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Some Surreal Books from Around the World
A reading list for fans of the dreamlike, nightmarish, and downright bizarre
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Lincoln Michel
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Write for Your Best Readers Instead of Your Worst Readers
A little plea to stop judging art by what the dullest take away
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Lincoln Michel
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That Viral "Most Books Sell < 12 Copies" Claim Again
Yet another post on confusing book sales statistics
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Lincoln Michel
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August 2023
Fear of the Surreal
On David Lynch, surrealism, and hating art that "makes you feel weird."
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Lincoln Michel
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Fantastic Modes; Or, Is Magical Realism Just Urban Fantasy?
On the differences and similarities between surrealism, fabulism, contemporary fantasy, and etc.
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Lincoln Michel
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Algorithm America (a short story)
A story about A.I., the housing crisis, climate change, and several other things.
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Lincoln Michel
The Clarifying Cut
Forcing yourself to revise with arbitrary wordcounts.
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Lincoln Michel
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What Algorithms Can't Tell You about Art
On Prosecraft and why data analysis of fiction rarely says anything at all
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Lincoln Michel
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On the State of Literary Magazines
This week, Fantasy magazine announced it was shutting down three years after it rebooted. Fantasy did great work in those years and their stories were…
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Lincoln Michel
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July 2023
Better Said than Dead: Quick Tips on Dialogue Tags
On when and how to use or avoid "[he/she/they] said"
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Lincoln Michel
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Processing: How Henry Hoke Wrote Open Throat
"I did a daily silent meditation before writing, placed myself mentally in the place my mountain lion was about to find themselves."
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Lincoln Michel
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How Literature Lasts (and Popular Myths of Popularity)
On what books remain, fade, or return
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Lincoln Michel
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