A superb TED Talk by author Chimamanda Aidichie about allowing a single story to misrepresent complexity and diversity: The Danger of a Single Story
Category: on writing
Tom Purdom Becomes Geek of the Week
The inestimable Tom Purdom is interviewed by Geekadelphia about, among other things, his short fiction collection, Lovers and Fighters, Starships and Dragons:
http://www.geekadelphia.com/2014/06/25/geek-of-the-week-science-fiction-author-tom-purdom/
Philadelphia Writers Conference interview
In preparation for teaching at the conference beginning tomorrow (where William Lashner is the opening speaker–that alone will be worth the price of admission), I gave an interview to James Knipp: http://pwcwriters.org/?p=1888