writing communities use? What do their publishing landscapes look like, and what relationships do they have with the Anglophone world? How do writers from “the rest of the world” negotiate their careers between their local literary landscapes and the dominance of Anglocentric publishing?
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Publishing Taught Me: Tools For Our Task

October 25, 2024 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

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Panelists: Diana M. Pho, Erika Hardison, Zhui Ning Chang (moderator) and Somto Ihezue (moderator)
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Editorial interns Somto Ihezue and Zhui Ning Chang talk with Publishing Taught Me anthology contributors Diana Pho and Erika Hardison about their essays and the anthology as a whole. They’ll also discuss some of the ways our field’s inclusivity is expanded and supported.