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What Have I Been Reading This Year?
I started this SubStack approximately a year ago to study writing. Along the way, I read and studied a lot of things. What were they?
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Mundane is Interesting
If everything is magical, nothing is
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A Raymond Chandler Inspired Thriller: Imperial Bedrooms, by Bret Easton Ellis
"(...) an extremely painful period in my life, a midlife crisis you might call it, and yet I went to this book every night after dealing with this…
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What I Learned After Reading 100 Short Stories: Part 1
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Why Do You Read? What Makes a Good Story? Q&A With Eleven Authors (Part One)
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Never Break the Spell The Story Is Weaving—Part 1
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Still Writing; Despite Ten Tragedies
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The Howl Society
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Still Writing; Despite Ten Tragedies
Why exactly I have been posting inconsistently, and that I will be posting regularly again starting last week. And, over the last few weeks, I’ve…
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The Story Structure of Revenge: BAIT, by Bret Easton Ellis
BAIT is a script by Bret Easton Ellis from 2011 about horrible people getting what they deserve with the help of some sharks.
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An Interview with Garrett Francis: Author, Journal Founder, & Former Publisher
Garret Francis is the author of The Em(erald) Dash, a literary newsletter that features essays, short stories, and serialized novels. He has also…
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Character Driven Stories: a Look at Lee Sarpel’s Razor Strike
Razor Strike, by Lee Sarpel, is a cyberpunk novel about the relationship between two well-meaning characters with violent careers. One of them, Trez, is…
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The Miserable Emptiness and The Dog
Once upon a time, there was a knight who was feeling down on his luck. He didn't have a really great reason for feeling like he did. When he tried to…
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The Howl Society
This is a community of horror authors that is unlike anything else out there. They welcome newcomers. There are over a dozen published authors who…
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Fiction: Hunters (a Horror Story)
Shortly before I got caught for everything, I spoke with a hunter one rainy evening near the end of my shift at the Co-Op where I worked as a cashier. I…
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