WLT On the Craft of Writing: A Mixed Bag of Tricks
November 14, 2023 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CST
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Join us for a conversation with several of the contributing authors — including editor and writer Britta Jensen, and writers Ishita Fernandes and E.A. Williams — about the process of writing their stories, exploring genre outside your comfort zone, editing a range of stories like this into a single collection, and ways you can learn to build your own “Mixed Bag of Tricks.”
Launching on November 18, the Mixed Bag of Tricks Anthology collects the stories of 11 different writers over a variety of tone and genre. This anthology started long before typical anthologies begin, at the creation phase. Each writer paired with another writer and challenged them with a prompt outside their typical wheelhouse, developing their own “Mixed Bag of Tricks”.
The Mixed Bag of Tricks Anthology can be pre-ordered here. Sixty percent of profits from the sale of this book will benefit the Writers’ League of Texas.
This conversation will be moderated by WLT Member Services Manager J Evan Parks.
RSVPs will close at 10:00 AM CST on Tuesday, November 14.
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Britta Jensen’s most recent novel, Orphan Pods received enthusiastic praise from Publisher’s Weekly: “The story draws on familiar dystopian elements of oppressive regimes and youth-led resistance, but it transcends them through honesty and layered characterization. This is not just a dystopia—it’s a reflection on what freedom truly means and what one must sacrifice to attain it.” Her debut novel, Eloia Born, won the 2019 Writer’s League of Texas YA Discovery Prize. Subsequent publications include Hirana’s War, Ghosts of Yokosuka, and various short stories. Her stories explore themes of persevering through disability, found family, and the intersection of love and various cultures on new worlds. For the past twenty-two years she has taught creative writing and edited books and won several awards for her teaching. Friends often refer to her as a polyglot—a product of living twenty-two years overseas in Japan, South Korea, and Germany before settling in Austin, Texas with her awesome capoerista husband and two cats. She loves coaching authors and editing books with The Writing Consultancy and Yellowbird Editors. She’s currently working hard on Bones of Our Ancestors, the sequel to Orphan Pods. -
Ishita Fernandes lives in North London, England. She creates near-future thrillers focused on the dark side of technology, science and the impact on society. With over twenty years working in executive positions across some of the largest technology and consulting organisations, she draws upon her experiences as inspiration, to create an immersive read. Ishita completed the Faber and Faber “Writing a Novel” course in 2020. Her first short story “Static Road” has been published as part of the “Mixed Bag of Tricks” anthology and represents her sharp, dark and visceral fiction. She is currently working on her debut novel. -
E.A. Williams is a graduate of the University of North Texas where she studied film and playwriting. While completing her degree, she stretched her creative limits helping to run a writer’s collective, as well as studying special effects. Her love for the fantastical can be seen in her thrilling debut series The Line of Tepes, which invites readers to explore Williams’ hometown of Houston through the lens of a sexy vampire noir.
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