There are many ways to change the world with language, small and large. Trading up for down, three words for one.

The more we see and say the words, the more carefully we hone our usage, the more our experience will open up each unique setting, and within those settings, each unique person.

—Change the Language, Change the World (Tor.com)

Featured

A selection of Fran’s favorite writings, organized by publication.

NPR:
∙ Review: 'Machinehood' Upgrades Asimov's 3 Laws Of Robotics

∙ Review: ‘Every Bone’ Speaks In This Painful, Beautiful Debut Novel

∙ Review: Yes, There are Crimes, and Much More, in 'The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu'

∙ Review: 'Son of the Storm' Explores Power and Its Transformations

The New York Times:
∙ Op-Ed from the Future: “Please Stop Printing Unicorns”

The Washington Post:
∙ Three Children’s Authors on the Importance of Tough Topics in Young People’s Literature (with Carlos Hernandez and Rachel Hartman)
∙ How to Be A Lifeguard: Teaching My Daughter to Save Herself First
∙ Monsters and Magic (with author Kate Milford)
∙ Why Are All The Moms Gone? The Dangers of Parenting In Childrens’ Literature

Nerdy Book World:
∙ On Being Raised by Books and Boats

John Scalzi's Whatever:
∙ The Big Idea (for Horizon)
∙ The Big Idea (for Cloudbound)
∙ The Big Idea (for Updraft)

Chuck Wendig's TerribleMinds:
∙ A Museum of Errant Critters
∙ How Do You Build a Monster?

Uncanny Magazine:
∙ The Linguistics of Disability, or: Empathy > Sympathy
∙ We Will See You Now

Tor.com:
∙ Journaling, Science Fiction, and Travels Through China
∙ All the Voices of the Odyssey, an Interview with Emily R. Wilson
∙ Interstellar Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith
∙ The Art of The Bone Universe with Tommy Arnold and Irene Gallo
∙ It’s all in the Rigging “When a book takes me over water, I’m eagerly looking for the most seaworthy craft.”
∙ The Women of The Expanse, an Interview with Daniel Abraham
∙ How do you like your SF? A 10-Author round robin on hard and soft sf
∙ Here’s What Happens When You Read The Water Knife and The Peripheral At the Same Time
∙ Change the Language, Change the World

Clarkesworld's Another World:
∙ A Flock of Crows in a Swan Suit
∙ The Ship's Voice: A Risk Analysis and Modest Proposal
∙ Keeping Time
∙ Invisible and Visible Engineering in Science Fiction
∙ A Brief Parable about Exchanges Between Time, Independence, Technology, and Privacy
∙ Words with Wings: A Conversation with Fran Wilde
∙ Very Close Now: 30+ years of Virtual Narrative and Virtual Reality, from Hypercard to Oculus Rift

Other Favorites:
∙ B&N Kids Blog: Siblings Who Fight For Each Other
∙ Kickstarter's Drip on Medium: Author and poet Fran Wilde on dreaming up new worlds and dealing with writer’s block
∙ Jim C. Hines's Invisible3: Notes from the Meatcage
∙ Library of Congress: Flights of Fantasy & Fact: Man-made wings in Literature and History

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