Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff - Professional Advancement

Professional Advancement

Bohnhoff has worked in a number of venues to contribute to the field of authorship and relevance of Science Fiction and Fantasy at SciFi/Fa Conventions. She has participated in and moderated panel discussions for over a decade. She participates in the Museitup online writers conference and the Catholic Writers' Conference, and is a founding member and regular blogger at the Book View Café, a fiction website created by a cooperative of over 20 professional genre writers as an alternative publishing venture.

  • "Different Types of Writing"
  • "Turning Mental Blocks into Building Blocks",
  • "Is SF Relevant Any More? Was It Ever?",
  • "Mythic roots of fantasy"
  • "Coping with and/or embracing change"
  • "The Rise and Fall of Civilization"
  • "Historical Fiction: Call it fantasy, and they'll buy it. Will readers--and thus editors--only buy historical fiction when you add magic and fairies?"
  • "Science and Religion: Harmony or Discord"
  • "Cardinal Richelieu revisited - the good and evil priest in literature"
  • "Research for alternate history. Sources to use so good history can make good fiction"
  • "Is it now chic to be geek - Is this the age of the geek?"
  • "Asian-themed fantasy, urban fantasy, maybe even Roman fantasy?"
  • "Disenchantment - Fantasy novelists portrayals of Christian and Christian-like faiths..."
  • "Evolution - Science vs. Religion why do they disagree? And if people can re-engineer themselves where does that leave God?"
  • "The Art & Craft of Writing"
  • "Plot, Settings, and Characters"
  • "Tolkien vs Jackson"
  • "Show me - Don't tell me"
  • "How to Write the BEST First Line"
  • "The Wiccan Culture: An Introduction"
  • "The Short Story as an Art Form"
  • "Getting Your Writing to Grow Up"

Bohnhoff has also contributed to professional writing magazines and online presentations.

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