2018-03-20 18:14
Being The Only White Guy In A Black Office After Black Panther
The Only White Guy In A Black Office After Black Panther
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The home site of author, Maurice Broaddus, prone to ranting on pop culture and the three Rs: race, religion, and (w)riting.
2018-02-25 06:39
Join us on March 9th at the Kheprw Institute for Afrofuture Friday: Replicating Wakanda (in our communities).
We will:
-go over the history of Black Panther in comics
-discuss the impact an… Read More
2018-02-15 17:43
3 days to go: On the surface they see “Mr. Broaddus,” but never forget underneath I’m always…#blackityblackout18 #blackpanthercountdown
2 days to go: Less than… Read More
2018-02-07 15:05
First off, new Patreon stuff has been uploaded (with more coming tomorrow). For those wanting critiques as support levels, they’re now available. Check out my Patreon and thanks for th… Read More
2018-02-06 15:05
My #Afrofuture novelette, “El is a Spaceship Melody,” is up on Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Inspired by Sun Ra. On a starship powered by jazz music. #blacktothefutur… Read More
2018-01-16 16:29
We’re starting out the new year with a new story available. My story “All God’s Chillun Got Wings” is now available in Steampunk Universe.
Brian Keene released his T… Read More
2017-11-30 16:46
It’s that time of the year when writerly types post their works that came out that year to remind voters for the different SF/F awards which categories their works are eligible for (es… Read More
2017-11-27 06:59
The rumors are true. For ten years I ran Mo*Con, a mini-convention (in Indianapolis, Indiana) built around food, community, and conversations (typically around the topics of spirituality, ar… Read More
2017-11-16 14:33
1. I’ve just uploaded pics, blog posts, and stories for my Patreon supporters.
2. I was subbing for a Latin class when one of the students asked me “Mr. Broaddus, did you have to… Read More
2017-10-07 05:12
Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader) is what we’ve been looking for in an anthology: drink recipes alongside stories! Co-edited by Nic… Read More
2017-08-27 23:46
Research and Organization Tips For Writing About Complex Worlds
Advice for Authors on Finding the Positive in Rejections
How Setting Goals and Writing Consistently Can Exercise Your Mind Read More
2017-07-07 23:40
I had the opportunity to be part of a team from my church (Fountain Square Presbyterian) that went to Cluj, Romania. It was a chance to see other expressions of the church in a different cul… Read More
2017-07-04 23:16
I have a couple of features in the latest issue of Uncanny Magazine. A new story and an interview:
The Ache of Home
The Indy Metro bus came to a shuddering halt and deposited Celeste B… Read More
2017-07-01 23:09
“In this episode, the deeply wonderful author, Maurice Broaddus, visits Emma in the tea lair. We discuss the lessons learned from being a guest editor for Apex Magazine, childhoo… Read More
2017-06-27 23:52
As reported in Publishers Weekly … Read More
2017-06-26 17:39
Nisi Shawl guest edited an issue of Fantastic Stories of the Imagination with a People of Color take over FSI special issue (cover illustration by Victo Ngai). It includes:
Fiction
What Futu… Read More
2017-06-17 18:22
In an unprecedented event, my oldest brother, Maurice, and I are sharing the spotlight for a joint book signing and reading. He writes horror, fantasy, and steam punk, and I write… we… Read More
2017-06-13 18:04
Talk about epic weekends.
Me, Jerry Gordon, and my oldest son pile into a car for a road trip to Brian Keene’s secret lair deep in the hills of Pennsylvania. We have two goals: record… Read More
2017-05-12 07:41
Today on, “Talking With Authors”, we speak to the innovative author Maurice Broaddus about his new book “Buffalo Soldier”, his short story collection “The Voice… Read More
2017-05-10 00:41
I know, I know … it’s all Buffalo Soldier all the time over here.
SO HERE’S SOME MORE!
“Black Steampunk. Yeah!!! I was so bummed I didn’t get a chance to revie… Read More
2017-05-09 00:35
Maurice Broaddus is a rare treasure — the writer who is both nice as cookies in person and who is an authorial bad-ass on the page. His newest is Buffalo Soldier, and here he pops by… Read More
2017-05-08 00:24
“No*Con started (this year) because we took a 1 year break from Mo*Con which is a writing/artist convention Maurice put on here in town for 10 years. After we announced the end of Mo*C… Read More
2017-05-05 00:16
This week we welcome back author Maurice Broaddus to tell us what inspired him to write his new steampunk novella from Tor.com, Buffalo Soldier! Not only does this book have a fantastic cov… Read More
2017-04-29 00:08
The Arts Council of Indianapolis has announced its 2017-2018 round of Creative Renewal Arts Fellows at a special reception at the Indianapolis Art Center.
I am hugely honored to announce th… Read More
2017-04-28 01:33
One of the things I’m passionate about is community development. In trying to figure out how to do this using writing, I became a part of an arts collective called The Learning Tree… Read More
2017-04-28 00:49
WisCon 41
Saturday, May 27th, 1:00–2:15 pmFrom Airships to Elder Gods
Tor.com authors and friends deconstruct steampunk, Lovecraftian monsters, and other richly deserving genre tropes… Read More
2017-04-27 00:40
The Steampunk Symposium
Saturday, April 29th
7pm: The Steampunk Genre
What separates Steampunk from science fiction? How is it different from Gaslamp Fantasy or Dieselpunk? What are some of… Read More
2017-04-26 01:14
Up on the Mothership Zeta site is one of my favorite stories, At the Village Vanguard (Ruminations on Blacktopia). As they say, to use a phrase in the text below, this story is “straig… Read More
2017-04-25 19:34
Happy book launch day to me! Buffalo Soldier is now out and about. Over on John Scalzi‘s blog, I write about the Big Idea. And the role my mom played in the story, because apparently I… Read More
2017-04-24 19:30
Apex Publications
Contact: Lesley Conner, Managing [email protected]
Apex Publications is proud to announce that author/editor Maurice Broaddus has taken on the role of repr… Read More
2017-04-21 02:50
(Ruminations on Art, Race, and Gentrification)
“The larger the amount of money that flows to the poor apart from relationship, the more likely the givers are to be supporting systems t… Read More
2017-04-18 21:44
I’ll have a story, “The Rebel” (co-written with Sarah Hans), in MECHANICAL ANIMALS, ed. Selena Chambers and Jason Heller. I look forward to seeing that full table of conten… Read More
2017-04-08 04:45
This summer I have an opportunity to be part of a team that will go to Cluj, Romania on a learning journey: the chance to see other expressions of the church in a different cultural context… Read More
2017-04-06 04:29
Tonight was the first of a series of living room concerts The Learning Tree plans on putting on over the next few months. We at The Learning Tree want to showcase and celebrate the gifts and… Read More
2017-04-04 14:29
It’s here, it’s here! Issue 95 of Apex Magazine, guest edited by moi, has been released.
Original fiction by Walter Mosley, Sheree Renée Thomas, Kendra Fortmeye… Read More
2017-04-03 14:36
If you ain’t up on Fiyah Lit Magazine, you have no idea what you’re missing. Check out this TOC of issue #2:
CONTENTS:
VADE RETRO SATANA // Maurice Broaddus
Not even M… Read More
2017-03-31 21:25
This week we welcome author Maurice Broaddus to Geek Speaks…Fiction! Maurice has written many pieces of wonderful speculative fiction that have appeared in places such as Lights… Read More
2017-03-30 18:52
Writers often wonder and worry about if it is possible to write characters whose gender, sexual orientation, religion, racial heritage, or other aspect of identity differs from their own. M… Read More
2017-03-21 01:04
Stories by Walter Mosley, Sheree Renée Thomas, Chesya Burke, and Kendra Fortmeyer.
Poems by Linda D Addison and Lawana Holland-Moore.
Essay by Tanya DePass. Interview by Andrea John… Read More
2017-03-20 00:45
I haven’t made a big deal out of this, but I wanted to at least share this pic. For context, I’m slated to receive a community award at the Claim the Throne event. “Claim… Read More
2017-03-15 05:12
2017-03-11 21:21
While Tor.com has a very full and impressive lineup of novellas coming out in the near future the one that stood out the most to me was Buffalo Soldier by Maurice Broaddu… Read More
2017-03-09 02:17
Issues of faith matter a lot to me and I’m always fascinated by how they are explored in fiction. It’s something that’s been a theme in some of my writing, but when I was… Read More
2017-02-26 02:36
I recently spoke at the Kheprw Institute on the history of Black Spec Fic. This is the reading list I provided as a starting point:
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN SPECULATIVE FICTION – A READIN… Read More
2017-02-24 06:30
My collection, The Voices of Martyrs, represents nearly a ten year span of my writing career. I wanted to wait until I had enough stories published before I began to choose stories for… Read More
2017-02-21 22:22
Do reviews help when you’re trying to decide whether to purchase a book? Let’s see what you think after these:
Publishers Weekly
The lush, descriptive prose tantalizes all the s… Read More
2017-02-20 22:16
In the wake of big-screen success stories like The Martian and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, debates about whether one movie or another is scientific enough ha… Read More
2017-02-18 22:05
I was a guest over on the Afronauts podcast. I should warn you: 1) I was supposed to be there to promote my collection, The Voices of Martyrs, and 2) I suck at promotion. My 30 minute appea… Read More
2017-02-16 01:56
I’m guest blogging over on the Ragnarok Publications blog….
Short stories are my first love. As much as I enjoy writing novels and novellas, I keep coming back to short… Read More
2017-02-12 21:59
White Evangelicals, I need you to do better.
Watching so many of my fellow Christians so fervently support the rise of President Trump gave me pause and served to broaden the disc… Read More
2017-02-03 05:47
TL;DR – The weekend of May 6-7th, the Broaddus family would love to host folks to just hang out at our house all weekend. If writerly folks wanted to stay at a nearby hotel* and if the… Read More
2017-01-05 09:51
It comes out in March, but in the mean time there’s:
An “Interview with MAURICE BROADDUS” (over at CivilianReader.com)
Your new novella, Buffalo Soldier, will be publishe… Read More
2016-12-31 07:13
Not that I expect to be nominated for any stories, but I thought it would be fun to do a roundup of my projects for the year. Interesting enough, all of my projects came out in the last quar… Read More
2016-12-03 23:55
Guest blog by Sharon Therien
How Addiction Destroys Lives
Addiction can start in many ways: trying a drug with some friends, turning to drugs because of difficulty dealing with problems, usi… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
2016-11-09 17:29
You’ll have to forgive me. My thoughts are jumbled and all over the place this morning as I wake up to the reality of this. But the next time someone asks me how can I write horror, my… Read More
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