I got to talk to Patricia Lockwood about WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER YOU, the fluid borders between mind and body, self and other, individual and world, and the mystifying effects of Long Covid.

https://therumpus.net/2025/11/07/joining-the-world-a-conversation-with-patricia-lockwood/

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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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I got to talk to the really brilliant Emily Mitchell about her fantastic new collection, The Church of Divine Electricity. Read what we said to each other!

(Particularly love her thoughts on care in dystopian times.)

https://theadroitjournal.org/2025/11/03/a-conversation-with-emily-mitchell/

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Hey hey! I wrote a little thing about jump scares!

https://imprompt2.beehiiv.com/p/jump-scares

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I'm teaching a writing class about mystery--not the genre, but the secrets that enthrall, the questions that fascinate, the mysteries that leave you rapt with wonder--even after the final page.

6 weeks, Wednesdays, 11/5/25 - 12/17/25 (No class on 11/26), 6-8pm Central, online (live meeting through zoom), $220/$200 (loft member)

https://loft.org/classes/what-you-dont-know-mystery-fiction-0

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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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I've got a class starting next week about Dialogue, Gesture, and Staging.

4 weeks, Thursdays, 9/18/25 - 10/9/25, 6pm-9pm (North American Central time), Zoom, $222/$200 (Loft member)

It covers a variety of tools to make dialogue come alive in your scenes—with specific techniques to make it realistic (if that's your thing), dynamic, compelling, resonant, and/or vibrant.

https://loft.org/classes/writing-fiction-4-weeks-dialogue-gesture-and-staging

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@troublewithwords

I've known people who talked about speeding tickets that way. Just what it costs to drive fast. Pay them and speed off again.

You're right. You shouldn't get to pay even an astronomical price to do whatever you want regardless of who it affects.

Still a few spots left in my flash class! Mondays 12-2pm (north american central) on zoom. Starts Sept. 8, goes 10 weeks. $200.

To keep it more accessible for folks with less time, we'll finish the sharing & feedback in the first 90 minutes. But if you have the time, you can stay for the last 30 minutes to go deeper.

Write a lot, share your work, get feedback, learn about craft, and find community:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeaSPHJDa9rMmgFl0ZvQyy1jOapNJ8hRsbing_DgDK5axvEPw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109553212956936077425

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I'm doing a fiction sampler for the Loft on Sept. 4, 6-7pm North American Central time. This is a cheap, low-stakes writing class with some group close reading, some writing prompts, some community, some fun:

https://loft.org/classes/fall-fiction-sampler-allison-wyss-0

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