First Wednesday evening of each month
Speculative and genre fiction can be challenging to provide feedback on if you have not been immersed in similar reading and writing. This series offers an opportunity to explore worlds completely different from our own and receive feedback from other open-minded genre writers.
What is genre fiction? Genre fiction is any piece of literature that follows a discrete formula to advance the story. Readers of genre fiction, such as romance or mystery, expect it to follow certain formulas, tropes, structures, and/or archetypes.
What is speculative fiction? Spec-Fic is an umbrella term for fiction that pulls away from everyday reality. Speculative is a catch-all for genres such as fantasy, science fiction, magical realism, paranormal, horror, and anything else beyond the ordinary world.
Instructor Bio:
Rachel Gerlach-Matt is the author of two serial romances with 12k loyal readers on the Radish Fiction app, a recently completed cozy fantasy novel in the querying process, and an in-progress fantasy trilogy. She loves playing with genre in both her reading and her writing, focusing heavily on themes of healthy relationships, personal growth, mental illness, and practical magick. She lives in Madison, WI, with her husband and golden retriever, Nugget. If she’s not writing, she’s watching Korean Dramas or playing cozy video games.
Current members of the group have registration priority.
A Zoom link will be sent to you when you register.