I wrote about Margaret LaFleur's "All's Well" and a gorgeous moment beyond words, when subtext bubbles to the surface.

https://loft.org/writers-block-blog/alls-well-and-dialogue-beyond-words

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“All’s Well” and Dialogue Beyond Words | The Loft Literary Center

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I wrote about Daniel Tam-Claiborne's novel, TRANSPLANTS and how intimacy and connection (and sex) can make fantastic things happen in fiction.

https://loft.org/writers-block-blog/transplants-and-change-through-intimacy

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Transplants and Change Through Intimacy | The Loft Literary Center

I wrote about Amanda Lee Koe's phenomenal SISTER SNAKE, (and couldn't stop myself from a light musing on fairy tales because you know me).

https://loft.org/writers-block-blog/sister-snake-amanda-lee-koe-and-time-magic

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Sister Snake by Amanda Lee Koe and Time Magic | The Loft Literary Center

These gargoyles aren’t worried about explaining themselves to a human reader; they’re just trying to survive.

I wrote about Tara Campbell's fantastic CITY OF DANCING GARGOYLES and an opening that unsettles.

https://loft.org/writers-block-blog/city-dancing-gargoyles-and-decentering-humanity

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City of Dancing Gargoyles and the Decentering of Humanity | The Loft Literary Center

At the Mercy of Movement: "Our Castle" by Christine Chen (GUEST BLOG written by Luke Nolby!) | The Loft Literary Center

Here's me writing about one of my favorite things again...

How do YOU sustain wonder (or horror) in your fiction?

https://bit.ly/3VWBamz

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I wrote about an interesting prologue. So let's talk about prologues!

Not whether you love them or hate them--but what they are uniquely able to do. What's the difference between a prologue and a first chapter? What is the function of a prologue? And what's the fun of it too? How do you think about whether to include one?

https://bit.ly/4avWqpA

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An aspect I'd also love to talk about it is how you do something unusual without it seeming accidental--at least to your first readers. When you play with something like perspective, workshops and beta readers are so likely to get on your case. But it's really worth defying them.

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This time I wrote about JACKAL (by Erin E. Adams) and a really fun and unusual POV. It's an "I" that hides from you, knows way too much, and emerges in a deliciously creepy way.

What are your favorite strange POVs?

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https://bit.ly/JackalPOV

Jackal and an Unusual P.O.V. | The Loft Literary Center

This craft column is about Susie Yang's WHITE IVY and a whole lot of tools to make physical description alive and vibrant and even important to the story.

What are your favorite techniques for physical description of characters? And what makes you like a physical description when you read?

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https://bit.ly/WhIvyPhysDes

White Ivy and Physical Description | The Loft Literary Center