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A Year-End Writing Round-Up
A quick post on what I published slash awards eligibility slash a lot of links
Nov 22
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Lincoln Michel
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Processing: How Bennett Sims Wrote Other Minds and Other Stories
The author on literary traditions, writing habits, and “dilating individual moments to thick durations.”
Nov 14
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Lincoln Michel
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Your Novel Should Be More Like Moby-Dick
Why not put some whale facts chapters in your WIP?
Nov 7
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Lincoln Michel
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October 2023
Y'all Wanna See a Death of the Author Body?
On the ways the corpse of the author is being bent out of shape
Oct 26
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Lincoln Michel
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Underpinning Your Horror in the Uncanny
Some craft tips on evoking the eerie in fiction
Oct 19
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Lincoln Michel
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Processing: How Dan Sinykin Wrote Big Fiction
"The book explains how American fiction works by following the money."
Oct 9
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Lincoln Michel
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New Novel and Other News
A genre-bending novel, illustrated story, and McSweeney's horror tale on the way
Oct 5
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Lincoln Michel
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September 2023
Some Surreal Books from Around the World
A reading list for fans of the dreamlike, nightmarish, and downright bizarre
Sep 26
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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
Sep 14
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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
Sep 5
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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."
Aug 31
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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.
Aug 25
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Lincoln Michel
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