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I wrote about the amazing opening description: bit.ly/WhIvyPhysDes

I loved this one--AND I got to talk to the author about it.

You can read the interview here: bit.ly/419vQwV

I wrote about People Want to Live and the way a seemingly simple description comes to life through the layering of contradiction.

https://bit.ly/PeopleLiveAlive

I wrote about the opening chapter and how it pulls together the mundane and the creepy to both situate & get the story moving--and also do weirder things like evoke the uncanny & make brain explosions.

https://bit.ly/WhHSS

I wrote about a scene with a powerful layering of feeling:

http://bit.ly/3Y7WOnT

I wrote about The Women Could Fly and a moment that is small but truly thrilling. It's about subtext and landscape and a weirding of the way energy flows within a passage.

https://bit.ly/WomenFlyLandscapeReflect

I got to interview the author of this fabulous collection and you can read what we said to each other:

https://bit.ly/PA_MLR_ALW

I wrote about THE HOLE, a structural decision about the placement of backstory, and the effect it has on a very specific reader (me).

https://bit.ly/HoleLateRevelation

I wrote about a backward scene that creates a ghost of itself: bit.ly/GhostBrideOutOrder

I wrote about O Beautiful and a great technique for creating dramatic irony and letting the larger world into a story.

https://bit.ly/3MJCGDB