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Tag Archives: joan aiken
You Should Read This: The Serial Garden by Joan Aiken
Joan Aiken is most familiar to readers for her children’s novels such as The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Black Hearts in Battersea. But she was a talented story writer as well, producing Dahl-esque modern day stories that often rely on supernatural elements.
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Tagged joan aiken, MG writing, short stories, ya writing, you should read this |
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To Write Short Stories, Read Short Stories
I find that when I read short stories, more short stories of my own come to me and I believe Delany when he says that you can’t write anything better than the best stuff you’re reading. Here’s ten of my most accessible favorites, mostly speculative fiction, but with a few lit writers in there as well.
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Tagged carol emshwiller, donald barthelme, grace paley, james thurber, james tiptree jr, joan aiken, kurt vonnegut, m.t. liggett, o. henry, philip k. dick, theodore sturgeon |
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