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Book Club Post for 6 February 2023

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Book Club Post for 6 February 2023

Elizabeth Bear
Feb 7
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Book Club Post for 6 February 2023

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Hey folks! I've actually managed to... read some books? Seems fake, but there you are.

I was not a fan of Story Genius by Lisa Kron, or to give it its full and somewhat exhausting title: Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere).

I ran the title past a neuroscientist friend just to watch him wince, by the way.

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