Piper J. Drake modeled professionally for over 10 years, including runway and promotional modeling, as well as fashion and commercial print. She’s also modeled for various steampunk creators and in fiction-related photography projects, such as J.R. Blackwell’s In Their Own Worlds alongside past WXR guest instructor Ellen Kushner. For those Read more…
Winners of the 2022 Writing Excuses Workshop and Retreat scholarships have been selected! The application process was conducted in a compressed timeline this year, in which applicants prepared and sent us their submissions digitally, including writing samples, letters of recommendation, and a personal essay. Applications were carefully reviewed in a Read more…
A preview of what’s in store… Registration is still open for the Writing Excuses Workshop and Retreat at Capitol Reef Field Station in Utah from June 27 to July 2, 2022. You can go off the grid with WXR instructors Mary Robinette Kowal and Dan Wells, as well as retired astronaut Read more…
UPDATE: The application deadline was April 17, 2022. Applications for scholarships for the 2022 Writing Excuses Workshops and Retreats are now closed. We do offer scholarships every year! The Writing Excuses Retreat is back! And this year we have TWO of them: June 27-July 2, in Capitol Reef National Park, Read more…
Join fellow writers as Writing Excuses hosts two amazing writing workshops and retreats in 2022! Capitol Reef, UT – June 27 to July 2 Go off the grid with WXR instructors Mary Robinette Kowal and Dan Wells, joined by Astronaut Cady Coleman, for a writing retreat focused on astronomy and Read more…
Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of Ghost Talkers, The Glamourist Histories series, and the Lady Astronaut series. She is the President of SFWA, part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and a four-time Hugo Award winner. We took a few minutes to ask her some questions about writing and Read more…
Erin Roberts is a Black speculative fiction, game/interactive, and non-fiction writer with an MFA from the Stonecoast low-residency program out of the University of Southern Maine. She primarily writes about worlds that don’t yet (quite) exist – visions of the almost future, sideways glimpses into magic realms, quick trips into the land of the horrifyingly Read more…
Alyshondra Meacham is the Eventbrite Coordinator for the Writing Excuses Workshop and Retreat, and works as Mary Robinette Kowal’s personal assistant. She is an incurable space enthusiast with the fashion sense of Ms. Frizzle. When she isn’t wrangling e-mails, she volunteers as a Solar System Ambassador, creates geeky cross stitches, Read more…
Dawn Wells is a natural-birth-loving mother of six. She and Dan Wells have been happily married for over 21 years. Dawn is the business assistant for both Dan Wells and Writing Excuses LLC. She’s also the Financial Director of this year’s WXR at SiWC. We sat down with Dawn and Read more…
Marshall Carr Jr. is a writer of fantasy and science fiction, the co-host of the Just Keep Writing podcast, and the Audio Tech for Writing Excuses as well as one of the Safety Officers. As we eagerly prepare for SiWC, we reached out to ask him a few questions and Read more…