23
Dec
My favorite things of 2024
4 min read
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20
Dec
Things I found and loved this year
2 min read
05
Dec
A run of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
1 min read
02
Dec
Distinguish conversation between stories about tropes from conversation about ideas
4 min read
01
Dec
Bouncing off books
1 min read
30
Nov
Important names in Too Like the Lightning
6 min read
29
Nov
A pre-reveal
1 min read
26
Nov
What do I like about fantasy fiction? Maybe the struggle with received wisdom
2 min read
25
Nov
Disagreements in Too Like the Lightning function as prompts for the reader
4 min read
21
Nov
Some inconsistencies between the cover of Deserter and the story
1 min read
20
Nov
What's going on with "The Reanimator's Sword"?
2 min read
19
Nov
In a mystery, false leads don't have to be developed or specifically contradicted
1 min read
14
Nov
Deciphering manga panel order via "Where the Sandman Lives"
1 min read
14
Nov
"Where the Sandman Lives"
2 min read
12
Nov
A bunch of writing dichotomies that bother me
2 min read
11
Nov
How I think about fiction genre
3 min read
10
Nov
Frame text
2 min read
24
Oct
You can move a (prose) story forward outside of its scenes
4 min read
13
Oct
Hogswatch charity
2 min read
12
Oct
No hard feelings
1 min read
11
Sep
Mr. Calvin Tower
1 min read
27
Aug
Possible failure modes of Public Universal Friendship
1 min read
26
Aug
A mystery story is made of a series of smaller mysteries
3 min read
23
Aug
Buddhism for Space Colonists
2 min read
18
Jul
Poisonous snakes
1 min read