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The Art of Losing Isn’t Hard to Master

  • Stephanie Bento
  • March 16, 2016
Just as there is subjective rejection, there’s subjective acceptance—the editor who sparks to your characters, your plot, your manuscript because of their personal experiences—and you want someone who understands your…
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Elements of Beauty

  • Michelle Vider
  • January 11, 2016
For Tor.com, Mari Ness writes on the long history of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, starting with second century CE Roman writer Apuleius and through its later rebirths in…
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What it Means to Remix

  • Michelle Vider
  • November 23, 2015
At Tor.com, Natalie Zutter looks at fandom’s remix culture through the lens of Rainbow Rowell’s Carry On novel, itself a remix of the Harry Potter series and countless Chosen One…
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Lear’s Metrical Madness

  • Dinah Fay
  • April 22, 2015
As part as the Shakespeare on Tor series, Brian Stavely brings us on a quick tour of King Lear’s descent into madness, as evidenced by a careful metrical reading of…
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Little is the Next Big Idea

  • Ian MacAllen
  • February 18, 2015
Two years ago, it seemed the publishing industry couldn’t get enough of the XXL novel. But now, the trend may be shifting towards something smaller: the novella. Over at io9,…
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