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Writing with small children (redux)
Notes from the sickhouse
Jan 17
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Caitlin Wahrer
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Inexhaustibility Required: Either I'm losing my mind or it's all just normal and never mind
From Gillian Flynn to Christie and Highsmith, proof that the writing of mysteries is a laborious task
Jan 2
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Andromeda Romano-Lax
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December 2024
My year in books
With assistance from the Nine Nine
Dec 22, 2024
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Caitlin Wahrer
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Can you laugh and be scared at the same time?
Suspense with a side of standup: interview with Brent Butt, comedian and Canadian author of the bestseller, HUGE
Dec 5, 2024
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Andromeda Romano-Lax
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Can you laugh and be scared at the same time?
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November 2024
Two boats and a helicopter but make it Writing
In which I probably stretch an analogy but let's go
Nov 25, 2024
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Caitlin Wahrer
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An Equine Mystery with Heart and Humor
But it didn't start out that way...
Nov 7, 2024
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Andromeda Romano-Lax
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October 2024
Suspense lessons from a Pulitzer Winner
How Ilyon Woo made a biography read like a thriller
Oct 26, 2024
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Caitlin Wahrer
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Do We Care About How Memory Really Works?
Amnesia, "useful" unreliability, and the return of the Memory Wars
Oct 10, 2024
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Andromeda Romano-Lax
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Do We Care About How Memory Really Works?
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Things you can say when people ask when your book is coming out
when you don't know (or like) the answer
Oct 3, 2024
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Caitlin Wahrer
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September 2024
Cover Me, I'm Going In
In which the author digs into suspense cover design tropes and begs you to add your two cents.
Sep 26, 2024
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Andromeda Romano-Lax
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Fake facts and real bias
Another writer's take on ChatGPT
Sep 19, 2024
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Caitlin Wahrer
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"A mingled inner and outer haunting"
Talking about horror, pregnancy, and the craft of creating tension and terror with Clare Beams
Sep 13, 2024
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Andromeda Romano-Lax
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