Writer of Speculative Fiction
I’m thrilled to announce that my first collection of short fiction, The World of Dew & Other Stories, has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Blue Light Books Prize. That means it will be published in 2021 by Indiana University Press. I’m over the moon!
I’ll be giving a reading and talking about writing science fiction at Halifax Central Library on Sunday, September 22nd. The event begins at 2:00 p.m. in Room 301. The talk is part of Hal-Con’s Reading & Discussion Series. Hope to see you there!
I’ll be giving a talk on “Publishing Sci Fi & Fantasy Stories” next weekend at Y-Con. Y-Con is Yarmouth’s inaugural sci-fi, gaming, and comics convention. I’ll be speaking in the Event Hall in the Rodd Grand Convention Center at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 22nd.
The WFNS has invited me to teach a workshop on writing science fiction short stories – and I’m excited! I’ll be talking about developing ideas, world building, extrapolation, estrangement, and speculative language. I’ll also get into the business of selling sci-fi stories.
I was featured on the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia website as part of their Author Spotlight series. I answered questions about getting paid to write, what’s new in sci-fi, and what it was like to be published in Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Read the full interview here: https://www.writers.ns.ca/blog/author-spotlight-julian-smith.html