Philip Brewer
I write science fiction and fantasy stories.
I also write about personal finance and frugality for Wise Bread.
I speak Esperanto, and use it to communicate internationally. Esperantistoj, legu mian esperantan hejmpaĝon.
Personal finance articles (at Wise Bread)- Interesting stuff
Tag Archives: Clarion
Applications open for Clarion 2013
Every year there’s a new Clarion class. Every year I’m a bit jealous of the new batch of students getting to study with the new batch of teachers. There’s a little overlap this year—one of the anchor teachers, Kelly Link, … Continue reading
Race and the fictional character
One of my Clarion classmates, Nnedi Okorafor, tweeted today wondering why sometimes authors won’t just say what race a character is. I doubt if she was thinking about me, but I’m one of those writers who is sometimes coy about … Continue reading
Strategies for writing and revising
One cluster of particularly good bits of advice that I got at Clarion came from James Patrick Kelly. (That link goes to my Clarion journal entry for the day I wrote about it.) Among other things, he suggested that we … Continue reading
Ten years since my Clarion
Ten years ago today was the first day of class at the 2001 Clarion. Steve Barnes talked about plot. (The stuff he talked about that day, together with some some ideas I got a few weeks later from Geoff Landis … Continue reading
Created a “Clarion at home” page
To gather up the various posts that formed my “Clarion at home” series, I created a Clarion at home page with some introductory text and links to each of the posts. If you’re inclined to link to the series, that’d … Continue reading
Clarion at home: Summation
This is part 6—the final post—of a series on what to do if you can’t go to Clarion. I’ve talked about my thoughts on how you can capture part of the magic of Clarion—even if you can’t attend. This post … Continue reading
Clarion at home: Expertise
This is part 5 of a series on what to do if you can’t go to Clarion, which provides my thoughts on how you can capture part of the magic of Clarion—even if you can’t attend. This post is on … Continue reading
Clarion at home: Critiquing
This is part 4 of a series on what to do if you can’t go to Clarion, which provides my thoughts on how you can capture part of the magic of Clarion—even if you can’t attend. This post is on … Continue reading
Clarion at home: Reading
This is part 3 of a series on what to do if you can’t go to Clarion, which provides my thoughts on how you can capture part of the magic of Clarion—even if you can’t attend. This post is on reading, … Continue reading
Clarion at home: Writing
This is part 2 of a series on what to do if you can’t go to Clarion, which provides my thoughts on how you can capture part of the magic of Clarion—even if you can’t attend. This post is on the … Continue reading
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