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I announced new online classes as well as the next round of classes and news about my teaching schedule for 2014.

For Writers:

• I discussed how to write in order to have an impact on the reader and made some observations about collaborations.
• Having trouble getting a non-SF reader to enjoy your favorite SF book? This may explain why.
• Charles Coleman Finlay talks about the slush pile for his guest editor issue of the Magazine of F&SF.

I talked about these books:

• Classic feminist text Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her by Susan Griffin
• Poetry collection The Essential Rumi, translated and arranged by Coleman Barks
• Nonfiction book A Biography of the English Language by C.M. Millward
• New space opera novel Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
• Classic animal fantasy novel Watership Down by Richard Adams

Time Wasters!

• A review of several books about the OWS movement talks intelligently about the history and implications of the movement.
• Scientists discover new poems from Sappho.
• G. Willow Wilson will be writing the Ms. Marvel comic.
• How moles dig. Because you always wanted to know.
• Some absolutely stunning photographs by Russian photographer Elena Shumilova of her children and farm animals.

Interesting Social Media Links

• A piece I did for the SFWA blog on Shelfari.
• Not social media related, really. but if you are working on the Internet, I strongly recommend two-factor authentication.

This video can be read as an inspiration for writers:

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